This original design was created by John McGraw for the Philadelphia Athletics when they were established in 1901, making it one of the oldest logos still used today by any professional sports team. Since then it has gone through several minor changes over time to keep up with changing trends and styles while maintaining its core identity as an integral part of the A's brand image, particularly in relation to the Oakland Athletics Alternate logo. In recent years there have been some more significant modifications such as adding black outlines around certain elements or switching to modern font styles like italicized letters instead of blocky serifs used on early versions; however, these alterations are mostly subtle tweaks rather than drastic redesigns so as not to lose sight of what makes this particular mark so special - namely that it is steeped deeply within baseball history itself!

The Oakland Athletics' primary logo stands proudly amongst other classic designs from across all major American sports teams because it represents both tradition and innovation at once; something which can be said about this organization's approach towards success since day one! It serves not only as a reminder for fans everywhere that no matter how much change happens within our world today – some things will remain timelessly true: a passion for the sport runs deep here & we'll never forget where we came from either!