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Twins Owner, Carl Pohlad, Dead at 93
Twins Owner, Carl Pohlad, Dead at 93

Maury Maury posted 2 hours ago from www.bizofbaseball.com

Carl Pohlad, owner of the Minnesota Twins, and baseball’s richest owner died today at the age 93. Although he ran the Twins in mid-to-small market fashion, Pohlad, who purchased the club from Calvin Griffith for $38 million in 1984 was baseball richest owner, parlaying banking, real estate, a ...

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A's, KTRB Announce Radio Partnership
A's, KTRB Announce Radio Partnership

Maury Maury posted 2 hours ago from www.bizofbaseball.com

The Oakland Athletics and KTRB Radio 860 AM have agreed to terms on a one-year contract for the station to serve as flagship of the A’s Radio Network for the upcoming 2009 season. Financial terms were not released. KTRB, a San Francisco-based station featuring a daily talk format, will ...

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Chargers - Colts Wild Card Game Highest Rated WC Since 1999
Chargers - Colts Wild Card Game Highest Rated WC Since 1999

Maury Maury posted 14 hours ago from bizoffootball.com

Darren Sproles and the Chargers beat the Colts in OT on Sat., and in doing so, NBC Sports sees the highest rated Wild Card game since 1999. NBC Sports coverage of Saturday night's San Diego Chargers 23-17 overtime victory over the Indianapolis Colts earned NBC the best overnight rating for ...

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Look for the Stakes to be Higher for MLB Salary Arbitration This Year
Look for the Stakes to be Higher for MLB Salary Arbitration This Year

Maury Maury posted 23 hours ago from www.bizofbaseball.com

Salary arbitration in Major League Baseball is arguably more important than free agency, and this year the stakes may never have been higher as the downturn in the economy is front and center for all but a handful clubs. On Monday, the annual 10-day filing period commences, and with it, ...

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2009 NHL Winter Classic On NBC Delivers Best Regular-Season Overnight In Nearly 13 Years
2009 NHL Winter Classic On NBC Delivers Best Regular-Season Overnight In Nearly 13 Years

Maury Maury posted 2 days ago from www.bizofhockey.com

In a sign that the NHL Winter Classic is here to stay, the NHL Winter Classic 2009, broadcast New Year's Day on NBC from historic Wrigley Field, earned a 2.9 overnight rating and a 6 share (1-4:15 p.m. ET), the best overnight NHL regular season rating in nearly 13 years (Feb. 3, 1996 on Fox, ...

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Editorial: MLB Network Launch Nearly a Grand Slam
Editorial: MLB Network Launch Nearly a Grand Slam

Maury Maury posted 2 days ago from www.bizofbaseball.com

One of the most highly anticipated television channel launches in history occurred on Thursday, when the MLB Network went live at 6pm ET. The 24-hour dedicated channel long sought after by Major League Baseball arrived with Commissioner Bud Selig addressing fans , and then an introduction to ...

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MLB Network Not Initially Available in Canada, International Markets
MLB Network Not Initially Available in Canada, International Markets

Maury Maury posted 8 days ago from www.bizofbaseball.com

MLB Network will launch in the U.S. to approx. 50 million homes on New Year’s Day, but those in Canada and other international markets will not get the new 24/7/365 network dedicated to all things Major League Baseball, according to the new network. “Currently MLB Network is not distributed in ...

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MLB Network Programming for Jan. Features World Series Highlights to Classic Years
MLB Network Programming for Jan. Features World Series Highlights to Classic Years

Maury Maury posted 8 days ago from www.bizofbaseball.com

With 5 days to go before the MLB Network launches, many have wondered what type of archival footage and special programming will be available. Digging through MLBNetwork.com's schedule lineup for January reveals these nuggets. Here's an expansive list covering the entire month.

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NY Times Courting Jack Connors for Red Sox Stake
NY Times Courting Jack Connors for Red Sox Stake

Maury Maury posted 8 days ago from www.bizofbaseball.com

The New York Times, in a bid to sell its 17.5 percent stake in New England Sports Ventures (NESV), has been courting advertising executive Jack Conners, according to a report in the Financial Times. NESV owns the Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park, 80 percent of New England Sports Network (NESN), ...

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Channel Listings in Some Major Markets for MLB Network
Channel Listings in Some Major Markets for MLB Network

Maury Maury posted 9 days ago from www.bizofbaseball.com

The MLB Network launches on Jan. 1 -- less than one week away -- to approximately 50 million households. Here's a massive channel listing that covers many of the major markets across the U.S.

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Giants May Redefine Variable Ticket Pricing in MLB, and Beyond
Giants May Redefine Variable Ticket Pricing in MLB, and Beyond

Maury Maury posted 9 days ago from www.bizofbaseball.com

The Giants are using Austin-based qcue LLC to price 2,000 upper-deck seats dynamically using 20 different variables during 2009. If you have been following the ticket pricing trends for MLB this off-season (see The Biz of Baseball's "Ticket Watch" section), it’s obvious that the vast ...

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Monday Night Football: Most-Watched Series on Cable for 2008
Monday Night Football: Most-Watched Series on Cable for 2008

Maury Maury posted 10 days ago from bizoffootball.com

ESPN’s third season of Monday Night Football was the most-watched series on cable television in 2008, set an all-time cable viewership record for the third straight year and drew the year’s three biggest cable household audiences and 13 of the top 15. In three seasons on ESPN, Monday Night ...

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Mitch Williams, Greg Amsinger, and Jon Heyman Added to MLB Network
Mitch Williams, Greg Amsinger, and Jon Heyman Added to MLB Network

Maury Maury posted 10 days ago from www.bizofbaseball.com

Mitch "The Wild Thing" Williams is coming to the MLB Network on January 1. MLB Network announced today that former Major League Baseball pitcher Mitch Williams has joined their on-air personality roster as a Studio Analyst, as well former CBS College Sports veteran Greg Amsinger as a ...

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Jon Heyman Added to MLB Network Roster
Jon Heyman Added to MLB Network Roster

Maury Maury posted 10 days ago from www.bizofbaseball.com

Neil Best of Newsday is reporting , and we have had it confirmed, that Jon Heyman will be joining the upcoming MLB Network as a reporter in an “insider” capacity. Heyman was formerly with Newsday, and now covers MLB for SI.com, SNY, and WFAN. MLB Network will be launching to 50 million ..

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Happy Holidays, From The Biz of Baseball
Happy Holidays, From The Biz of Baseball

Maury Maury posted 10 days ago from www.bizofbaseball.com

I, and all of those that are part of the Business of Sports Network, which includes BizofBaseball.com , want to wish you, and your families, a Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year! It was a pleasure to see you visit us in 2008, and we look forward to seeing you in 2009. Look for updates ...

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Yankee Signings of Teixeira, Sabathia, and Burnett Move Salary Figures to Cartoonish Levels
Yankee Signings of Teixeira, Sabathia, and Burnett Move Salary Figures to Cartoonish Levels

Maury Maury posted 13 days ago from www.bizofbaseball.com

The Yankees signing of Mark Teixeira along with C.C. Sabathia, and A.J. Burnett will see salaries next year for the three exceeding the 2008 Opening Day payroll figures for seven teams, or 23% of MLB. As I wrote yesterday, in The Anatomy of a Yankees Spending Spree , what we have now is ...

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Yankees to Offer 25-Cent Seats for Two Exhibition Games
Yankees to Offer 25-Cent Seats for Two Exhibition Games

Maury Maury posted 13 days ago from www.bizofbaseball.com

Rendering of the Grand Hall entrance to new Yankee Stadium ( See more renderings here ) 1923 prices are returning to New York, albeit only for two exhibition games at the new Yankee Stadium. Bleacher seats for games against the Chicago Cubs on April 3-4 will be priced at 25¢, and ...

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Looking at the "For Sale" Signs in Major League Baseball
Looking at the "For Sale" Signs in Major League Baseball

Maury Maury posted 13 days ago from www.bizofbaseball.com

At least two, and as many as four, MLB franchises are “in play” this offseason. The sale of the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field by Tribune Co. is expected to be complete “before spring training” according to a recent report by Maury Brown . Last week, San Diego Padres owner John Moores ...

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McDonalds USA Becomes Official Quick-Serve Restaurant of NHL
McDonalds USA Becomes Official Quick-Serve Restaurant of NHL

Maury Maury posted 13 days ago from www.bizofhockey.com

The National Hockey League (NHL) today announced that McDonald’s USA has been named the League’s official quick-service restaurant (QSR) in the United States. McDonald’s is also the NHL’s official QSR in Canada, and the company already has local relationships with 14 NHL teams. Beginning with ...

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Jay Zygmunt Out as St. Louis Rams President and GM
Jay Zygmunt Out as St. Louis Rams President and GM

Maury Maury posted 14 days ago from bizoffootball.com

Jay Zygmunt, the president and general manager of the St. Louis Rams has reached a mutual agreement with the franchise to step down, effective immediately, according to Chris Mortensen of ESPN. Executive VP of player personnel Billy Devaney, who has been serving as the de facto GM over the ...

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