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posted 5/8/2008 from
www.bizofbaseball.com
It may have been the unexpected nature of
it appearing on schedules. It may have been the
memory of the ill-fated Spiderman 2 promotion. But the churn regarding the current Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull promotion that MLB is engaged in runs the gambit. Most of the commentary has been negative in tone, which is surprising given the fact that integrating promotions into ...
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The Hardball Times
found this 8/14/2008 on
www.hardballtimes.com
The results are in on the biggest ethical
no-no's in baseball ethics history.
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Flag as inappropriate Gabe at 12:10 PM on
1/3/2008 From the autobiography of the late great Bill
Veeck: "We have never operated on the theory that a city owes anything to the owner of a baseball franchise, out of civic pride, patriotic fervor or ...
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Somewhere the ol' hustler himself, Bill Veeck, is
roaring with laughter. Not at the absurdity of Billy
Crystal batting leadoff for the Yankees, but rather at what he would consider the hypocrisy of the lordly Yankees for conceiving such a stunt.
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Over the years, I've written about the weird
items that have come up for sale : Bill
Veeck's Leg, Luis Gonzalez' gum, Thurman Munson's pilot's license. Well, put this in the category of Joe Horn's cell phone, which was purchased by a Saints fan at ...
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I'm gonna keep kicking this baseball book club
thing for a while until it magically forms of
its own accord and takes a life of its own. In the meantime, why don't we gather together the list of books that are deemed "essential" for a well-read ...
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SOUTH BEND — Back in the 1980s Ron
Kittle was making a living as an iron worker
near Gary, Ind. One day he decided to play in a nearby league’s pickup game near his home. Sure enough, in his first at bat he hit one out of the park — ...
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Sportsbiz
posted 7/18/2008 from
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com
You have to hand it to minor league
baseballs - those teams can dream really up some
creative promotions. The recent promotion held by the Grand Prairie AirHogs (don't you just love the name) , was perhaps inevitable given recent publicity concerning a certain baseball star's love life. The AirHogs are an independent team, playing in the American Association and located about 20 miles west of ...
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BY JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer ST. PETERSBURG,
Fla. -- Red Sox manager Terry Francona and second
baseman Dustin Pedroia spend a lot of time together. They play cribbage almost on a daily basis (Pedroia said this afternoon that he spanked ...
Following Up on MLB's Indiana Jones Promo Tie-In