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Until now, if you ever dreamed of being
in a Yankees Fantasy Baseball Camp , you were
out of luck. The Bronx Bombers have never held one. This year, that's about to change. As reported by Bloomberg News : The 26-time World Series champions are holding a fantasy camp at Yankee Stadium for the first time in August
Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling.
The door of every clubhouse warns players that if
the gamble on MLB games, they too will be banned. Yet, baseball has continued to accept legalized gambling, or gaming, as no longer being a social taboo, and more importantly, a way to garner increased revenues.
Major League Baseball Properties (MLBP) today announced a
four-year sponsorship agreement to make Bayer HealthCare's One A
Day® Multivitamins the "Official Multivitamin of Major League Baseball." This is the first national sports property sponsorship for the One A Day brand. Financial terms were not released.
For those in the Chicagoland area, Maury Brown
, Founder and President of the Business of Sports
Network , of which The Biz of Baseball is a member, will be a guest today at 12:15pm CDT (1:15pm ET, 10:15am PT) on WBBM 790 CBS Radio Chicago. The topic today will be the sale of the Cubs. If you are in the Chicago area, tune in then. The Business of Sports Network includes The Biz of ...
Sam Zell needs your money, and he’s looking
in every nook and cranny to get it. By
now, you’ve heard that Zell (the now owner of the Tribune Co., ergo the Cubs) fully intends on selling off Wrigley Field, thus breaking apart two assets (the Cubs and Wrigley) that are synonymous with each other, in an attempt to gain more revenues than the selling of the two as a package would ...
As sports figures go, there may be none
more profound than Jackie Robinson. With Branch Rickey and
the Dodgers signing Robinson to a major league contract, Jackie broke through the deplorable Jim Crow laws that surrounded baseball until 1947 and broke baseball’s color barrier. So, when I received word today on the panelists for “Baseball and the Civil Rights Movement” roundtable ...
For those that get their MLB content online,
this season sees the largest product offerings launch through
MLB Advanced Media, and MLB.com in their history. Starting on Opening Day, the following products will be offered: Enhanced Gameday/Video Alerts
MLB announced yesterday that a total of 239
players on Opening Day rosters and disabled lists were
born outside the 50 United States. Overall, 28.0 percent of the 855 Major League players (749 active 25-man roster players, 106 disabled or restricted Major League players) on March 30th rosters were born outside the 50 United States, representing 16 different countries or territories.
Yahoo! and MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM), the interactive
media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, today
announced a three-year video and advertising partnership that includes access to out-of-market MLB games on Yahoo! Sports. Financial terms were not released. The agreement will make MLB.TV available on Yahoo! Sports, bringing Yahoo! users more than 2,400 out-of-market Major ...
MLB.com will exclusively stream a free special presentation
of MLB.TV when Randy Johnson makes his season debut
for the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight at 10:15 p.m. (EDT). The game will be available without local blackout restrictions in the Phoenix broadcast territory. "We are grateful for the leadership of Jeff Moorad and Derrick Hall in providing Diamondbacks fans this exclusive ...
Nike. The goddess of victory. The "Swoosh". The
aura. They are Phil Knight and Bob Bowerman. It
is life "inside the berm", and "Just Do It." We are, of course, talking about Nike, the global footwear and apparel company that is truly a $16 billion empire.
Dodger Owner Frank McCourt said today that the
“Dodgers will not leave Dodgertown; we will take Dodgertown
with us to Los Angeles .” McCourt made the revelation on the day of the club’s final Florida home date in 2008. The club celebrated its 60th anniversary in Vero Beach , FL , this spring. “This complex, with its history of the Dodgers, overwhelms you. ...
Those on the West Coast will be sleeping.
Some on the East Coast, as well. But, Tuesday
marks the beginning of the 2008 Major League Baseball season in a game that should simply be called "Dice-K Returns". The season opener in Japan will see Japanese national treasure Daisuke Matsuzaka return as the Red Sox starting pitcher against Joe Blanton of the A's. Who has home field ...
MLB and Baby Ruth announced today that they
are searching for the most talented performance of the
popular baseball anthem "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." The search, which will be conducted through a contest sponsored by Baby Ruth, celebrates the song's 100th anniversary and supports the League's 2008 Opening Week initiative.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have announced today that
they are auctioning game-worn Dodgers jerseys from the March
29 charity game against the Boston Red Sox at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Each jersey will be autographed by the player or coach who wore the jersey, and will include a special ThinkCure patch on one sleeve and a 50th Anniversary patch on the opposite sleeve.
It's the food that's as traditional as the
game itself. The hot dog , in all its
forms, is the perennial favorite at ballparks across the country. In what will surely make the American Heart Association cringe, the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council estimates that 30 million hot dogs will be consumed at the 30 ballparks across the nation this year.
For those interested, Washington Times sports business reporter
Tim Lemke is conducting a chat regarding the new
Nationals Park. As noted on the chat site: Nationals Park formally opens this weekend with an exhibition game between the Nats and Orioles on Saturday, followed by the official home opener on Sunday night against the Braves.
As we covered prior, MLB at this point
in time, is nearly recession proof . MLB Advanced
Media (MLBAM) announced today that it has sold more than 19 million tickets on behalf of the League's 30 clubs at MLB.com. During 2007, MLB.com sold more than 27 million tickets online -- a new record for online sales.
On Sunday, when the new Nationals Park opens,
President Bush will be part of the celebration as
he throws out the first pitch. But, it will be manager Manny Acta that will be behind homeplate, not Nationals catcher Paul Lo Duca , who was named in the Mitchell Report.
After one season, the South Coast League officially
is over. The South Coast League of Professional Baseball
announced today that on April 1st, the league will be suspending business operations and postpone the 2008 season indefinitely. The SCL launched in six markets located in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida in 2007. Most recent plans called for the replacement of one team by a ...
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- Sunday Night: Nationals Park, Bill James on "60 Minutes"
- SBR: An Interview with Dodgers Owner Frank McCourt
- White Sox and Blackhawks to Cross-Brand
- Red Sox to Raffle Off World Series Rings. Volvo C30
- Fenway Park to Host Neil Diamond on Aug. 23rd
- Last Game at Yankee Stadium Sold Out. $17K for Some Tix
- City and County Approve Marlins Stadium Funding
- Brewers and US Cellular Reach Multi-Million Dollar Deal
- Q&A: MLB Blackouts, TBS and FOX
- Additional Tickets for LA Coliseum Game to Be Released
- MLB Goes Green. Launches Environmental Initiative
- Washington Nationals and Fat Boy Slim? You Make the Call
- 2008-2013: Here's the Locations for the All-Star Game
- "Beat the Streak" on MLB.com, Win $1 Million
- A's: FSN Bay Area Will Be Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
- MLB Cheap? Red Sox Players May Boycott Japan Trip
- What Steroid Problem? Poll Finds Fans Not Discouraged
- Harold Baines Statute Coming to U.S. Cellular Field
- Blinded by Science: DirecTV Goes Black on Season Opener
- A Splitter on Clemens? Rep. Davis Discredits McNamee





















First Ever Yankees Fantasy Baseball Camp to Be Held