Sunday Reading
SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated —
Bluegrass win fuels Derby dream for one horse stable of retired principal (CJ) Can Usain Bolt ever earn 1/10 of what Tiger earns a year? Can any track star? (NYT) Celine Dion's hubby wants to buy the Canadiens; so do the cream of Quebec business community (Montreal Gazette) Global recession and the reality of redevelopment around Washington Nationals Stadium (WaPo) Mike Illitch and the Detroit Tigers contribute to the GM bailout (Bloomberg) Soon to be released; Jewish Major Leaguer baseball cards (JML) ...
Eating Guide to Opening Day
FJB —
I never quite understand all the attention that's paid to Aramark, Centerplate, and whoever it is serving food these days at Nationals Park. In a rare example of MLB forgoing a few nickels in the interests of a better fan experience, you're allowed to bring your own food into the stadium. Why would anyone buy the overpriced food at the ballpark? Plus, as any economic study (and the front page of the Sunday Post) will tell you, there's very little benefit to local businesses (some studies actually show a net negative impact) from sports stadiums because most fans just go to ...
DMV: Frank Howard Statue Is Just Wrong
Mr. Irrelevant —
DMV is a daily roundup of District-Maryland-Virginia (mostly) sporting links.
Hondo Howard’s new statue at Nats Park is adorned with the wrong number and somehow holding an Ernie Banks model bat. Of course it is. [Nats320]
I’m still with ‘Duk, though: The statues look cool. [BLS]
Kasten breaks out shovel, keeps digging. [Bog Man Dan]
The Nats Park area is really depressing. [WaPo]
Shawn Hill has more wins (1) than the Nationals (0). [FJB]
But hey, tickets are still ...
Pardon The Blunt Assessment: Tony Kornheiser On The Washington Nationals.
Federal Baseball —
... (3) - A Washington Post article entitled by Dana Hedgpeth and David Nakamura entitled, "At Nationals Park, District of Dreams Hits A Slump" is referenced here...(ed. note - "You'll need an account with the Washington Post to read this article, but it's free to set one up...so just do it...") ...
Washington Nationals : Chronicling Fail
Comments on: Fantasy Football Week 3 —
... : The Nats are Taverez’s Drunk Hook-Up March 23rd : Nats’ beat reporter embarrassed to cover them April 1st : SI.com Zimmermann spelling fail April 7th : Stan Kasten Welcomes Philly Fans hondo3 April 8th : Nationals unveil hideous statues April 10th : Kastan isn’t sorry for inviting Philly Fans April 10th : Obama will not toss out first pitch on opening day April 12th : Describing the Statue Fails April 12th : Construction around park slumps April 12th : Tickets still available for Opening Day April ...
