Morning Roundup: Rainy Day Pitching

The New Mandatory: Integrating Sponsors Into the Game

Kumar posted 4/29/2008 from www.bizofbaseball.com

Oh thank heaven for 7-Eleven! In October 2006, when the c-store retailer announced a new, 3-year sponsorship with the Chicago White Sox, sports sponsors began singing 7-Eleven’s familiar slogan…and for good reason. By integrating its name into the very fabric of the game of baseball (by changing the White Sox’s night game start times to 7:11pm), 7-Eleven changed ...

Inside the 2007 MLB Draft

tball275 posted 4/29/2008 from wegotaguythere.blogspot.com

Do you remember last year's First-Year Player Draft? Check out how some of the players are doing.

The list: MLB's best parks

Hire Jim Essian! found this 4/29/2008 on www.suntimes.com

Chris De Luca ranks Wrigley, the Cell and the other 28 ballparks, plus offers his first impressions of new Nationals Park.

Short Stops Around the Majors for April 28, 2008

Brew Crew Ball: Front Page Posts found this 4/29/2008 on blog.baseballdigestdaily.com

All the recaps from an abbreviated Monday night schedule...

Baseball History — As Seen From The Shadows of Cooperstown: Part VIII

Dave Rouleau posted 4/29/2008 from seamheads.com

In the eighth of a 10-part series, the author takes an in-depth look at Major League Baseball history from 1971 to 1980. This is pretty much a one-topic issue: the 1970s. It takes us up to 1980, so just two decades to go in this series. I found that writing about the Seventies was just as much fun as the Sixties.