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Is Part MLB’s "Discipline" showing Magowan the Door?
Posted 8 hours ago at The Biz of Baseball
The following is an editorial by Maury Brown of the Business of Sports Network. It barely slipped through yesterday. Commissioner Selig made mention of how management implicated in the Mitchell Report “has” been disciplined. In other...
Rays to Offer Ballpark Finance Plan Today
Posted 14 hours ago at The Biz of Baseball
Tampa Bay Rays officials will present their preliminary financing plan for waterfront $450 million ballpark in downtown St. Petersburg today. The site being proposed is at the current location of Al Lang Field. As reported by Etic Fisher of the...
Owners Meetings: Drug Agreement, Cubs Sale, More
Posted 14 hours ago at The Biz of Baseball
Meeting in Milwaukee, the quarterly owners meetings will commence today, with one thing certain: ratification of the newly adjusted Joint Drug Agreement will be forthcoming. The new agreement dissolves the Health Policy Advisory Committee (comprised...
Could This Be the Future of Athletic Shoes?
Posted 15 hours ago at The Biz of Baseball
Welcome to a computer on your feet. Verb For Shoe adjusts itself based on embedded sensors. Stand next to someone else wearing Verb For Shoe and pass and your e-Business Card info via wireless technology (Verb for Shoe) Until recently, the idea...
Keith Olbermann to Pen 5-Part Series on Topps Cards
Posted 32 hours ago at The Biz of Baseball
It was announced today that MSNBC anchor, SABR member, and all-around baseball fanatic, Keith Olbermann will tell the inside story of three decades' worth of Topps proof cards in a five-part, serialized feature to debut with the May 30 issue of...
Report: Magowan to Step Down from Giants Friday
Posted 38 hours ago at The Biz of Baseball
The San Francisco Giants will be holding a special ownership meeting on Friday, at which time, managing partner Peter Magowan will reportedly step down from the leading position within the organization. As reported yesterday , word of the longtime...
Barry Bonds Hit with 15 Counts in Superseding Indictment
Posted 39 hours ago at The Biz of Baseball
Barry Bonds has been changed with 15 felony counts in revised indictment, claiming the current all-time homerun leader lied to a grand jury about knowingly using performance-enhancing substances, and as reported, “that he hampered the federal...
The Clemens Defamation Lawsuit: Litigation Marches On
Posted 43 hours ago at The Biz of Baseball
The following is a detailed analysis of the Clemens defamation lawsuit by Patrick K. Thornton . Thornton is a regular contributor to the Business of Sports Network. -- Maury Brown, Founder and President, Business of Sports Network Baseball season...
White Sox Hire Carlton Fisk as "Ambassador"
Posted 47 hours ago at The Biz of Baseball
The Chicago White Sox will welcome back Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk to the White Sox organization on Thursday, May 22 at U.S. Cellular Field during “Welcome Back Carlton Fisk Night.” Fisk has agreed to become a team ambassador...
12th Season of Interleague Begins This Weekend
Posted 49 hours ago at The Biz of Baseball
The 12th season of Interleague Play between the American League and the National League will begin on Friday, May 16th. Major League Baseball’s 2008 schedule features 252 Interleague games to be played in two segments: the first this weekend...
Could the Magowan Tenure with the Giants Be Ending?
Posted 56 hours ago at The Biz of Baseball
There are rumblings today that Peter Magowan, managing partner of the San Francisco Giants may be stepping away from his ownership tenure with the club. While the change is unconfirmed, a staunch denial from the Giants organization has not been...
Tigers Offer Fantasy BP Package for Father's Day
Posted 56 hours ago at The Biz of Baseball
The Detroit Tigers announced today that they are offering Father’s Day gift package with opportunity to hit off of former Tigers pitcher and 1984 World Series Champion Dave Rozema. The Tigers are gearing up for their annual Fantasy Batting...
Zell Rejects IFSA Offer. Will Sell Wrigley With Team
Posted 62 hours ago at The Biz of Baseball
The plan to sell off Wrigley Field separate from the Cubs, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, and Wrigleyville Premium Tickets in no more. Zell has rejected the offer from Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, thus placing the bid for prospective owners of...
Orioles Extend Radio Affilates to 30. Adds Richmond, VA
Posted 3 days ago at The Biz of Baseball
The Orioles today announced a partnership with Richmond, Virginia radio station WLEE 990 AM that adds the Richmond news-talk station to the Orioles Radio Network. The partnership officially begins on Tuesday, when WLEE begins broadcasting Orioles...
YES Network Sale? Not Anytime Soon
Posted 3 days ago at The Biz of Baseball
In August of last year, FORTUNE ran an article saying that the YES Network was up for sale. As we detailed in A Deeper Look at the Possible YES Network Sale , the YES Network is not owned entirely by the Yankees. It is owned collectively by the...
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