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Toms: Realignment is a Must for the Blue Jays
The Biz of Baseball reported last week that the Blue Jays have recorded the 2nd largest decline in attendance over the same period last year amongst all MLB franchises. According to the Biz of...
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MLB Network Has 55 Million Subscribers, But Low Ratings
MLB Network was the largest cable channel launch in history, but until now, it’s been unknown how programming on the network would rate. Now at 55 million subscribers, newly released data from Nielsen...
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Brown: Selig Needs to Pull the Trigger on Texas Rangers Sale
Well, this is a fine mess you’ve gotten baseball into, Tom Hicks. The owner of the Texas Rangers (as well as the NHL Dallas Stars and half of Liverpool FC of the English Premier League), overleveraged...
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MLB Moves Blue Jay Games to Philly Over G20 Summit Security Concerns
The G20 Summit in Toronto is forcing Major League Baseball to relocate three games scheduled to be played in Toronto to Philadelphia over security concernsTHIS IS BREAKING NEWS...Baseball Commissioner...
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Biz of Baseball Adds 2010 Opening Day Payroll Info to Salary Database
The Biz of Baseball has been updated with new data.... The Biz of Baseball's MLB Salary Database continues its evolution as we continue to add new data.The salary database now has been updated with the...
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As Quarterly Owners Meetings Take Place, Here’s a Texas Rangers Sale Update
Today marks the beginning of the quarterly meetings for Major League Baseball’s 30 owners, and with it, the discussion on the sale of the Texas Rangers is going to be at the top of the agenda. Here’s...
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Fenway Sports Group Names Jonathan Chin Vice President, Integrated Sales
Fenway Sports Group (FSG) has announced that Jonathan Chin has joined the organization as Vice President, Integrated Sales. In this capacity Chin will be responsible for selling integrated media,...
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Selig Sets Deadline on Stalled Texas Rangers Sale
The quarterly meetings of MLB’s 30 owners has just wrapped up, and as we reported yesterday, action with the league seizing control the Rangers and selling the club without creditor approval is not...
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Kansas City Royals Fire Manager Trey Hillman
When in doubt, fire the manager. For the most part, it’s been a case of rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic, but today, after losing 14 of 20, the Kansas City Royals fired manager Trey Hillman and...
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Maury Brown on MLB Network Radio, 9:20am ET/6:20am ET Talking Sale of Texas...
Maury Brown, the president of the Business of Sports Network will be on MLB Network Radio (formerly MLB Home Plate) on XM 175 and Sirius 210 at 9:20am ET/6:20am PT on "First Pitch" with Jim Duquette...
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Brewers Extend Player Development Contract with Class-A Manatees Through 2012
The Milwaukee Brewers announced today a two-year player development contract extension with the Brevard County Manatees of the Class-A Advanced Florida State League through the 2012 season. “We are...
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Brewers Extend Player Development Contract with Class-A Manatees Through 2012
The Milwaukee Brewers announced today a two-year player development contract extension with the Brevard County Manatees of the Class-A Advanced Florida State League through the 2012 season. “We are...
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MLB Committee Fought to Keep Blacks Out Even After Robinson Signing
This steering committee document from1946, after Branch Rickey had signedJackie Robinson, shows that leagueexecs were advising the league not to integrateAt the Reds’ Great American Ballpark, the likes...
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LWIB: THe Battle Over Who Controls the Sale of the Texas Rangers, Tidbits
This week in “Last Week in BizBall“, Commissioner Selig’s threat to revoke the Rangers franchise “in the best interests of baseball” focuses attention on the rights of pro sports leagues to determine...
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Buffalo Wild Wings Becomes "Preferred Wings of the Houston Astros"
A new partnership in 2010 between the Houston Astros and Buffalo Wild Wings Grill and Bar offers fans discounts on food and Astros tickets, the ballclub has announced.The wings of the Buffalo Wild...
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Kobritz: MLB Early Attendance Woes Tied to Marlins, Rays
One month into the MLB season, two teams have sparked the most concern about attendance figures – Toronto and Cleveland. The commentators got it right – there are two teams whose attendance numbers...
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Would HSG or the Texas Rangers Be Forced Into Bankruptcy?
On April 1st, the initial closing date for the sale of the Texas Rangers was to take place. When that date passed, prospective owner Chuck Greenberg said that based on how negotiations were progressing...
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With Declining Attendance, Mets Offer Free Tickets to Former Season-Tix Holders
The New York Mets sit a game under .500, and are 6 games out of first in the NL East, but their biggest losses of the season are coming at the gate. As reported by The Biz of Baseball, the Mets have...
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MLB to See First Interleague Games of 2010 Beginning on Friday
The 14th season of Interleague Play between the American League and the National League will begin on Friday, May 21st. Major League Baseball’s 2010 schedule features 252 Interleague games to be played...
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Video Display At New Marlins Stadium to Have Angular Feel
Daktronics Inc. (Nasdaq-DAKT) announced today that it will provide a custom-designed, integrated scoring and video system for the New Marlins Ballpark opening in the spring of 2012. The multi-million...
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