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MLBAM Surpasses 6 Million Downloads For MLB.com At Bat App05 / 22 / 13MLBAM said it has surpassed 6 million downloads thus far this season of its MLB.com At Bat mobile application. The total is nearly equal to all of the total for the '12 season, as it hit 6 million downloads on Oct. 4 last year, and finished the season with 6.7 million. The latest download total is a... |
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Yankees-StubHub Hearing Postponed
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MLB Appears Unwilling To Move Orioles Game
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The Japan-Puerto Rico World Baseball Classic game last night at AT&T Park drew 33,683 fans, nearly 8,000 short of a sellout, as MLB and the MLBPA grappled with relative sales weakness for the championship-round games in S.F. Low-end face-value ticket prices on Saturday were reduced to $8 fo ...
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Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Starts Today
The seventh MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference opens today with organizers expecting an event-record attendance of more than 2,700 people, up from 2,200 last year and nearly twice the level of two years ago. Scheduled speakers include NBA Deputy Commissioner & COO Adam Silver , MLBAM Preside ...
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MLBAM Holding Second Annual Fan Upfront
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Astros To Co-Host Diversity Business Summit
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NBC Sports Completes Posnanski Hire
NBC Sports Group has completed its deal to hire writer Joe Posnanski as a national columnist for NBCSports.com and contributor to the NBC Sports Group's other platforms. Posnanski, most recently with the MLBAM/USA Today Sports Media Group joint venture Sports On Earth, will write three long-form s ...
