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Dodgers Unveil Upgraded Roster, Venue, But Fans Still See Long Concession Lines04 / 02 / 13The Dodgers played the season opener against the Giants yesterday before a "capacity crowd of 53,138" at Dodger Stadium that “howled with hope that this new season would live up to the promise" of a league-high $230M payroll and Chavez Ravine's $100M+ remodel, according to Bill Plaschke of the... |
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Q&A With Blue Jays' Alex Anthopoulos
Prior to a blockbuster trade this offseason, Blue Jays Senior VP/Baseball Operations & GM Alex Anthopoulos was not exactly a household name among baseball fans. But he orchestrated MLB’s most talked-about move of the winter, trading with the Marlins for a package of players whose salaries ...
MLB Announcers Deal With New Stats
As MLB players, managers and front office execs "embrace esoteric statistics, teams increasingly want their radio announcers just as fluent in the language of WAR, VORP and BABIP," according to a front-page piece by Steve Eder of the N.Y. TIMES. Astros broadcaster Robert Ford said the team “wa ...
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Cubs Use Fans For New Ad Campaign
There was "a big risk" in Chicago-based Schafer Condon Carter's first ad campaign for the Cubs, according to Danny Ecker of CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS. After the team "chose the 'Committed' concept in December out of a half-dozen options, SCC set out to find a handful of the diehards who would be the ...
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Yankees' Loss Sees Fans Flee
For the Yankees, a “franchise worried about the state of a decaying roster and the potential for plummeting attendance, there hardly could have been a worse conclusion for Day 1 of a new season,” according to Joel Sherman of the N.Y. POST. By the end of the Yankees' loss to the Red Sox y ...
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Brewers Owner Attanasio Talks Payroll
Brewers Owner Mark Attanasio said the team’s payroll is “as much a function of our ability to compete on the field and the availability of players as it is a snapshot of any given year's profit or loss,” according to Tom Haudricourt of the MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL. The team&rsquo ...
AL Franchise Notes
In Detroit, Drew Sharp notes there were "more than a few jeers from the Target Field crowd" when Tigers P Justin Verlander "didn't return for the bottom of the sixth inning" against the Twins in yesterday's season opener. They came from Twins' fans "apparently upset that Verlander was finished even ...
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Forbes' Annual MLB Team Valuations
The Yankees are the “most valuable baseball team for the 16th consecutive year,” worth $2.3B, a figure that also makes the club the “most valuable U.S. sports team,” according to Mike Ozanian of FORBES.com. As part of the deal that saw Fox buy a 49% stake in YES Network , ...
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NL Franchise Notes
Phillies VP/Ticket Sales & Operations John Weber said of the team's ticket sales, "We are at 2.6 million (tickets sold); last year we were at 3.1 million at the same time point. We are clearly down, but to be at 2.6 million in mid-March is incredible. I’d take that every year. We have diff ...
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MLB Book Shelf
Several MLB-themed books were recently published in advance of Opening Day. The WALL STREET JOURNAL’s Leigh Montville reviewed DOUG WILSON ’s “deft biography” of former MLBer MARK FIDRYCH , titled “ THE BIRD .” Wilson in the book writes, "People remember becomi ...
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MLB Marketplace Roundup
ESPN.com's Patrick Dorsey noted Angels P C.J. Wilson and RF Josh Hamilton, along with Steelers S Troy Polamalu, last Friday "took part in a Los Angeles-based event promoting Head & Shoulders' new 'Whiff-a-Thon' to benefit Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities." The company will donate $1 "for each M ...
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