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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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MLB Writers Opine On Use Of Twitter
Twitter has become a major platform for journalists to break stories, share work and chat with fans, with the most popular national MLB writers claiming several hundred thousand followers. The most-followed MLB writer in THE DAILY’s survey of Twitter accounts is ESPN’s Buster Olney, with ...
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MLB Sponsors Gear Up For '13 Season
Some of MLB’s biggest sponsors are "rolling out new activation as the league opens its season this week," according to Terry Lefton in this week's SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL. Anheuser-Busch, which is the "presenting sponsor of opening week, will support its league rights and its 23 club deals with ...
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MLB Teams' Payroll-Social Media Metric
Despite the Yankees beginning the '13 season with MLB's highest payroll , they also spend the least in regard to payroll dollars per social media fan. With the largest social media presence among all 30 teams, the Yankees spend just $32.08 of payroll per fan. At the opposite end of the spectrum, th ...
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MLB Names In The News
In Cincinnati, Josh Pichler profiled Reds Owner & CEO BOB CASTELLINI , who this offseason “arguably made the biggest news" by securing the '15 All Star Game. It is the “latest check mark on Castellini’s high-impact to-do list, which has included making good on promises on ever ...
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Marlins Park Opens With Rave Reviews
Marlins Park hosted its first regular-season game last night, and “it took just one night for the sparkling spaceship of a stadium to feel like home,” according to a front-page piece by Beasley & Rabin of the MIAMI HERALD. A crowd of 36,601 fans “shared in an unforgettable even ...
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Marlins' Pregame Festivities Include Ali Appearance
The Marlins hosted their first regular-season game at the new Marlins Park last night, and the team “greeted a fan-filled stadium ... with a spectacular pre-game show that began with footage of the city from a speedboat slicing through waterways and ended with fireworks, a flyover of fi ...
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Cardinals-Marlins Flat With '11 MLB Opener
ESPN earned a 1.8 overnight for the Cardinals' 4-1 win over the Marlins last night in the regular-season debut of Marlins Park, flat compared to the net's Dodgers-Giants opener last year. The game earned a 5.4 local rating in Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, which is the net's highest regular-se ...
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Yankees Again Top MLB Payrolls
A record 14 MLB players will earn at least $20M this season, "more than double from two years," according to Bob Nightengale of USA TODAY. While MLB's "average salary increased" 4% to $3.4M, it is "getting crowded at the top of the pay scale, a trend that will continue." Nineteen player next season ...
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Mets Offer Two-For-One Deal For Opening Day
Some 15,000 Mets fans “have been offered one free seat” for Saturday or Sunday's game against the Braves “in exchange for every ticket they buy for today’s opener” at Citi Field, according to David Li of the N.Y. POST. Plenty of the 41,880 seats for this afternoon& ...
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City Officials Back MLB Giants' Mixed-Use Plan
S.F. city officials yesterday said that the Mission Rock development the MLB Giants “plan to build on the bleak parking lot across from AT&T Park could provide a missing piece for the massive Mission Bay development,” according to John Wildermuth of the S.F. CHRONICLE. An official an ...
