MLB Franchise Notes
The White Sox’ new ad campaign tagged “Back to the Grind” includes
print, TV, radio and outdoors ads, via Two by Four, Chicago, that are “intended
to remind fans of what got the team to the World Series in 2005: The players’
collective, unrelenting hard work ethic.” In one outdoor ad, White Sox manager
Ozzie Guillen “will talk about the team being on ‘a mission from Guillen.’”
White Sox VP/Marketing Brooks Boyer said that the campaign “probably will
include a number of the players who were on the 2005 World Series team”
(CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 2/16). The team also has an ad touting “The
Southside Chicago Board of Tourism” that “pokes fun at [North Siders’]
misconceptions about the area.” Boyer said that more than 90% of last season’s
record 21,000-plus season-ticket holders have renewed (DAILY SOUTHTOWN, 2/16).
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Howard Gives Phillies Fans
“Goosebumps” In New Ads |
PHILLIES: The Phillies’ ad campaign this season is tagged
“Goosebumps” and has TV spots featuring a number of players including
1B Ryan Howard, SS Jimmy Rollins, P Brett Myers, 2B Chase Utley, manager Charlie
Manuel and others. The ads were created by Philadelphia-based bubble, Rubberband
and NFL Films. The campaign will continue through March and April with outdoor,
Internet, radio and TV ads (MLB.com, 2/15).
MARLINS: Marlins 3B Miguel Cabrera, who was criticized by Marlins
execs after missing last week’s Fan Fest, said, “I had a family commitment
with my father [related to his health]. They called me the week before, and I
couldn’t cancel that engagement. ... They were told I had a family matter,
but I think they took it another way.” Cabrera denied his pending arbitration
hearing “had anything to do with” the absence. In Ft. Lauderdale,
Juan Rodriguez writes the Marlins “never heard from Cabrera or his representative,
SFX agent Fernando Cuza, about a prior obligation with his father” (South
Florida SUN-SENTINEL, 2/16).
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Matsuzaka’s First Press Conference
Draws Large Japanese Press Contingent |
JAPANESE FANFARE: Red Sox P Daisuke Matsuzaka’s press conference
Thursday at the team’s Spring Training facility was beamed live to Japan,
where it was 7:00am local time. Sixteen fixed-position cameras covered the event,
“as did close to 100 Japanese media members.” There were also nine
satellite trucks (GLOBE & MAIL, 2/16)....Two dozen reporters covered
the first day of Spring Training for P Masumi Kuwata, a 38-year-old veteran of
the Japanese Central League who signed a minor league contract with the Pirates
(TRIBUNE-REVIEW, 2/16).
BREWERS: FSN North, which owns exclusive rights to Brewers telecasts,
reached an agreement with News Corp.-owned WMLW-Ind to air 15 regular-season games
and one Spring Training game over the air. FSN will produce the slate, which will
be simulcast on FSN North outside of the Milwaukee market. The last time the team’s
games were on over-the-air TV was ’03. The Brewers have 140 games on TV
this season, the most in club history (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL, 2/16).
NOTES: Orange County Superior Court Judge Jonathan Cannon, who
dismissed a discrimination lawsuit against the Angels over a Mother’s Day
tote bag giveaway in ’05, threw out a countersuit by the team and one of
its sponsors seeking to recoup $500,000 in legal fees (L.A. TIMES, 2/16)....Nationals
President Stan Kasten said that former Nationals manager Frank Robinson “declined
an offer to be honored by the club during a game this May.” Team officials
“hold out hope that Robinson will reconsider” (WASHINGTON POST,
2/16).
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