MLB Franchise Notes: Time For The Nationals To Improve On Field

Dunn's Two-Year, $20M Deal With Nationals  Marks Team's Largest-Ever Player Contract

ALL ABOARD! The Brewers have reached a deal with Amtrak to provide "free rides on the Hiawatha train to Chicago" for Brewers fans attending the September 17 game against the Cubs. Beginning February 20, the first 100 fans who bring their ticket to the Miller Park box office will receive a "voucher for a free roundtrip ride" (BIZJOURNALS.com, 2/12). In addition, the team will provide the next 1,500 fans who bring their ticket to the box office with a "Miller Park South" T-shirt (JSONLINE.com, 2/12). 

BIRD WATCHING: Orioles President of Baseball Operations Andy MacPhail said of speculation that he might be in contention to replace MLB Commissioner Bud Selig at the end of his tenure, "I do know one thing about myself -- the job that is important to me is the job that I have now. ... I am sort of limited in my attention span that I just get focused on doing what I'm doing now. I'm having fun. I like the people I'm working for, and I like the people I'm working with" (Baltimore SUN, 2/13).

WELCOME TO THE CLUBHOUSE: SI.com's Jon Heyman noted "everything you hear is very positive" about new Cubs Owner Tom Ricketts, who at 43 years old will become MLB's youngest Managing General Partner. Heyman also wrote it is good to get Tribune Co. Chair Sam Zell "out of the sport before he tries to run the Cubs like his struggling newspapers, which are almost all a lot worse since he took over" (SI.com, 2/12).

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