Between now and New Year’s Eve we’ll run down the top ten stories covered on Ballpark Digest in 2014, determined by page views. At #3: efforts to bring Major League Baseball back to Montreal. (more…)
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Year-end countdown: #6, New Oakland A’s ballpark
Between now and New Year’s Eve we’ll run down the top ten stories covered on Ballpark Digest in 2014, determined by page views. At #6: efforts toward construction of a new Oakland Athletics ballpark. (more…)
Mustangs officially part of Main Street Baseball
It’s now an officially completed transaction, as Main Street Baseball takes the reins of the Billings Mustangs (rookie; Pioneer League) after Major League Baseball signs off on the deal. (more…)
Sylvia Lind files discrimination suit against MLB
Sylvia Lind, the highest-ranking Hispanic woman in the commissioner’s office, has filed suit against Major League Baseball, arguing she has been underpaid and passed over for promotions. (more…)
Giving thanks this baseball postseason
This year, the Thanksgiving season saw monetary reasons for ballplayers to give thanks. On November 24, amidst other signings, it was reported that the Boston Red Sox inked third baseman Pablo Sandoval to a free-agent deal, worth signed for five years and $95 million. On the same day, Major League Baseball announced the 2014 shares […]
Montreal may be looking good to Stuart Sternberg these days
If Rays owner Stuart Sternberg decides Tampa Bay can never support Major League Baseball, he reportedly has a new home in mind: Montreal. (more…)
No overseas MLB games in 2015: report
After a Taiwanese promoter and MLB officials couldn’t work out a deal for a season-opening series overseas, it looks like all Major League Baseball games will be played in the United States and Canada in 2015. (more…)
Bloomberg: 1,750 fans injured annually by foul balls at MLB ballparks
An analysis of injury reports at a sampling of first-aid stations yields an estimate from Bloomberg that 1,750 fans are injured by balls hit into the stands at Major League Baseball games in a season. There are a host of horror stories in the Bloomberg article about fans seriously hurt when struck by a foul […]
Impending lawsuit could overhaul MLB’s media empire
Not much attention has been paid to this: a federal lawsuit is challenging Major League Baseball’s management of media rights — and it all hinges on a modern interpretation of MLB’s famed anti-trust exemption. The class-action lawsuit is simple: a group of fans argue that they’re being denied access to games because of MLB’s blackout […]
Selig visits Oakland on farewell tour
Bud Selig was at O.co Coliseum last night on his Farewell to Major League Baseball tour and expressed regret he was leaving office without a final solution to the Oakland Athletics ballpark situation. He was blunt in an assessment of his performance regarding the A’s, where there’s been a lack of concrete new-ballpark developments in […]
Manfred new MLB commissioner
It took several ballots after a late run by large-market team owners, but Rob Manfred, as expected, was selected as the new commissioner of Major League Baseball. Manfred will replace Bud Selig, the former Milwaukee Brewers owner who led Major League Baseball through an amazing renaissance, with the sport blossoming into an $8-million industry. (We […]
Judges skeptical of San Jose’s claims against MLB
It sounds like San Jose’s day in court did not go very well, as a three-judge federal panel sounded very skeptical of claims that the city would be harmed if the Oakland Athletics were not allowed to move to the Silicon Valley. San Jose has pursued a questionable legal strategy in attempting to overturn Bud […]
How MLB got its groove back after the 1994 strike
Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the 1994 players’ strike, and since then MLB went from seriously bad times in 1995 to a huge spike in revenues, attendance and public awareness. Here’s how it happened. Irving Rein, Ben Shields and Adam Grossman lay out a pretty compelling timeline of how MLB owners regrouped after the […]