Spiking the Red Socks Kool-Aid
Note: I know it’s not spelled “Red Socks.”
I have a friend who is from Maine and now lives in Boston. He is a born and bred Red Socks fan and is a card-carrying member of Red Socks Nation. While he loves the fact that the team is competitive every year now, he longs for the days...
NBA’s Pacers Show How Pro Sports Teams Grab Cities by the Balls
The Indiana Pacers are threatening to leave Indianapolis unless the city begins paying the roughly $15 million a year it takes to run Conseco Fieldhouse, the home arena for the team. The 11-year old venue has become a significant drain on the Pacers, who are currently required to pay the operating...
ESPNNewYork.com On Quick Trigger, Breaking Stories Before Launch
With the news that Jose Reyes will start the season on the disabled list now broken, we can thank ESPNNewYork.com for finding a source familiar with the situation and with loose lips.
As published by Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com:
Despite feeling great making a headfirst slide into second base while...
The Finest 2010 Pittsburgh Pirates Preview You Will Ever Read
My good friend Dock Ellis (not his real name) is a die-hard Pirates fan. I casually asked him what he thought about the team this year and below is his response. It may be the best fan-written preview I’ve ever read of the Pittsburgh Pirates. It is certainly the first one I’ve ever...
Naming Rights Longevity List
I was part of a recent conversation about the value of stadium naming rights and how those values decrease when a stadium’s name changes from one corporate sponsor to another. With the bankruptcy of Enron as an example, since they paid to name the ballpark in Houston “Enron Field,”...
Sun Life Financial Joins Naming Rights Club (and other random facts about naming rights)
An American division of Sun Life Financial Inc., a Canadian insurance company, became the latest corporation to adorn its name on the Miami football and baseball stadium after agreeing to a five-year, $20 million contract with the Miami Dolphins. The stadium, which will host this year’s NFL...
Shaughnessy Misses on Damon Reaction
While it seems like every blogger takes a shot at the mainstream media from time to time, I try to stay away from such behavior. Granted, I’ve been guilty of it on multiple occasions, but I try to appreciate that these people are professionals and I simply may disagree with them, which is to...
Fall Classic Preview
They came here for this.
Despite the massive contracts that each of them signed, C.C. Sabathia, Mark Teixeira and A.J. Burnett came to New York to compete for and win a World Series. They are now only four wins away from accomplishing that feat. Said Sabathia during his introductory news conference...
T-Shirt Flashback: 1996 World Series
I was 15 years old when the New York Yankees won the 1996 World Series. Growing up cheering for the Yankees, Jets and Knicks, this was the first championship that I truly experienced as fan. Yes, the Rangers had won the 1994 Stanley Cup and I skipped school to go to the parade, but I was a marginal...
(Non) Breaking News: Baseball Card Industry Still Struggling
ESPN.com’s Jim Caple had a rather amusing article posted on August 11th about Ken Griffey, Jr.’s Upper Deck rookie card and then the state of baseball cards as a whole.
I’ve previously written about the decline of baseball cards, specifically in response to Topps becoming the official...