Baseball Reflections Product Review: ABC Sports-Sports Master
This product claims that sports fans can “resolve nearly any sports argument with the push of a button.” While this may not be completely true, the Sports Master does provide a unique way to test one’s knowledge of sports while on the move. While the baseball trivia is no doubt in depth, it also features […]
The History of Advertising in MLB Bibiliography
Arcella, C. F. (1997). Major League Baseball’s Disempowered Commissioner: Judicial Ramifications of the 1994 Restructuring. Columbia Law Review, 97, 2420-2469. Butterworth, M. L. (2007). Race in “The Race”: Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Heroic Constructions of Whiteness. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 24, 228-244. Cuneo, A.Z. & Tomaselli, R. (2007). How will MLB market Bonds’ […]
The History of Advertising in Major League Baseball
Image via Wikipedia When MLB picks their players for their nation-wide advertisements, they try to get those who are from the largest markets. In all likelihood, if a player in Kansas City is producing on the field exactly as much as a player from New York, the player from the Big Apple will have the […]
The History of African Americans in Baseball Bibiliography
Anderson, B. (2001). Celebrating Jackie Robinson? Major League Baseball Sees the Limitations of Promotions. Journal of Promotion Management, 7, 215-224. Carroll, B. (2006). Early Twentieth-Century Heroes: Coverage of Negro League baseball in the Pittsburgh Courier and the Chicago Defender. Journalism History, 32, 34-42. Carroll, B. (2006). From Fraternity to Fracture: Black Press Coverage of Involvement […]
The History of African Americans in Baseball
Image via Wikipedia Part 1 of 4 Even before the breaking of the color line, African Americans made baseball part of their lives by establishing very successful leagues of their own, known as the Negro Leagues. Barely anything is made of these leagues today, but obviously there was enough interest in baseball from African Americans […]
Florida Marlins Off Season Report
Season Wrap Up Although the Marlins finished 7.5 games out in the NL East in 2008, they didn’t have a bad season. After trading away Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera to the Tigers last off season, no one expected a lot from them in 2008. For starters, second baseman Dan Uggla had a monster first […]
Indians Hire Melendez as Area Scouting Supervisor
Yesterday, the Cleveland Indians bolstered their scouting staff by hiring Junie Melendez as an Area Scouting Supervisor. Melendez will oversee the scouting for a region that includes Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky. Melendez played college baseball at the University of Toledo, but went undrafted and unsigned. Melendez comes to an already strong scouting staff that […]
Indians Sell Pitcher Mastny’s Contract to Japanese Team
Tom Mastny is no longer a Cleveland Indian, but his new team isn’t even in America. The reliever’s contract was sold on Tuesday to the Yokohama Bay Stars of the Japanese Central League. Mastny burst onto the scene at the end of the regular season in 2006 when he was featured in 15 games after […]
