Baseball
Date set for Tampa Bay Rays-Cuba game in Havana
Major League Baseball (MLB) team the Tampa Bay Rays will travel to the Cuban capital of Havana later this month for an exhibition game against the country’s national team, it has been confirmed.
Boston Red Sox launch in-house secondary ticketing platform
Major League Baseball franchise the Boston Red Sox has broken away from the league’s collective secondary ticketing deal by launching its own in-house resale platform.
WBSC buoyed by success of new Premier12 tournament
World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) president Riccardo Fraccari has hailed the success of the inaugural Premier12 event as representing another example of how baseball could serve the Olympic sports programme.
MLB ‘working hard’ on London games, says Manfred
Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner Rob Manfred has said the organisation is “working hard” on the prospect of staging regular-season games in London in 2017, but has maintained that expansion or the relocation of existing franchises is not on the immediate agenda.
MLB returns to Mexico with Padres-Astros games
Major League Baseball (MLB) has revealed it is to return to the Mexican market for the first time since 2004 after confirming that the San Diego Padres and Houston Astros will play a pair of Spring Training games in Mexico City this March.
Wrigley’s Extra
Barry Wilner looks at the $500m facelift of one of Major League Baseball’s historic venues and asks: is evolution better than revolution?
MLB appoints executive to drive European growth
The MLB International (MLBI) division of Major League Baseball has appointed Charles Hill as managing director of Major League Baseball Europe, Middle East and Africa, as the North American organisation seeks to further expand its global presence.
Former Olympic centrepiece Turner Field set for sale to Georgia State
Turner Field, the centrepiece of the 1996 summer Olympic Games and current home of Major League Baseball franchise the Atlanta Braves, is set to be sold to Georgia State University and local real estate company Carter.
The Numbers Game: Big Data and the Business of Sport | Collecting big data – Case study 3: Milwaukee Brewers and internal data
The Milwaukee Brewers are described by Major League Baseball (MLB) as “the model” for the sport’s use of offfield analytics, despite being one of its smaller-market and, in playing terms, less-successful franchises.
Fantex brokerage to float stakes in athletes on Nasdaq
Fantex, a brokerage that enables sports fans to buy and sell shares in future earnings of athletes it has a stake in, has announced plans to begin trading a portfolio of its clients under a single symbol on the Nasdaq North American stock exchange.
Music star branches out into sport with new venture
Magnus Media, a company founded by Latin music superstar Marc Anthony, has moved into sports management with the inception of Magnus Sports, a division dedicated to representing professional athletes.
MLBPA claims first with new social media platform
The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), a body that represents athletes in the North American MLB competition, has launched what it claims is a first-of-its-kind online social media platform in an effort to improve communication between players and fans.
Tampa Bay Rays chosen to lead MLB’s Cuban drive
Major League Baseball team the Tampa Bay Rays will play an exhibition match in Cuba next year, if an agreement between MLB officials and the Cuban government for the staging of the game can be reached.
MLB targets overseas games, pens SportIM partnership
Major League Baseball (MLB) has said its hopes to stage regular-season games in Europe and Mexico in the next five years, while the league has become the first pro-sports competition in North America to partner with integrity solutions provider Sport Integrity Monitor (SportIM).
The Big Pitch
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) will this month stage the inaugural edition of its Premier12 tournament. Andy Fry reports.
WBSC confirms hosts for 2018, 2019 World Championships
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced that the 2019 edition of its men's Softball World Championship will take place in the Czech Republic cities of Prague and Havlickuv Brod, with the women's event being staged in Chiba, Japan.
WBSC takes event to Fukushima, unveils expanded Women’s World Cup
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has named Fukushima as a host city for an event next year in a move that is designed to help raise awareness and support the local region's continuing recovery following the disaster that struck in 2011.
MLB to drive sports uptake for Twitter Moments initiative
Major League Baseball (MLB) and its Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) division are to lead sport’s uptake on Twitter’s new ‘Moments’ feature.