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When it comes to a gold standard for minor league baseball experiences, New Jersey is fortunate enough to have two of the best, the Lakewood Blue Claws and the Trenton Thunder. Both clubs continue the tradition of their parent organizations, the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees respectively, in not just being teams who …
All that talk of the Islanders move to Brooklyn, and encouragement from an old friend (Charlie Cuttone) prompted this post about a New York hockey team that well…never was. But I was a part of it. Here is the story circa 1985, of a team which I left working for before it really started, 26 …
The final days of another playoff-less season for the New York Mets have gone pretty quietly. Except for the anticipation of R.A. Dickey winning 20 games and perhaps David Wright becoming the all-time team hits leader, the air left the CitiField balloon for the most part around the All-Star Game. Try as they will to …
As we near the Presidential election I keep waiting for President Obama or Governor Romney to invoke the name of R.A. Dickey as they search to find metaphors to engage casual voters in their narrative. They have used various platforms to gain support tied to sport…Olympics, NASCAR, hoops, golf, some baseball…but not yet the knuckleballing …
As we head into the homestretch for baseball, and the kickoff of college football, another three good ideas that popped up as the week came to an end… Certain-Lee The Best Promo of the MLB Season: The San Francisco Giants keep finding ways to do it right and first with fan engagement, and now they …
The Federal Hockey League has made some valiant efforts in its brief history as a northeast based low minor hockey league. They grabbed a name right out of pop culture, the legendary Federal League of “Slapshot” fame, and without the Paul Newman/Hansen Brothers inspired Charlestown Chiefs, set out to re-create old time hockey with the …
The Trenton Thunder have a great deal of intangibles in their favor. They are one of, if not the oldest current minor league team in the corridor between Washington and Boston, at least as far as affiliated teams go. Even better their affiliation is as the AA team for the New York Yankees, bringing all …
The challenge to find unique, promotable, and sometimes profitable brand partners for second division soccer clubs can be daunting sometimes, especially when those above you grab some of the biggest lights, and with it the grandest brands. However here are two unique kit sponsorships…one that worked, one that didn’t that were definitely worth a spot …
If you ask many casual fans where “Baseballtown” is they may say St. Louis, Cooperstown, Williamsport, Chicago…but Reading, Pa? Correct. Reading, the home of the AA Reading Phillies, smartly grabbed the title in 2002, when a local boys and Girls Club presented the plan and the history of Reading in baseball lore to the late …
Minor League baseball is big business across North America, no question. There is probably no group of passionate people who understand the value of ROI and innovation more than minor league baseball executives and every night they find new ways to draw thousands to ballparks regardless of what goes on between the lines. The quality …
