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March Madness is in full bloom this early spring. However there is still baseball in the air, at least in Arizona and Florida and this weekend in Australia, where the Dodgers and Diamondbacks opened the 2014 season. So we wanted to highlight some cut through the clutter moves that two minor league, and one college …
One of the most important aspects of gaining support in good times in bad for any effective brand, let alone a sports or entertainment property, is to make sure you are ingrained as a part of the community, not just as an elite attraction. Whether you are a Valley National Bank or Target the Los …
The passing of Hall of Fame New York Mets broadcaster Ralph Kiner this winter at age 91 brought a great amount of responses not just locally, but nationally. From Keith Olberman to CNN, the stories of Kiner and his malaprops in the broadcast both to his star crossed career hitting homers with struggling teams in …
It came and went again this week buried amongst the large piles of snow in the Midwest and the Northeast and without any fanfare, the official start of college baseball season. While most media outlets are closely following every pitch and move prior to the official opening of spring training next week, and others are …
It is a tradition that has been quietly happening for years, but thanks to some opportunistic marketing folks is steadily turning into a hot stove event that could actually transcend baseball and into other sports. It is “Truck Day,” the day when MLB clubs in cold weather cities literally load up their 18 wheelers with …
While the NFL tries more ways to keep the Pro Bowl relevant, fun and brand-worthy during the week before the Super Bowl, the real winners of the weekend appear to be hockey and yes, baseball, in grabbing the spotlight and engaging with fans, some with a national footprint but in many instances at the grassroots. …
Save for this past week’s Hall of Fame announcement and the on-going Alex Rodriguez drama, baseball’s Hot Stove is on a low simmer for the next few weeks (except for the New York opening of “Bronx Bombers” on Broadway, of course). However in Australia it is mid-summer, and one of the world’s other global stick …
The Bridgestone Winter Classic on New Year’s Day is being touted as the best ever and impossible to top. True? Depends on your perspective, but for “brand hockey” this year’s New Year’s Day Game is even more potentially impactful than all the games held before as it becomes the launch point for the sport as …
Maybe its because there is such great longform writing being done online this year, but it seemed like the book business was more about facts and figures this year than it was about good storytelling. There were some great book reads this year we came across, and these were from the books we read, not …
It came pretty quietly a few weeks ago, Thomas Tull, Chairman of legendary Pictures, was selected to the Board of Directors for The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. While many may look at the move and go on to the next tidbit of information, it really is an interesting progressive signal of things …
