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We are now ankle deep in baseball. So here’s a look at five good reads to get baseball start. Just my opinion, and only books I have read thus far, but all are nice companions for the summer game. Wherever I Wind Up by RA Dickey and Wayne Coffey. One of the ways I can …
With its seemingly endless season, its three plus hour games and its sometimes strange rules and never ending parade of stats, baseball has long been a punching bag for the fast and loose generation. While other sports like cricket and even football have sought to find ways to speed up the game, baseball’s traditions take …
The year 2012 will have the Centennial celebration for Fenway Park, with the Red Sox planning a series of events in and around the grand old park, which now is officially registered as a Historic Landmark as well. However April 14 marks another anniversary, one a little more dubious but noteworthy nonetheless, the centennial sinking …
Doodle Devils: The New Jersey Devils have done a great job with fan engagement, especially in the digital space for the past year. The team’s performance in the past few months has also raised the interest in the team as the NHL playoffs approach, so the team has launched another campaign to activate with and …
As we reach Selection Sunday and heading to daylight savings, some thoughts on a few innovative ideas that have come about… New York Life Goes OT: A few years ago the Foxwoods Casino and Resort came up with an innovative takeover of Knicks games, sponsoring the last five minutes of the fourth quarter with extra …
It is almost time for President Obama to start ramping up the engines for the run to November. As the Republicans twist back and forth between Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and other challengers, the Democrats have stood on the sidelines waiting their turn to start moving against whomever is on the other side. This week …
There are few weekends busier than this one in sports for big events (especially if you happen to be in Florida). From the roar of Daytona to the snap of spring training (throwing in several hundred college games across the state as well) to NBA All-Star weekend and the NFL Combine, and virtually no sports …
More good ideas seem to be coming in pairs these days…here are another few that make good sense… Majoring In The Minors: The Memphis Redbirds, like most other organizations, are trying to find ways to activate and engage their fans with social media that makes good sense. So their idea? write it down. The first …
While the beginning of March brings together thoughts of both college hoops and spring training, baseball in another prime area of interest officially got started this past weekend as well. College baseball quietly began its official season of spring play, with amazing weather continuing in the Northeast and with little fanfare on the sports schedule. …
In the fall, the movie “Real Steel” gave us a little peak into the use of tablet technology in sport. The trainers, one played by Hugh Jackman, used tablets to control their boxing robots instead of putting humans in the ring. It was significant in the face that the tablets used were not Ipads, they …
