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They are some of the most identifiable voices in sport anywhere in the world, those men and women who literally call the games. All have their own style, personality and in many cases identifiable emotions and signature calls and phrases. Yet until this past Thursday, even having been in some of those booths, I never …
This year as in most every Major and Minor League Baseball load up on promotions to draw casual fans and fill distressed seats. The days are filled with bobbleheads, gnomes, beach towels, caps and hundreds of others. (Here is a list of 10 new MILB promos worth checking). The overwhelming number are always geared towards …
While this week saw MLB launch some initiatives around Earth Day, Wilson Sporting Goods announcing a “Green” racquet and other various and sundry initiatives, the once announced by the IOC recognizing large scale efforts were probably the most notable and worthy of acknowledgement. What makes the awards even more important was that it shows the …
I am from Brooklyn and have never lost the love for the gritty side of my home city. However as we get older, some of us anyway, we try to see the bigger picture and the value of waste not, want not just a little more. I also have been softened a bit by the little …
I am a living, breathing example of the adage you learn more from your mistakes than you do from your success. That’s one of the great things about being involved with young people; mentoring, teaching, you get lots of do-overs and many chances to look back and see what works, what didn’t, and how you …
Friday at CitiField was the alomost perfect exeperience for a New York sports fan. Amazing weather, a salute to to two heroes past…Tom Seaver and Jackie Robinson. A safe, friendly and fun ballpark with friendly and attentive staff. A win by the home team. All except my usual six month or so quizzical question. In …
I was watching Ken Burns’ great two-part documentary on Benjamin Franklin this week when I noticed one of so many thoughts of relevance…Franklin was asked about why at his advanced age does he still care about goings on that should be taken up by younger people, and how he knows if something he is doing …
Cracker Jack and Ice Cream. Can you think of two other slices of Americana that tie to baseball any better? That’s why, as MLB opened the season this week, it was great to see Cracker Jack…with a fun brand play…and Ice Cream…through a new, and yes first ever, brand partnership get some leadoff hits for …
The simple things are usually the best activated, and National High Five Day is returning into that category after two years lost. Sure we had “virtual “high fives,” but cmon. There are many origin stories of the high five, but the two most documented candidates are Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke of the Los Angeles …
“Be a lifter, not just a leader.” That quote from WISE Women of the Year honoree, Disney/ESPN’s Rosalyn Durant really struck me as what’s needed as our industry gloriously and steadily moves back to the breakneck, in person business we have all loved. While bumpy roads still lie ahead and always will, the ability for …