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Archives: July
2005
MLB.com to Stream
Live Webcast of 2005 Hall of Fame Induction
Ceremony
NEW!
Aflac National
High School Baseball Player of the Year Nominees
Announced
NEW!
Lottery
To Be Held For Bark in the Park Tickets
Sportsbook.com lists MLB Wild Card odds
Baseball
fan wins first in series of free all-in baseball
giveaway tournaments featuring Bronx Bombers
announcer John Sterling
Arena Digest launches "Arena Directory"
Fan Wins $10,000 in
MLB.com's 'Beat the Streak'
Firm exploits opening in synthetic fields
Major League Baseball, Ameriquest Mortgage Company
Support Commissioner's Initiative for Kids
Tug McGraw foundation hosts major fundraiser in
NYC
Boston Red Sox
First Baseman David Ortiz's New Era 59FIFTY Design
Launches Thursday, July 28
Sportsbook.com posts odds on MLB Awards
Aflac Announces
Final Roster for 2005 Aflac All-American High
School Baseball Classic
Major League
Baseball Drafts High School Students as Interns in
Program with Bentley College
Experience
America's Past Time As Historic Base Ball World
Tournament Comes to Greenfield Village
Midwest
Airlines, Milwaukee Brewers Extend Travel and
Marketing Partnership
National
Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and Bank of
America Announce National Partnership
AAA Chicago, Disney
'Celebration' Targets Mouseketeering Cubs Fans |
MLB.com,
the official website of Major League Baseball,
will provide fans around the globe with a live
video webcast of the 2005 National Baseball Hall
of Fame Induction Ceremony from Cooperstown, N.Y.,
on Sunday, July 31 at 1:30 EDT. The ceremony also
will be carried live on ESPN Classic, with a live
radio broadcast on ESPN Radio. An audio webcast
also will be available on MLB.com and at the Hall
Of Fame's website,
Aflac
announced today the six nominees for the second
annual Aflac National High School Player of the
Year Award, given to the nation's top prep
baseball player. The player of the year recipient
will be presented with the Jackie Robinson Award,
a physical trophy named in honor of the late Hall
of Fame baseball player. Rachel Robinson, his
widow, will present the award at the Aflac
All-American Awards Dinner, which will be held at
the Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel on Aug.
11, 2005.
What's
the hottest sports ticket in Detroit this year?
No, it has nothing to do with the All Star Game or
Super Bowl; it's a "Pooch Pass" for Bark in the
Park. An annual event, Bark in the Park gives
four-footed fans a chance to go to Comerica Park
with their owners, sit in a special "Pooch
Pavilion" in the left field stands, and enjoy a
Tigers baseball game.
A
24-year-old from Wisconsin won the first of four
tournaments in
August
Publications has begun the process of creating the
Arena Digest "Arena Directory". To roll
out the site's new feature, they invite you to
check out their initial listing of arenas which
includes every NBA arena! In the coming weeks they
will be adding all the NHL arenas as well as those
in the AFL, AHL and ECHL. These are but a few of
the changes coming to Arena Digest as they
enter late summer and prepare for the fall season,
so stay tuned!
General
Sports Turf is riding the growing wave of the
popularity of synthetic, multipurpose sports
fields in high schools, colleges and mid-sized
municipal stadiums. In the two-and-a-half years
since it was founded, the Rochester-based company
has tripled its number of employees, expanded
nationally and assembled an army of salespeople
who work as independent contractors in locations
scattered across the country. General Sports Turf
has seen its revenues grow, doubling every year.
Jon Pritchett, the company's CEO and one of its 12
private equity investors, says this year's
revenues are expected to exceed $20 million.
"Ya
Gotta Believe." Three small, but powerful words
used by the late New York Mets reliever Tug McGraw
in l973 to rally his team to an amazing September
run. The phrase that has motivated thousands of
people facing serious life challenges. The
inspiration that helped Tug through the 10-month
battle with brain cancer that took his life in
January 2004.
New
Era Cap Co., Inc., the premier, global headwear
designer, developer and manufacturer, announced
that it will launch its next Capture the Flag
59FIFTY, designed by Major League Baseball's 2004
World Series Champion Boston Red Sox First Baseman
David Ortiz. The cap will be available at select
retail stores Thursday, July 28th. Ortiz is the
second Major League Baseball player to design a
New Era 59FIFTY, he joins Roger Clemons in this
honor.
Don't
miss the chance to see America's favorite past
time at its beginning. Watch as players step up to
the plate and play by the rules of 1867 when base
ball was just starting to catch on in the United
States. Greenfield Village will host the third
annual World Tournament of Historic Base Ball from
August 27 - 28. Fans can see regular season games
played every Saturday and Sunday until August 21
on Walnut Grove. Games start at 1:30 p.m. and
entrance to the game is free with Village
admission. Admission to Greenfield Village is $20
adults, $19 seniors and $14 child. Members and
children under the age of 5 are free. Greenfield
Village is located at 20900 Oakwood Blvd. in
Dearborn. For more information call (313) 982-6001
or visit the 
Midwest
Airlines will be flying the Milwaukee Brewers
Baseball Club to and from games and support the
team through signage and promotions at Miller Park
for the next three years. In an announcement made
today, the airline and the Club extended their
travel and marketing partnership agreements for
three additional seasons. Midwest Airlines will
continue to provide charter services for the
Brewers, as it has since 2002 -- the year it was
named the official team airline. Additionally, the
airline's marketing partnership with the Club will
be extended through 2008.
The
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, the
shrine which honors Baseball's greats and its rich
history, and Bank of America, one of the world's
largest financial institutions, announced a
three-year partnership for the 2006, 2007 and 2008
baseball seasons, giving Bank of America the
exclusive rights to produce Hall of Fame vignettes
featuring Hall of Fame members, for broadcast use.
The multi-year agreement is its first with the
Baseball Hall of Fame. Bank of America is also the
Official Bank of Baseball, which includes
exclusive national agreements with Major League
Baseball, Minor League Baseball and Little League
Baseball.
AAA
Chicago is betting that a host of loyal Chicago
Cubs fans will trade in their team baseball caps
for a set of mouse ears this December. Dubbed the
"Walt Disney World Happiest Celebration on Earth
Vacation for Cubs Players & Fans," AAA Travel, the
official travel arm of AAA Chicago, will feature
this exclusive event from December 1-5 in Orlando,
Fla. Access to this Cubs-Disney excursion must be
secured through AAA Chicago in advance, as
admission will not be sold during the event.
Partakers receive five days and four nights filled
with events and receptions featuring several past
and present Cubs team members including Hall of
Famers Ernie "Mr. Cub" Banks and Billy Williams
and current Cubs catcher Michael Barrett.