In a box seat just behind home plate, several fans watching the Arizona Diamondbacks battle it out in their series opener were asked to take it off. The fans, in prime viewing area, were wearing Los Angeles Dodgers gear. Their seats, $3,250-$3,500 box seats, are consistently shown in photos, videos, and any shots of the [...] Read More
Those who study and follow the business side of sports are remembering the impact that Marvin Miller had on baseball and professional sports in general upon learning of his death earlier this week. Miller, the father of free agency in Major League Baseball, died on Nov. 27 at the age of 95. As the president [...] Read More
One in 18 Major League Baseball players in the history of the league have played in only one career game. That’s a fascinating statistic gleaned from an outstanding article about the nearly 1,000 “cup of coffee” players who have appeared in only one career MLB game. The article offers readers detailed accounts of the [...] Read More
[Braham Dabscheck is an industrial relations scholar, sports writer and enthusiast, and author of Reading Baseball: Books, Biographies, and the Business of the Game, published April 2011, by FiT. He has written extensively on many aspects of sport, and he continues with that tradition today by offering a review of The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle [...] Read More
Curtis Danburg, the Cleveland Indians’ senior director of communications with 16 years of experience with Cleveland’s Major League Baseball organization, shared his thoughts on how sport organizations should utilize social media during a Q&A session with Jim Kadlecek, associate professor and chair of the Department of Human Performance and Sport Business at the University of [...] Read More
Latin American baseball prospects have long been prized by Major League Baseball organizations. Teams spend millions sending scouts to Latin American countries and even have set up training academies there in an attempt to identify, and then sign, the most talented young players on the baseball diamond. The pressure placed on these prospects, however, often [...] Read More
Four months ago, The Sports IQ contributor Aaron Geiger wrote a blog post concerning stem cell therapy, athletes, and ethics. With the recent report that Indianapolis Colts’ quarterback Peyton Manning allegedly flew to Europe for a stem cell procedure prior to neck surgery, the topic is being brought to light once again, and this time [...] Read More
[Braham Dabscheck is an industrial relations scholar, sports writer and enthusiast, and author of Reading Baseball: Books, Biographies, and the Business of the Game, published April 2011, by FiT. He has written extensively on many aspects of sport, and he continues with that tradition today by offering a review of Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend. [...] Read More
“I know what my problem is: I try too hard, I think too much. I need to slow down my mind,” said Cleveland Indian Shin-Soo Choo, citing that his recent DUI and arrest has psychologically crippled his play. ESPN reported yesterday that Choo isn’t focusing on his legal affairs stemming from his drink-and-drive debacle, [...] Read More
Maybe Barry Bonds isn’t the spawn of Satan after all? Bonds quietly offered to pay for the college education of the children of Bryan Stow, a San Francisco Giants fan who went into a coma after being brutally attacked outside Dodger Stadium. The attack on Stow earned national headlines, and one of his alleged attackers [...] Read More