Much has been made of the drawn-out negotiations for the services of Johnny Damon this off-season, in particular the belief that he and his agent, Scott Boras, misread the market and left money on the table.  Word is that the Yankees offered the free agent left fielder $14 million for two years, which...

There are certain kinds of products in which the official league or team license is essential.  Trading cards, jerseys and collectible figurines, for example, feel cheap without the official logos and marks.  For novelty items like bottle openers and coffee mugs, it might not make that much of a difference. So...

I read in today’s NY Daily News that Serena Williams is training to be a nail technician. Doesn’t surprise me one bit. Ever since they hit the tennis scene over a decade ago, Serena and her sister Venus have changed the way fans think about the sport.  They were the prime movers in increasing...

This morning’s snow in the Northeast (where it’s not wanted) and lack thereof in the Pacific Northwest (where the IOC has been doing snow dances for weeks) notwithstanding, Pitchers, Catchers and PR Guys report to Spring Training for all MLB teams in the next couple of days. Marketers, too. New...

When I was eight years old and started to show an interest in baseball, my dad first bought me a pack of baseball cards, then a couple of weeks later he brought home a game called All-Star Baseball, which had dual spinner devices and round cards representing top major league players.  This was the mid-to-late...

I attended yesterday’s Bloomberg Sports presentation in New York, in which baseball bloggers, writers and geeks (can I be all three of those?) got a sneak peek at their new (intriguing, with room to grow) baseball analysis tools debuting on Feb. 18. There are two products, one is for consumers...

An interesting contest has been getting a little play today involving 2K Sports’ new Major League Baseball 2K10 video game.  To break through the clutter of game news, 2K Sports has offered $1,000,000 to the first fan who can throw a perfect game on MLB 2K10 from March 2 through May 1. There are...

Let me start by saying that I’ve been a Yankees fan for more than 30 years, share a Stadium season ticket package with some friends and watch about 120 or so of their games each year.  I am about as big a fan of the team and the sport as there is. Today, while in the Manhattan office that I work...