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Advertising: Major League Baseball Is Blogging Its Way Through the Playoffs

Baseball’s playoff advertising push gets under way Thursday, when the first spots of the league’s largest ever campaign are broadcast.

Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:49 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Athletics and Sports, Advertising and Marketing, Blogs and Blogging (Internet), Online Advertising, Engvall, Bill, Jackson, Randy, Hutton, Timothy, Caliendo, Frank, Foxworthy, Jeff

Taking Look at Replay and How It Will Work

If Major League Baseball’s new instant replay system had been in place this season, it would have been used about 18 times so far to determine if a home run had been hit.

Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:45 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Selig, Bud, Television

Baseball to Use Replay Review on Homers

Commissioner Bud Selig said that the replay system would start with the three series that open Thursday and be used in all games throughout the rest of the season.

Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:08 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Athletics and Sports, Selig, Bud, instant replay

$6.2 Million for Catcher Is Signing-Bonus Record

The San Francisco Giants gave Buster Posey, the fifth overall pick in the amateur draft, a $6.2 million bonus, which is the highest in the draft’s history.

Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 8:15 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Draft and Recruitment (Sports), Bonuses

Yankees Said to Have Fired 2 Scouts

The Yankee’s director of Latin American scouting and the Dominican Republic scouting director were dismissed amid an investigation into misappropriated bonuses.

Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 11:07 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Dominican Republic, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bonuses

Failed Tests Are Down, With One Exception

The number of positive tests for performance-enhancing drugs in baseball has gone down, except for the Dominican league, in which some players are 16 and 17.

Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 12:24 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Dominican Republic, Steroids, Tests and Testing

Instant Replay for Home Runs Is Imminent, Selig Indicates

Monitors will be installed near the field at every ballpark, enabling officials in New York to instantly replay home runs and review disputed calls.

Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:35 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Selig, Bud

Investigating Bat Safety, Baseball Officials Ask Manufacturers for Some Answers

As part of an investigation into the safety issues related to broken bats, bat manufacturers approved for the 2008 season were asked to respond to a questionnaire.

Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 9:27 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Accidents and Safety

Some Yankees Scouts Under Investigation

The scouts have been placed on leave pending an investigation by Major League Baseball into the signing of prospects.

Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 11:29 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Dominican Republic, Suspensions, Dismissals and Resignations, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Sports of The Times: In the Playoffs, No Losers Should Be Allowed

The National League West should be teaching the monarchs of Major League Baseball a lesson, if the strange situation there doesn’t embarrass baseball first.

Posted Sunday, August 03, 2008 9:02 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, National League

A Public Slur in 1938 Bared a Game’s Racism

Yankees outfielder Jake Powell’s racist comment 70 years ago broke the conspiracy of silence that protected segregated baseball.

Posted Saturday, July 26, 2008 2:54 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Race, Discrimination, Powell, Jake

257 Broken Bats . . . and Counting

The M.L.B. is investigating the proliferation of broken bats by collecting every bat that shattered, chipped, cracked or smashed during the last three weeks.

Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:06 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Accidents and Safety

Dominican Players Know of Stolen Bonuses, but Not of Victims

Baseball players at the Dominican Summer League say some White Sox scouts and officials have stolen thousands of dollars from player’s signing bonuses.

Posted Monday, July 21, 2008 11:33 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Dominican Republic, Chicago White Sox, Frauds and Swindling, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bonuses, Dominican Summer League

In Bottom of 9th, Baseball Plots Return to the Olympics

Major League Baseball could perhaps take a four- or five-day break to allow big-leaguers to play in the 2016 games, according to the general manager of USA Baseball.

Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:31 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Olympic Games, Watson, Bob

TV Sports: It Was Tiring but Certainly Not Boring

Tuesday night’s 15-inning All-Star Game exhausted viewers, many of whom tuned out as the game wore on into the morning.

Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:38 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Major League Baseball, American League, National League

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