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ArticleOne of MLB’s 2025 runner-ups might soon be for sale
The Seidler family, controlling owners of the San Diego Padres, are exploring strategic options including a potential sale of their stake in the Major League Baseball franchise, with BDT & MSD Partners advising on the process.
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ArticleBaseball’s push: From $12bn industry to Europe’s next growth market
Although baseball is still synonymous with American culture, it has become an economic global force.
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ArticleRawlings acquires leading training and accessories company, Tanner Tees
Tanner Tees, founded by retired coach Joe Tanner, can be found in big league batting cages, thousands of college and high school programs.
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ArticleOne year from launch, Women's Pro Baseball League to hold tryouts
The WPBL will be holding tryouts in July and August.
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ArticleESPN to drop MLB next year
MLB said that ESPN has been scaling back its baseball coverage and investment “in a way that is not consistent with the sport’s appeal or performance.”
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News briefsNike reverses course on MLB uniforms
The Oregonian giant is relegating last season’s kerfuffle to history.
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News briefsAsics no longer manufactures equipment for a world sport
Apparel and equipment, including baseball gear, is Asics’ most difficult segment with a profit margin of only 2.8% last year.
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ArticleWant your team to stay? Own it
After the Oakland Ballers have secured $2 million in start-up funding from nearly 50 local investors, fans are now asked to pitch in to help keep the baseball team in the Bay Area.
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ArticleMarucci, Victus become official bats of MLB
Marucci Sports LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fox Factory Holding Corp., has entered into a license agreement with Major League Baseball (MLB) to exclusively make its Marucci and Victus brands the official bats of MLB. In addition, the agreement provides for the exclusive rights to use MLB trademarks in ...
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News briefsMLB returns to the land of cricket
Major League Baseball (MLB) has two games scheduled for London Stadium this weekend, the league having “clearly identified the U.K. as a priority market,” as its Chief Operations and Strategy Officer tells the AP. This will be the third series of London games in five years, with more planned in ...
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News briefsNike confirms uniform changes to MLB owners
In his address to Major League Baseball (MLB) club owners on May 23, Commissioner Rob Manfred said, according to The Athletic, that Nike had long acknowledged the trouble with this year’s uniforms. The uniforms were manufactured to Nike’s specifications by Fanatics, and the trouble, as we reported in April, includes ...
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News briefsMLB uniforms to change again, Players Association claims
Nike will be making changes to this year’s maligned uniforms for Major League Baseball (MLB) by the start of next season. The MLB Players Association has stated in a memo, seen by The Athletic, NBC News and ESPN, that designer Nike and manufacturer Fanatics will be restoring the large lettering ...
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ArticleThe boys of summer, mismatches and a new name for the sweat stain
This season’s uniforms for Major League Baseball (MLB), with Nike design and Fanatics manufacturing, are proving to be something of a flop – or a sop. Tops don’t match bottoms, details once specific to a team are now uniform throughout the league, names have shrunk to illegibility from the stands, ...
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News briefs“Take me out to the view screen”
Major League Baseball (MLB) has streamed its first regular season game – the Los Angeles Angels vs. the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field, Tampa – through its interactive, virtual ballpark. Spectators anywhere in the world with an internet connection could watch the game in three dimensions, from unprecedented vantage ...
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News briefsNike and Fanatics sign licensing deal with the Tokyo Giants
Nike and Fanatics have inked a new agreement with the Yomiuri Giants, also known as Tokyo Giants, Japan’s most successful baseball team. The financial terms were not unveiled, nor was the duration of the agreement. As part of the deal, Nike will become the team’s official uniform supplier, while Fanatics ...
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ArticleFirst professional baseball league to be established for India, Pakistan and the Middle East
Source: UIBL UIBL executive team (left to right): Kanwal S. Sra, founder, chairman and CEO; Mariano Rivera, co-president; Kash Shaikh, president and CMO Under the name and organization of the new United International Baseball League (UIBL), professional baseball is to be brought to India, Pakistan and the ...
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Rawlings acquires Jack Corbett Hollywood Bases
Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, the global brand and manufacturer of baseball and softball equipment, has acquired the Jack Corbett Hollywood Bases brand from Schutt Sports. The acquisition allows Rawlings to add field bases and accessories to its list of officially licensed Major League Baseball (MLB) products. The Jack Corbett Hollywood ...
