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2005 Ralphie Awards
They're the Masters of Minor League Media. Five who represent the best media relations people and broadcasters chosen from more than 600 minor league teams and 100 major league clubs. Who won the coveted annual "Ralphie"? [Article]
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My Ngst About Moneyball
Baseball or Moneyball? As the World Series curtain rings down, and the Winter Meetings approach, is baseball a sport or an industry? [Opinion]
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Punked by Baseball America: An MLN Anniversary Tribute
As we celebrate our 5th anniversary, Baseball America punks our prowess at list making. Sr. Editor Brian Ross has a few choice words for them about the FAB50 and the future of sports publishing.
[Opinion]
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Future Legends of the Fall
After the World Series' final game, the Arizona Fall League showcases some of the best up-and-coming talent. [Article]
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Sports' Other Season
While major league clubs seldom are impacted by natural disasters, hurricane season can end a minor league season, or shutter a team for good. Who has been impacted by the double-whammy of Katrina and Rita? From Corpus Christi to Pensacola we check in with our favorite Gulf teams in baseball, hockey, and football.
[Article]
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2005 Farm Directory & Rankings
Who has the best farm system in baseball? Who's the worst? Whose clubs help them create super regions? The 2005 farm directory goes beyond the players of the moment to look at both the depth charts and the system developing the players. [Article]
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Through the Eye
Wedging open the needle through which precious few farmhands pass to the toughtest roster in the majors, the Atlanta Braves, is no easy feat.
[Article]
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The Indy Oasis Tour
Indianapolis is SportsTown USA, the Mecca of
Fun and entertainment for a large chunk of the Midwest. Savvy
sports travelers can find great times and great bargains on rooms
and fun for a day, a weekend, or a complete vacation.
[Article]
[Buy
Indians Tickets]
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MLN FAB50 2005 Farm Honors Red Sox
As part of the FAB50 Baseball 2005, we select a club that has turned out the best crop of movers and shakers in the minors. This year's winner? The Boston Red Sox. [Article]
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FAB50 Baseball 2005
Who are the best of the
best in minor league baseball mid-season? The FAB50 Baseball 2005
is the ranking of the fifty best and fastest-moving players in
minor and independent baseball, along with bios and big photos
of each player!
Who is the best player in minor league baseball?
Hints:
Position: P
Team: Tacoma
[Article]
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Baseball, Heal Thyself.
The 20th century needed a tyrant to bring discipline
to the sport of baseball. The 21st century will need a visionary
to return it to its place as the national pastime. Can Branch
Rickey III, scion of the famed Rickey family, heal baseball's
self-inflicted wounds? [Opinion]
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In The Gods' Hands
If the Greeks
were right, and a hero is defined as a mortal who has endured and
thrived in the face of everything that the gods throw at him, then
Anthony Sanders' epic life story makes him a one of the greats.
Will the baseball gods smile on his last run at a major league career?
[Article]
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Father Fish 'Fesses
Manager McKeon's
Tall Tales Told
In his
latest book "I'm Just Getting Started," Marlins Skipper
Jack McKeon tells his tall tales of days in the majors and minors
with a wink and a cigar, and tells you why, as the oldest skipper
in major league baseball, he's just getting started. [Book
Review]
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2005 Major League Baseball Draft
While some magazines give you the cook's tour
of the top few rounds of the draft, MLN breaks down the stats
on all fifty rounds of the next wave of minor leaguers!
We serve it up any way that you like: By round
and overall pick, by club, by college, high school, and even state
and city!
[Article]
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The Fresh Fish & Salsa Tour
Catch the fresh Fish at the Marlin's AAA club,
the Albuquerque Isotopes, then take some time
to stop and smell the green chiles roasting in Albuquerque, Santa
Fe, and Taos, New Mexico on a 7 to 8 day trip with something for
everyone.
[Article]
[Buy Isotopes
Tickets]
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AAA and Texas League All-Stars are the Hot
Tickets for May as MLNTicket™ Debuts
Only
the leader in Minor League Sports could bring you the first comprehensive
ticketing system that connects you up to both the best offerings
of the stadium and season tickets for resale in one place. Why cruise
page after page on the web when we offer you everything in minor
and independent baseball with just a few clicks. Check out MLNTicket!
[Section]
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Open Source Baseball Directory Debut
MLN introduces the first Open Source
directory of players in all sports. Teams have a bit. Minor League
Baseball tracks them... in minor league baseball. MLN follows them
major to minor, independent to affiliated. What's "Open Source?"
You can contribute your stories, magic moments, and more. Check
out the first players to roll out! [Section]
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MLN
Top Ten Minor League Ballpark Guide 2005
MLN and Baseballparks.com take you
on a tour of the best places inthe minor leagues to watch a ballgame.
[Article]
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Are the Players in Charge of the Circus?
Major League Baseball has developed a
programs for substance abuse and performance enhancers that is
fair, tough and comprehensive. So how can the Players Association
get away with turning the major league policy into a joke? [Article]
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Band
of Brothers
When the National League and the American
League entered into a turf war in 1901, the smaller leagues banded
together into an association that would become Minor League Baseball [Article]
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Message
For Every Clubhouse Wall
The game of baseball is a timeline more than a
century old. Barry, Sammy, and Jose have set their part of it
in sad stone. How will the young players reporting to minor league
camp shape it? [Opinion]
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For
Everyone Else, There's VISA
Another
wrinkle of the post-9/11 world is the restriction of work visas.
The shortage has affected minor league players from Canada to
the Caribbean to Korea. [Article]
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Minor League Sports - A Primer
Live in a town with minor sports, but you're not
sure what it's all about? Live in New York City and think this
is all beneath you? Hockey is the No. 2 sport in America?
No way.
Check out our primer on the minors. Lots of information
and facts that may surprise you. [Article]
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