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The Masters of Minor League Media
The 2006 MLN Ralphie Awards™
The movies have Oscar®. Television has Emmy®. Broadway has its Tony®. For media relations people in sports, there is only one coveted honor: The Ralphie™. MLN presents to you the top five out of more than 800 minor and major league media relations people in baseball, hockey, basketball and football who make their corners of sports shine. [Feature]
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218 Flavors of Vanilla - To BAM or Not to BAM - That is the Question of the Minor League (MiLB) Winter Meetings
The biggest buzz at the Minor League Winter Meetings was about Baseball Advanced Media (BAM), the folks behind MiLB.com. Are they helping prop the minors, or promote MLB? [MAJOR BLOGS]
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MLB Rule V Draft 2006
Results from the Major League Baseball Rule 5 Draft that concludes business at the Winter Meetings. Round by round and (exclusive) by minor league club. [Chart]
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Mutt's Edge
Sent into the Saint Paul Saints as a character assassin by Rolling Stone Magazine, gunning for Bill Murray and Darryl Strawberry, author Neal Karlin finds a bit of his own character in the characters of indy baseball's most unique Saint Paul Saints. [Article] |
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Minor League Baseball
Winter Meetings
from
Walt Disney World
MLN brings you the interesting tidbits from the minor league side of the 2006 Winter Meetings.
A Tale of Two Hotels at the Major League Baseball (MLB) Winter Meetings
The Swan and Dolphin hotels host different sides of the event. MLN Sr. Editor Brian Ross checks in from the 'media bench' on the minor side at the Swan. [MAJOR BLOGS]
The Details are in the Devil Rays
Vero Beach Will Host the Return of the Devil Rays to the Florida State League, but will they be the Port Charlotte D-Rays in 2009? [Article]
Fishwrap Pyschoses - The Season is Lost if the Big Dollar Players Don't Get Signed
If you want to know why MLB owners spend insane amounts of money on players that aren't worth it, meet the press that drive them to do it. [MAJOR BLOGS]
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Longoria
Tampa Bay Devil Rays prospect Evan Longoria blew through the minors to AA Montgomery this season. Is he that good? Damn straight. [Article]
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Minor League News
MLN FAB50 Baseball 2006
The most powerful list in baseball presents top performers to mid-season with the means, motivation, and opportunity to make their moves to the majors. Now with Ones2Watch™ up-and-comers and even bigger photos!
[Feature Section]
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The Futures Is Now
Is the Major League Showcase for Minor League Talent Killing Off the Minor League All-Star Game? [Article] |
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Eastern League All-Star Game 2006
Brett Roneburg steals the show at the Eastern League All-Star game. Will this be the building block that he needs to put his career back on track to the majors? [Article] |
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Royals Splash
It was a Royal night at the MLB Futures game, the premiere showcase of top minor league talent as Alex Gordon and Billy Butler demonstrate why Kansas City picks are USDA prime. [Article] |
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Pot Holes on the Road to Enlightenment
He's baaack. Is Delmon Young a changed man, or will the D-Rays phenom be a phenomenal headache for Tampa in a bad-boy-infested Bulls clubhouse? [Article]
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The Doubleday Code
So Dark the Con of MLB
Luke Hochevar's No. 1 pick in the June MLB Draft 2006 exposes an old, dark secret of Major League Baseball. If the independent pro leagues outside the MLB system can be home to the draft's top pick for a season and a half, who is a pro, and who is an amateur? Will there be more? [Article] |
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The Devil Went Down to Durham
People worried that Bulls baseball might get a tad dull with ol' Bill Evers gone. The team has had a rough year, but between star prospects Delmon Young and BJ Upton's mishaps, it's anything but dull.
Do the Bulls' bad boys have what it takes for a major league career? [Opinion]
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The Dead Brain Era
For future historians seeking a name for this whacked-out period in baseball history, MLN's senior editor Brian Ross has come up with the perfect moniker: The Dead Brain Era. [Blog]
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MLB Draft 2006
Kansas City has the first pick. From there, it's 50 rounds of fun. Once the big pubs have left behind the first few rounds, MLN and our draft analysts dig down into the lower depths of the draft to show you the interesting picks for this year and years to come that may spark as tomorrow's MLB superstars. [Article]
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Line Call
As the minor league umpire strike continues, Major League umpires make a stop on the minor league picket lines to show their support. [Article] |
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Over Friggin' Nickels
In a world of $3.00 gas and $10.00 burgers, can minor league umpires live on $25.00 a day? While the Minors burn, with stats dropping and fights causing teams to be pulled from the field, Minor League Baseball and the umpires union try to make a line call on what's a living wage.
[Article]
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Some Strange Umpiring
If the replacement umpires in the Triple-A are the best that Minor League Baseball has to offer, fans in the Class A leagues should be truly worried. Dan Hickling, the Guerrilla Stringer, calls 'em like he sees them. [Blog]
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MLN Top Ten Minor League Ballparks
Where are the best places to watch a baseball game? MLN takes you to 10 great places to watch a ballgame, along with places to stay, and eat while in town. Pack your bags! [Article]
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The Blind and the Damned on Reality TV
The spontaneous combustion of Delmon Young's career is part temper, part second-rate officiating, and part the age of television finally percolating down to the growing fan base of the minor leagues. [Opinion]
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Round Up The Usual Suspects
The latest ritual of baseball is not the World Baseball Classic - It's the annual serving of a few unknown faces to the media to prove that the steroids testing is really working. Yet no one who makes any jack is being jacked for 'roids. [Opnion]
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Devil Ray
Delmon Young is one of the top ranked players in minor league baseball. He's also got an attitude and a temper that flared up in an unfortunate incident with an International League umpire. Will he become a liability? [Article]
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The Green Cap
What screws up Major League Baseball most? It's not steroids. It's not the "dilution of talent" because major league baseball has more teams. It's the officially licensed product of moneyball... Sr. Editor Brian Ross examines how the Green Cap keeps mediocre players in the majors, and traps talented newcomers in the minors.
[Blog]
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Nomah.
Nomar Garciaparra kicks off our new photo section of big glossy MAJOR MOMENTS from the 2006 season.
[Photos]
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MLN Spring Training Report 2006
As Spring Training draws to a close, MLN begins a series of reports from around baseball on the players to watch both on the fast track to the majors, and the developing talent on their way to new home towns in the minors. [Feature]
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When the Message Owns the Media
Leagues and teams that cover themselves are often covering themselves in ways that protect them from an independent media. Is it money, spin control, or something more? [Blog]
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