SB Nation User Blog: BaronVonCurrentEvents

Legends of Base Ball Vintage Showdown article and photos

BaronVonCurrentEvents — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:22:52 -0000

Legends of Base Ball Vintage Showdown article and photos

And more photos from the event: here

Paul LOLDuca sued

BaronVonCurrentEvents — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:40:07 -0000

Paul LOLDuca sued

To the tune of $432,000.

OT: Sports teams owned by media companies

BaronVonCurrentEvents — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:57:16 -0000

In my readings on European-owned and controlled media companies for school, a theme emerged. That of media companies owning stakes in sports teams. I suppose it's nothing new to those of us who follow Euro football teams, but to me it's kind of a new concept. MediaSet's majority owner is also the president of AC Milan.

Stateside we've had Disney owning the Angels and the Ducks. Of course, sponsorship is nothing new in the world of auto racing, but the sponsors are not media companies.

It all makes me think of the role of the media in these sponsorship deals. Is the media required to stay neutral in everything, even for a distribution group like Disney or MediaSet, and not reach out to sponsor a sports team? Since they are not publications, just the parent companies, is it then okay for Disney or MediaSet to own a team? Is ownership/sponsorship too close to an endorsement of the team?

How would we all feel if the Giants were suddenly sold to an ownership group based in media? Like if Comcast bought the team?

I ask because I'm genuinely curious, on one hand because I don't see this happening in the States as much as in Europe, and on another hand because I'm doing a report on Netherlands media for my comm class. I'm trying to get a perspective on the topic, and see if it's just an issue of cultural divide or if it's the way business, media, and sports will evolve.

I thought about it and my first reaction was a strong negative one; I feel that media has a duty to stay neutral and that a media company owning a sports team is too close to an endorsement of the team, and thus reporting can skew too easily towards whatever the team might want the media to do, and vice-versa. But it's also about business and money, and the financial gains from such a deal can provide many more resources for said team, and said media company.

thoughts?

Doing some reading for my polisci class, and I had a laugh at this from the textbook: In the 20th...

BaronVonCurrentEvents — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:09:34 -0000

Doing some reading for my polisci class, and I had a laugh at this from the textbook:

In the 20th century, Iraq has been a second-rate power at best.

SECOND RATE AT BEST! Figured you could use a laugh after the dismal day we all had around here.

Fun with Rotoworld

BaronVonCurrentEvents — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:47:51 -0000

Fun with Rotoworld

I was looking for a box score for the combined no-hitter Sergio Romo threw in 06 with the GreenJackets, to make a point in my final Cal League notebook of the year (sadface). I tied it in to the combined no-no thrown by Mixon, Shaver, and Cova in San Jose last week. I found this gem from Rotoworld in my search: Romo, 23, was a 28th-round pick in the 2005 draft. He's 10-2 with a 2.49 ERA, 76 H and 93/19 K/BB in 101 1/3 IP in the South Atlantic League this season, but he's not viewed as one of the Giants' better pitching prospects. Matos probably has the better chance of making it to the majors.

lulz Rotoworld

OT: Wall Street Journal: Foreign Talent Loads the Bases

BaronVonCurrentEvents — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:48:26 -0000

OT: Wall Street Journal: Foreign Talent Loads the Bases

An article on one of the most diverse teams in the minors, the Boise Hawks in the Northwest League. It focuses on Hak Ju Lee, an 18-year-old Cubs prospect from South Korea. The article includes a video and a photo slideshow. Pretty cool stuff.

OT: Futures Game within the organization

BaronVonCurrentEvents — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:16:08 -0000

OT: Futures Game within the organization

Boston hosted two of their full-season league minor affiliates and two other teams for a pair of games at Fenway Park: AAA Pawtucket and AA Portland participated for the Red Sox, while AA Bowie and AAA Norfolk visited from the Orioles organization.

I'd like to see the Giants do something like this, have San Jose and Fresno come up for a day and face nearby teams from the PCL and Cal Leagues.

Buster Posey before his home debut in Fresno. Story here.

BaronVonCurrentEvents — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:47:11 -0000

Buster Posey before his home debut in Fresno.

Story here.

Planned tribute for Sue Burns July 27

BaronVonCurrentEvents — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:29:09 -0000

I didn't see a fanpost or fanshot on this, and since it falls on the MCC Meetup Night, I figured it wouldn't hurt to post about this.

I got an email from the SFGiants.com website about the tribute for Sue Burns:

On Monday, July 27 prior to the 7:15 game versus the Pirates, the Giants will pay tribute to Giants Senior General Partner Sue Burns, who passed away earlier this week.

Sue and her late husband, Harmon, were instrumental in preventing the Giants from moving to Florida in 1992 by joining a group of local investors to purchase and keep the team in San Francisco. She also played a key role in the building of AT&T Park, ensuring that the Giants would remain in San Francisco for generations to come. Sue could always be found in her front row seat next to the Giants Dugout dressed in her signature orange and cheering for her beloved orange and black.

In the past decade, she attended at least 1,000 Giants games. Fans attending Monday night's game are encouraged to wear orange in honor of Sue.

I'll be there in orange.

OT: Win a Date with Curtis Granderson

BaronVonCurrentEvents — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:10:57 -0000

OT: Win a Date with Curtis Granderson

Curtis Granderson is hosting a wine tasting and bachelor auction fundraiser for his Grand Kids Foundation. Granderson, Edwin Jackson, and Ryan Perry are the bachelors up for sale.

I think the Giants should do this. It would make a ton of money.