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Major League Baseball has announced a new activation at this year’s All-Star Game in Atlanta — the MLB All-Star 4.4 Miler run which will pay tribute to Braves icon Hank Aaron. Tickets will cost $44, with proceeds benefitting Chasing The Dream Foundation and the Henry Louis Aaron Fund. Participants will start and finish outside Center […]
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Music City Baseball, LLC has partnered with real estate services firm Lincoln Property Company to announce an agreement to secure and obtain entitlements for a future mixed-use development that could include a multi-purpose venue to bring a Major League Baseball team to Nashville. Music City Baseball is laying the groundwork to bring MLB to Nashville […]
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The Tampa Bay Rays have withdrawn from a $1.3 billion ballpark project, citing hurricanes and delays that likely will drive up the proposal’s cost. The team issued a statement by principal owner Stuart Sternberg saying that “a series of events” in October, which included severe damage to the existing Tropicana Field and financing delays, led […]
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Three years ahead of being the team’s new home, the Las Vegas Convention and Vistors Authority will sponsor a Las Vegas patch on the jersey sleeve for the Athletics starting this season as part of a three-year marketing partnership. As the “Official Destination Partner of the A’s,” the club and the LVCVA will collaborate on […]
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The city of Tucson is buzzing with excitement and with good reason. After nearly 15 years without professional baseball in the city, it will host a World Baseball Classic qualifier from March 2–6. From 1947 through 2010, Major League Baseball was in Tucson each March for spring training. But in 2011, the last three teams […]
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As visitors enter the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, they peer through a chicken wire backstop at the Field of Legends, which is the centerpiece of the Kansas City-based institution. The life-size bronze sculptures of some of the best Negro Leagues players of all-time stand at their positions on a baseball field, ready for the next […]
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The 2024 MLB London Series between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies generated nearly $70 million for the city’s economy in June 2024, according to an impact study by the consulting firm Two Circles. The 2024 MLB London Series resulted in a boost of $80 million total to the UK’s economy as a whole […]
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Major League Baseball has entered into a global partnership agreement with Japan Airlines ahead of the MLB Tokyo Series in March featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs. As part of the collaboration, Japan Airlines will launch the “JAL MLB Tokyo Series Boarding Campaign,” running through February 2025. Passengers who take two domestic flights […]
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The Las Vegas Stadium Authority approved a 30-year lease, non-relocation and development documents on Thursday, clearing the last major hurdle for the Oakland Athletics to construct a stadium and bring Major League Baseball to the Las Vegas Strip. A development agreement with Clark County still needs to be worked out. Groundbreaking would likely take place […]
Continue ReadingIn addition to widespread destruction across Florida, Hurricane Milton has had an impact on the sports world. With winds topping 100 miles per hour and torrential rainfall, the massive storm ripped the roof off of Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays. The pieces of the shredded roof panels made of translucent, Teflon-coated fiberglass […]
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