Red Sox Seek ‘Boston’ Trademark to Control City Name in Sports Sales
The Boston Red Sox have filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark the word “Boston.” The Seattle Mariners and Houston Astros have…
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Baker’s World Series Success, Bochy’s Hire Leads MLB‘s Wave of Elder Managers
After Dusty Baker won his first World Series title in 25 years of managing, he made his plans for the future clear. “What’s next? I said if I win one I want to win…
Bryce Harper Returns for Another Swing at Baseball Immortality
Great players rise to the occasion during the postseason, and Bryce Harper is no exception. Reggie Jackson did it for the New York Yankees in the 1970s. Barry Bonds…
Astros Pitchers Throw World Series No-Hitter in 5-0 Game 4 Win
Forget Don Larsen—Dusty Baker’s seen it all. Just one day after the Houston Astros were pummeled 7-0 on five home runs by the Philadelphia Phillies, the Houston manager…
Dave Dombrowski Guides Phillies Into His Fifth World Series
When the Philadelphia Phillies floundered after the 2020 COVID-shortened season, they hired veteran Dave Dombrowski as president of baseball operations. Dombrowski…
Astros Steer Through Scandal via a System Deep in Talent
The Houston Astros are back in the World Series for the second postseason in a row and fourth time in the past six years. They’ll face the Philadelphia Phillies this…
Sporticast: Grease the Lampposts, the World Series Is Here
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including the upcoming…
Yankees World Series Quest Returns to Houston Problem
The Los Angeles Dodgers were “the dragon up the freeway” the San Diego Padres had to slay in order to advance their World Series quest, the club’s owner Peter Seidler…
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MLB Has Awarded Teams International Marketing Rights, Similar to NFL
Major League Baseball is dividing up international markets among its franchises, giving teams new commercial rights in specific areas around the globe, according to…
Yankees Letter Leak Prompts Questions of ‘Reputational Harm’
A confidential letter sent by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred to New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman on Sept. 14, 2017, has been leaked after the Yankees repeatedly failed in…
Yankees Lose Appeal to Suppress Manfred Letter to Cashman on Cheating
The New York Yankees have failed to convince the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to reconsider an order that will force the team to unseal a sensitive…
MLB Ordered to Release Manfred Letter to Cashman About Sign Stealing
It was a case of good news/bad news for Major League Baseball and the New York Yankees on Monday. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit…
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