Monthly Archives: January 2010

Major League Baseball Players Pledge $1 Million to Haiti Relief and Recovery Efforts (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Major League baseball players today pledged their long-term support of relief and recovery efforts in Haiti by committing up to one million dollars from the Major League Baseball Players Trust. Â Beginning with immediate $100,000 contributions each to Esperanza International and Medicines for Humanity, over the next five years the Players Trust will provide grants [...]

2K Sports to Award One Million Dollars to First Person to Throw a Perfect Game in Major League Baseball® 2K10 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

NEW YORK—-2K Sports announced today that they will give away an unprecedented cash prize in the amount of $1,000,000 to the first person who throws a verified perfect game in Major League Baseball® 2K10, the next iteration of the popular Major League Baseball® 2K series, prior to May 2, 2010.

Your comments: Wilderness proposal, Major League Soccer, kicker reform (The Oregonian)

Wyden, Merkley propose 16,000 acres of eastern Oregon wilderness. Major League Soccer in Portland a go, but Beavers baseball still stymied. Kulongoski wants ‘kicker’ reform in wake of tax increases.

Morning headlines: Amtrak stimulus, Schnitzer stock sale, sportswear knock-off crackdown, major league soccer (The Oregonian)

Portland-Seattle Amtrak gets $598 million economic stimulus boost on Thursday. Schnitzer family sells stock, loses control of steel company. Columbia Sportswear, Nike benefit from knock-off crackdown. Don’t look for Oregon companies to flee state over 66, 67. Major League Soccer in Portland a go, but Beavers baseball still stymied.

Pitch a perfect game in Major Leage Baseball 2K10 and score $1 million (GamePro)

2K Sports is so confident about its revamped pitching mechanic that it’s issuing a challenge to players. Be the first to pitch a perfect game in Major League Baseball 2K10 before May 2 and win $1 million.

Rangers’ ownership group expects success - MLB.com

CBC.ca

Rangers' ownership group expects successMLB.com(AP) By TR Sullivan / MLB.com ARLINGTON — The Rangers have a new ownership group that hopes to be approved by Major League Baseball and be in place by …Ryan: MLB helped run Texas RangersDallas Morning NewsRyan expects restrictions to be liftedESPNRangers' Sale Ends Months of WranglingNew York Times (blog)The Am [...]

Event raises money for baseball family - MLB.com

Event raises money for baseball familyMLB.comNEW YORK — Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield remembers a time when one of his friends, who is no longer in baseball, …Wakefield honoredFlorida TodayWakefield wins Bart Giamatti AwardComcast SportsNet New England (blog)Tim Wakefield steps up to BATBoston HeraldMLB.com -MLB.com -MLB.comall 14 news articles »

MLB reveals game times for regular season - MLB.com

Nassau Guardian

MLB reveals game times for regular seasonMLB.comMajor League Baseball announced tentative game times for the 2010 regular-season schedule for each Major League club on Tuesday. …MLB Releases Tentative Game Start TImes for 2010 Regular SeasonThe Biz of BaseballMLB remains upbeat on China projectPeople’s Daily OnlineA league of perennial haves and have not's: the decline [...]

Holy cow, Cubs win; MLB team to stay in East Mesa - Phoenix Business Journal

East Valley Tribune

Holy cow, Cubs win; MLB team to stay in East MesaPhoenix Business JournalThat ranks them as the fifth most-valuable Major League Baseball team, according to Forbes. The Ricketts family acquired the Cubs from the Tribune Co. in …Agreement approved to keep Cubs in MesaMLB.comHighlights of proposed Cubs dealAZ Central.comMesa comes through for CubsChicago [...]

A tale of two baseball cheaters - ESPN

A tale of two baseball cheatersESPNMajor League Baseball continues its hit streak of hypocrisy. Joey Foley/FilmMagic Pete Rose apologized years ago but is still not allowed to have any role …Lurz BlurbzLoyola PhoenixMark McGwire's confession extends never-ending saga of steroidsThe Spartan Daily
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