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| | | |  | Making Over A-Rod Posted 7/22/2008 - 5:32 PM : Viewed 11953 times.
From Source : www.forbes.com |
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Why isn't Alex Rodriguez a marketing and endorsement gold mine?
He certainly should be. The young, handsome New York Yankee is arguably the greatest baseball player of all time, and he plays in the top entertainment and sports mecca in the world.
While athletes like Tiger Woods, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant rake in tens of millions of dollars in endorsements, A-Rod gets by on a relatively paltry $6.5 million through his deals with Rawlings, Nike and Topps.
For baseball players, reaching the level that transcends the sport is a tough climb. The biggest endorsement earners tend to be icons in popular individual sports like golf and tennis, which carry broad appeal to legions of casual players.
Then there's the NBA, a league that's been marketed by Commissioner David Stern as a showcase for the individual brilliance of Bryant, James, and Michael Jordan, among others.
Baseball fans, though, tend to identify more with teams than with players, making it tough for stars to brea......
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| | | | | A Glove of Their OwnPosted 8/15/2008 - 12:02 AM : Viewed 9714 times.
From Source : www.nissanclub.com |
| | | New Jersey publisher, Franklin Mason Press is always looking for great stories, ways to give back, and occasions to provide opportunities. That was the inspiration behind their Guest Young Author and Illustrator contest which reserves two pages in every book to publish children’s work. It was also t...... | | | A Glove of Their Own | | | | | |  Read All Rawlings News | | | | | |
| | | | | Inventor of Gold Glove Award dies Posted 8/11/2008 - 1:16 PM : Viewed 4462 times.
From Source : www.chicagotribune.com |
| | | In a long career in the sporting goods industry, Elmer Blasco was best known as the creator of Major League Baseball's annual award for the best defensive players at each position.
"He invented the Gold Glove Award," said Lindsay Naber, brand manager with St. Louis-based Rawlings sporting goods, ...... | | | Inventor of Gold Glove Award dies | | | | | | Read All Rawlings News | | | | | |
| | | | | Pittsburg ready for Premier baseball Posted 7/27/2008 - 12:52 PM : Viewed 5936 times.
From Source : www.morningsun.net |
| | | For the third year in a row, the Premier Baseball Junior World Series will come back to the four-state area.
Eight different ball parks will be graced with play from these 32 teams starting today and running through July 27. The locations are Baxter Springs Field of Dreams, Carl Junction High Schoo...... | | | Pittsburg ready for Premier baseball | | | | | | Read All Rawlings News | | | | | |
| | | | | Baseball's Biggest Scandal Posted 7/26/2008 - 1:14 AM : Viewed 7788 times.
From Source : www.huffingtonpost.com |
| | | In 2004, the New York Times, drawing on a report by National Labor Committee called Foul Ball, shed light on the terrible working conditions at the Rawlings baseball factory in the remote city of Turrialba, Costa Rica. The story revealed that the Costa Rican workers who stitch baseballs for the majo...... | | | Baseball's Biggest Scandal | | | | | | Read All Rawlings News | | | | | |
| | | | | Sandlot ball going the way of wooden bats Eric Olson Associated Press ...Posted 7/23/2008 - 10:10 AM : Viewed 11648 times.
From Source : www.dailycommercial.com |
| | | The 74-year-old Heald, a retired bat designer for Rawlings Sporting Goods Co., said manufacturers donate much of the equipment. Contributions from benefactors help purchase additional gear.
One of the largest Batter's Up programs is starting this summer in Dallas, where more than 2,000 kids at a ...... | | | Sandlot ball going the way of wooden bats Eric Olson Associated Press ... | | | | | | Read All Rawlings News | | | | | |
| | | | | Fake Phillies Player Draws Crowd At FanFest Posted 7/15/2008 - 3:37 PM : Viewed 9403 times.
From Source : www.sportingnews.com |
| | | Cab to the Javits Center: $15. FanFest tickets for your family: $90. An official All-Star Game baseball for your son: $35. Your son's baseball after C. Yaeger signs his name on it: worthless.
Who is C. Yaeger, you ask? Well, he's the guy in the following video -- just an average dude, who happen...... | | | Fake Phillies Player Draws Crowd At FanFest | | | | | | Read All Rawlings News | | | | | |
| | | | | Three Mids Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll Posted 7/11/2008 - 5:57 PM : Viewed 9123 times.
From Source : www.cstv.com |
| | | Three recent graduates from the Navy baseball team were among the group of 61 student-athletes named to the 2008 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, it was announced by the league office on Wednesday.
To be eligible for the honor roll, student-athletes must have attained a minimum grade-point av...... | | | Three Mids Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll | | | | | | Read All Rawlings News | | | | | |
| | | | | B. Robinson gloves award in York, Pa.Posted 7/3/2008 - 11:56 PM : Viewed 12544 times.
From Source : www.baltimoresun.com |
| | | The greatest defensive third baseman in baseball history received confirmation of that title yesterday in the city where he made his professional debut.
Brooks Robinson, who played with the Orioles for 23 seasons, was presented with the Rawlings All-Time Gold Glove for third base in a pre-game ce...... | | | B. Robinson gloves award in York, Pa. | | | | | | Read All Rawlings News | | | | | |
| | | | | Long Memory: Hartford Native Freddy Schmidt, 92, Talks BaseballPosted 7/3/2008 - 7:36 AM : Viewed 12377 times.
From Source : www.courant.com |
| | | Schmidt, 92, born in Hartford on Feb. 9, 1916, is one of the oldest living major leaguers, among the last who can speak of the good, the bad and sometimes the ugliness of baseball in the 1940s, heyday of the Cardinals. He threw his last pitch in Brownsville, Texas, in 1953, slamming his tiny, tatter...... | | | Long Memory: Hartford Native Freddy Schmidt, 92, Talks Baseball | | | | | | Read All Rawlings News | | | | | |
| | | | | Splintered debate Posted 7/1/2008 - 7:06 AM : Viewed 13166 times.
From Source : www.zwire.com |
| | | The first warning sign for Paul Byrd came in Oakland, during his first start of the season. He jammed a hitter well enough to saw the bat in half.
No big deal, except for the fact that the barrel of the bat was now a dagger - and was chasing the ball toward first baseman Ryan Garko.
"He made the p...... | | | Splintered debate | | | | | | Read All Rawlings News | | | | | |
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