Social media and sports are natural teammates. Enthusiastic fans are eager for updates on their favorite teams and the opportunity to rant about what went wrong in the playoffs or why their coach should be fired. On the flip side, modern franchises love nothing better – except perhaps winning -- than extending their brand into potentially profitable new areas. From Facebook and Twitter to websites and mobile apps, social media satisfies both sides.
Berthold Bäuml from the German Aerospace Center has created something that might interest quite a few MLB teams: a robot that can throw and catch a baseball.
“No game in the world is as tidy and dramatically neat as baseball, with cause and effect, crime and punishment, motive and result, so cleanly defined.”
Oh, to be a Phillies fan. The team may very well make the playoffs this year but even better, iPhone owners at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park can now order food right to their seats using MLB.com’s free Fan Direct app.
Baseball season is officially underway. Here are 10 must-have items for any self-respecting fan of the great American pastime.
Two dates that are keeping diehard baseball fans like me warm this winter: February 18 and March 2. The first date is when pitchers and catchers show up in Arizona and Florida for the start of spring training. The second is when MLB 10: The Show goes on sale. Sony’s San Diego Studio does a [...]
