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Byline: Maury Brown While Brian Cashman and the Yankees are being slammed for the Vernon Wells (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wellsve01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-bizofbaseball.com) trade, they're smarter than you think This isn't to disparage Mr. Vernon Wells, [...]

Byline: Maury Brown When it comes to sports, what every owner looks for is repeat business. And, if you want repeat business, 'loyalty' is king. Through good times and bad, [...]

Byline: Maury Brown It has long been sought by the league, has had fits and starts, and will have large impacts if it does, or doesn't happen. The topic is [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Every few years, the debate arises over the popularity of the World Baseball Classic. 'It's a marketing tool to grow the game globally'... 'Fans outside of the [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Unlike other sports, Opening Day in Major League Baseball is one of--if not the--most highly attended game for each club in the league. Hope springs eternal for [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Which way is Nolan leaning? Whether it happens, or not, the fact that there's conversation about Nolan Ryan leaving the Texas Rangers is big news. It is, [...]

Byline: Maury Brown You knew it was coming. No, it's not an infographic created by some media outlet, but rather by Major League Baseball itself. Since they say pictures speak [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Click to see in high-resolution If you've been following MLB in recent years, you may have noticed that there's a bit of an arms race go9ing on, [...]

Byline: Maury Brown You had to wonder if it was coming. With the popularity of MLB.com's At Bat application for mobile and the World Baseball Classic returning, the logic of [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Contrary to popular belief, most writers covering sports do not enjoy writing articles month after month, year after year, in which they report nothing but negativity around [...]

Byline: Maury Brown The NFL may rule television ratings, but when it comes to digital media and sports, Major League Baseball is king. MLB Advanced Media has become a gold-standard [...]

Byline: Maury Brown The Rawlings S100 Pro Comp batting helmet can sustain pitches of 100mph and prevents concussions. All players will now be using it as part of latest labor [...]

Byline: Maury Brown The Biz of Baseball has been updated with new data... As has been the case since we've launched, each year we spend a great deal of time [...]

Byline: Maury Brown As the classic song by the O'Jays song said, 'People love their money.' And, in pro sports, it's no different. As television and digital media rights continue [...]

Byline: Maury Brown The first real signs that regional sports network media rights fees are trickling down to customers comes via DirecTV Maybe the sports television rights bubble hasn't burst [...]

Byline: Maury Brown With the beginning of Spring Training, MLB's network partners are gearing up for the 2013 regular season. Today, MLB on FOX released their 2013national broadcast schedule for [...]

Byline: Maury Brown This, folks, is not good. This isn't the line for the DMV or to catch the matinee showing of 'Fun Size'. No, this is what the line [...]

Byline: Maury Brown On Thursday, I took part in a series of mock salary arbitration cases that are appearing on Baseball Prospectus. In the case, I covered the Tigers' side [...]

Byline: Maury Brown He's call himthe 'King' and now he's getting paid like one. Today, the Seattle Mariners reached an agreement with former AL Cy Young winner Felix Hernandez to [...]

Byline: Maury Brown FOX Sports San Diego and DISH today announced that as of April 1, 2013, DISH San Diego customers will have access to the Padres, Clippers and Ducks, [...]

Byline: Maury Brown This note from Tony Bosch's ledger appears to show Alex Rodriguez using PEDs It may have been a story that had its beginnings with Manny Ramirez in [...]

Byline: Maury Brown As anticipated, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Time Warner Cable today announced a new regional sports network with the working name of SportsNet LA that will launch [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Tampa Bay Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg went into battle again on Thursday. The former Wall Street investor, who in 2005 purchased the majority interest in the [...]

Byline: Maury Brown I know, I know. Many of you are saying, 'I can't believe I'm hearing this.' Truth is, I was surprised, but it's out there, so let's dig [...]

Byline: Maury Brown On Thursday, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Time Warner Cable will announce a new television contract that will have the team starting its own channel. While terms [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Baseball season is not far away... MLB has released the following: Major League Baseball today announced the game times for its master 2013 regular season schedule, which [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Since the Ricketts family purchased the Chicago Cubs, one of the looming questions has been renovating baseball's second-oldest ballpark in Wrigley Field. With the Red Sox completing [...]

Byline: Maury Brown The Biz of Baseball has been updated with new data... In an effort to provide media, researchers, and fans an easier way of accessing drug suspension data [...]

Byline: Maury Brown At 82, Earl Weaver (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weaveea99.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-bizofbaseball.com) has left the building. The Hall of Fame manager from the Baltimore Orioles passed away today of an apparent heart-attack and the [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Major League Baseball has released the 2013 Spring Training schedule, and with it, the first Spring Training exhibition game will be held on Thursday, February 21st in [...]

Byline: Maury Brown For a record third consecutive year, the four Divisional Playoff games averaged more than 34 million viewers and accounted for the four most-watched shows on television last [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Let's face it, people love contests. And, if you're a fan of baseball, you also likely have weighed on this uniform or that, discussing the good and [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Click to see in larger view Snow may still blanket parts of the country today, but believe it or not, we're 4 weeks from catchers and pitchers [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Who will replace this man? Since Bud Selig stepped into the ownership ranks of Major League Baseball, he seemed to be everywhere, all the time. Early in [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association today announced substantial changes to the league's drug policy that will now provide for unannounced, random blood testing for [...]

Byline: Maury Brown When the results of the Hall of Fame voting was released yesterday--a spectacular O-ferthat hasn't been seen since 1996--I hesitated to write a column on the matter. [...]

Byline: Maury Brown For several years now in the NFL coaches have gone wireless on the sidelines, and quarterbacks have plays called into their helmets. But, for Major League Baseball, [...]

Byline: Maury Brown UPDATE: The BBWAA reports that no players elected in this year's class. Select Read More to see the vote details Let's get some things clear first before [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Bobby Valentine, who lasted just the 2012 season managing with the Boston Red Sox, has found a a new home, this time on radio. The former manager [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Each and every year at the beginning of the season, fans and media take stock in how rosters are designed. Debates will rage on how this team [...]

Byline: Maury Brown When it comes to performance-enhancing substances in MLB, 2012 will likely be remembered in the press as the 'Year of Elevated Testosterone.' Between the overturned suspensions of [...]

Byline: Maury Brown If there was one storyline for baseball outside the lines that's picked up steam the last few years, it's been the explosion of media rights. Starting with [...]

Byline: Maury Brown When the figure came out that MLB's league-wide revenues were approx. $7.5 billion for 2012, a question that came up afterwards was, 'How much was revenue-sharing, and [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Adjusted numbers released today for the New York Yankees end of year payrolls just made their wallet hurt that much more. Late last week the Yankees were [...]

Byline: Maury Brown It wasn't exactly the best week for the NFL. Not only did former commissioner Paul Tagliabue vacate all the Saints players as part of Bountygate, the NFLPA [...]

Byline: Maury Brown In a tactic employed by the NFL, and NBA players unions, a vote is scheduled Sunday that would have the players 'disclaim interest' in the NHL Players [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Step aside, New York Yankees, you're about to be passed up in the amount of money you spend of player salaries. When the 2013 MLB season begins, [...]

Byline: Maury Brown With local broadcast money and attendance for the league remaining strong, according to sources after two years of seeing revenues relatively flat at $7 billion, Major League [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Pack it up, and head 'em out. The halls of Opryland in Nashville are clearing out as the 2012 Baseball Winter Meetings have officially come to an [...]

Byline: Maury Brown Baseball fans all agree: the smell of a glove is a glorious thing. Problem is, you can't really take a glove around with you to meetings at [...]