Tag Archives: baseball
Nats should leverage demand for a Teddy win to get something they need
It’s been almost exactly a year since I suggested the Washington Nationals should let Teddy win their Presidents Race on June 4, 2010, as a consolation prize to all the fans who’d bought tickets to that game thinking it might … Continue reading
Filed under PR/Marketing, Sports, Washington DC Area
Orioles off to a great start on the field, but not with their customer service
I thought for a few days about whether to blog this or handle it over email and I feel the Baltimore Orioles basically earned this being posted publicly for the way they handled the situation when I tried to speak … Continue reading
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Jayson Werth, Cliff Lee and the Nats free agent marketing dollars
A few years ago, when I was playing more music than I am right now, I was sitting on the patio of an Austin, Texas hotel with some friends during South By Southwest. In the lot next door to this … Continue reading
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TBS Bumps Phillies-Red Sox to Air Strasburg’s Second Start
How’s this for a statement? TBS has bumped this Sunday’s Phillies-Red Sox game in order to air Stephen Strasburg’s second start. Those are two teams that have each won the World Series in recent years and that have name recognition … Continue reading
Filed under Media/Journalism, Sports, Washington DC Area
June 8 MLB Debut for Nationals’ Strasburg Makes Better Baseball Sense
Washington Nationals fans and the media have been speculating that 2009 #1 pick Stephen Strasburg will make his major league debut on Friday, June 4 against the Cincinnati Reds. Tickets for that date have been selling well, even before the … Continue reading
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Nats ad could have been even better with direction to social media & web
The Nats had a nice full page ad in today’s Washington Post. It thanks the fans, runs down all the highlights of the 2009 season and ends by saying “We’ll see you in 2010!” I think this ad was a … Continue reading
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How’s this for fan relations?
I really like what Major League Baseball and the Texas Rangers did here. A kid caught two foul balls during a game this week, within a few pitches of one another and they put the video online. It’s the type … Continue reading
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