D.C. Sports Bog Archive: MLB

Nats TV Audience is MLB's Biggest Gainer

Good and bad news from Monday's Sports Business Journal report on the final MLB regular-season TV ratings. (Subscription req'd.) Good The Nats regional TV ratings on MASN and MASN2 increased by 67 percent, to a 0.60. Their average audience increased 75 percent to 14,000 households. Both increases were easily the...

By Dan Steinberg  |  October 12, 2009; 5:07 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (19)
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Nick Adenhart the Skins Fan

Courtesy of the Skins Blog. As I've previously mentioned, I met Nick Adenhart a few times when he was in high school and I was working on a story about his baseball prospects, and then about his arm injury. That made me feel like I knew him a little...

By Dan Steinberg  |  August 26, 2009; 11:34 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (1)
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Morning Bog: Marketing D.C.'s "Unbearable Heat"

Some morning links, lovingly gathered by Max Wasserman and Jake DiGregorio.... The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is going with the "brutal honesty" approach to marketing its event; the commercial for this year's tournament includes "unbearable heat" as a selling point. Seriously. The Redskins need one of these commercials with...

By Dan Steinberg  |  June 25, 2009; 7:56 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (16)
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New York Media Responds to Nats Loss

Cheney: Nats :: Coughlin: Yanks. (By Jim McIsaac - Getty) Yesterday morning, the New York papers described a potential loss to the Nationals as "virtually inexcusable" and "embarrassing" and a "humiliation." Then the Yankees lost to the Nationals. Although, owing to the strong performance by New York kid John...

By Dan Steinberg  |  June 18, 2009; 1:14 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (11)
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If MLB Had Relegation

Look away. (By Jonathan Ernst- Reuters) The weird thing about the hyper-divisioning of American sports leagues is that massive failure can be partially masked. When you're comparing one failing team with four other mediocre teams, you don't always grasp the sheer magnitude of the failure, in the same way...

By Dan Steinberg  |  June 8, 2009; 11:41 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (16)
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Jon Miller's Most Memorable Baseball Game

Site of Jon Miller's most memorable game. (Reuters) Last night, Jon Miller called Randy Johnson's 300th win. Kind of a memorable game, although he's had plenty of others. Barry Bonds's 756th home run. Cal Ripken's record-breaking night. Tom Glavine's 300th win. Countless playoff games, including the New York-Arizona World...

By Dan Steinberg  |  June 5, 2009; 9:44 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (21)
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Manny Burriss: Super Redskins Fan, Dan Steinberg , June 4, 2009
Presidential Dog Eats Broadcaster's Coat, Dan Steinberg , June 4, 2009
Nats TV Audience: Up 56 Percent, Dan Steinberg , June 1, 2009
A Short History of Winless MLB Starts, Dan Steinberg , April 13, 2009
Nick Adenhart, Five Years Ago, Dan Steinberg , April 10, 2009
Stan Kasten Sings a Hymn to Philly Fans, Dan Steinberg , April 7, 2009
About Those Dutch Baseball Fans, Dan Steinberg , March 12, 2009
Nats: Longest Odds to Win 2009 World Series, Dan Steinberg , October 30, 2008
Top 10 WaPo Sports Stories: The Brewers?, Dan Steinberg , October 5, 2008
What a Chinese Olympic Rain Delay Feels Like, Dan Steinberg , August 14, 2008
Burton vs. McNamee, the Video, Dan Steinberg , February 13, 2008
Dan Burton vs. Brian McNamee, Dan Steinberg , February 13, 2008
Athletes and the Primaries, Dan Steinberg , January 9, 2008
Boston Fans Celebrate, Dan Steinberg , October 29, 2007
Dead Baseball Players Emulate Belichick, Dan Steinberg , September 20, 2007
Baseball Failure in August, Dan Steinberg , August 28, 2007
Bloody Everyone Has a Posse, Dan Steinberg , August 13, 2007
Worst Mascot in Baseball? You Betcha, Dan Steinberg , July 20, 2007
Our Local Teams' Odds of Winning it All, Dan Steinberg , July 11, 2007
The Padres Don't Like My Stinking Blog, Dan Steinberg , June 19, 2007
Baseball Players are Buck Commanders, Dan Steinberg , June 8, 2007
Stewardesses Beneath Baseball Blankets, Dan Steinberg , May 22, 2007
Charlie Manuel Explains All, Dan Steinberg , April 18, 2007
Sports Illustrated? Please Explain, Dan Steinberg , March 27, 2007
Chris Young: Caps Fan, Hoyas Fan, Dan Steinberg , February 1, 2007
Large Strawberry Correction, Dan Steinberg , November 8, 2006
Fixing the Baseball Playoffs. Ideas?, Dan Steinberg , October 26, 2006
 
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