an informal term for a rough, estimated figure. The term was derived from the approximate assessment of the number of spectators at a sporting event...
-- When Tony Ensor was introduced as the president and general manager of the C o l o r a d o Springs Sky Sox, he told The Gazette that he wanted to increase attendance at games. "I won't put a number on it, but we...
* For a decade, the boys of summer have taken part in Play Sun Smart, which teams the American Academy of Dermatology, Major League Baseball MLB and the MLB Players Association in a program to educate players and fans about skin cancer. In celebration of the 10th year of the...
GRAND BLANC, Michigan AFP — Tiger Woods is not sure if he will play before the US Open, but the world golf number one who is recovering from left knee surgery is already making plans next month for after the event. Woods will play at the Buick Open here...
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — San Francisco Giants owner Peter Magowan has stepped down as managing partner of the Major League Baseball club after presiding over an era where Barry Bonds made his tainted home run record chase. Magowan will keep an ownership stake in the team while William Neukom,...
WASHINGTON AFP — Pope Benedict XVI urged US Catholics to renew their faith and condemned the "tragic" sexual abuse of children by priests as he celebrated Mass before tens of thousands at a baseball stadium. The pontiff was greeted by an enthusiastic roar from the crowd of 48,000 and...
ARAMARK Introduces Environmentally Responsible Programs for 2008 Baseball Season; Unveils New Ballpark Food and Menu Concepts PHILADELPHIA -- When baseball fans visit ballparks across America this season, the outfield grass won't be the only "green" they see as part of their game day experience. With Opening Day approaching, ARAMARK...
ENERGY RESOURCE-24 March 2008-ARAMARK 'Greens' Baseball ConcessionsC2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com When baseball fans visit ballparks across America this season, the outfield grass won't be the only "green" they see as part of their game day experience. With Opening Day approaching, ARAMARK today announced a variety of environmentally friendly practices...
Your next beer at the ballpark might be served in a container with the look and feel of a plastic cup but instead made of biodegradable cornstarch. Using cornstarch cups, increasing recycling and installing solar panels and possibly wind turbines at ballparks are among the measures...
SYDNEY AFP — BHP Billiton's takeover offer for rival Rio Tinto was far away from a true valuation of the smaller company, Rio Tinto's chief executive said in an interview broadcast Sunday. Tom Albanese, in Australia for a presentation to investors, told national television that BHP Billiton's bid to...
WASHINGTON - They build these places and hope to fill them with memories and wonderful days and people, mostly people, if you want to know the truth, and sometimes that even happens.Sometimes, as has been the tortured baseball history of D.C. Stadium, which hosted its first major-league game in 1962...
Going to a baseball game is no longer just about watching the field — it's about the ballpark “experience.” SF Giants Chief Operating Officer Larry Baer says that stadium sales at AT&T Park account for up to 65 percent of overall team revenue. Baer shares his insights on the ever-changing,...
Baseball Notable Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr said farewell to Fenway Park yesterday. Saying he might not be up to another cross-country trip to the ballpark where played his entire career, the 89-year-old second baseman was saluted before the Boston Red Sox beat Baltimore, 7-4.Doerr, who played 14 seasons for...
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: The U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-514-2007, +1-202- 514-1888 TDD WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Assistant Attorney General Wan J. Kim will participate in a press conference to announce an ongoing initiative to ensure that the Washington Nationals new ballpark, currently under construction, will be in full compliance...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Take me out to the ballgame. ... Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack -- and a $38 All-Star Giants cap and a $50 parking space. An estimated 250,000 baseball fans who have swarmed AT&T Park for the four days of events leading up...
STAMFORD, CONN. -- Centerplate Inc., the sports and entertainment catering and concessions specialist based here, has completed a $900,000 overhaul of its foodservice operations at Tropicana Field, the home park of Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Devil Rays in Tampa, Fla. The renovations, part of an $8 million facelift...
Jackie Robinson's name resonates in America as a brave baseball pioneer. He's remembered as a courageous man who looked racism right in the eye, swung at it with his charismatic personality, then hit the skepticism right out of the ballpark. Now, 60 years after he broke Major League Baseball's...
The next thing you know, they'll want to put domes atop Wrigley Field and Fenway Park. It gets cold at those ballparks in April, right? The unusual number of first-week postponements because of chilly and snowy weather has some wondering about the wisdom of scheduling early...
LOS ANGELES -- We must have made an odd sight -- two out-of- towners in a bar on Hollywood Boulevard on a sunny Saturday, hunched over a smudgy newspaper weather map, drawing thick lines in black ink. We had six hours before the hometown Dodgers played the Pittsburgh...
NEW YORK AFP — Yankee Stadium, set to close in 2008 after 85 seasons, was named to host next year's Major League Baseball All-Star Game, major league commissioner Bud Selig announced. Among the handful of most famous sporting venues in America, the stadium that saw heroics by such legends...
FREMONT -- The Oakland A's could become the Fremont A's, or maybe even the San Jose A's, as team co-owner Lewis Wolff plans to announce next week with Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig that the team is moving to Fremont. A source close to the negotiations...
