Mister Baseball: IBAF Baseball World Cup 2009 in Europe

Posted on 13 April, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"The 2009 IBAF Baseball World Cup (BWC) will be held in Europe. This was confirmed by several press releases of the participating federations. More details will be known after a press conference next week on April 15th in Rome."

MLive.com: Follow live updates from Tigers’ opening day at Comerica Park

Posted on 31 March, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Regional news site Twitters live coverage of a baseball game. Place your bets: How long will it take for Major League Baseball's lawyers to attempt to ban this practice on the grounds of protecting exclusive data rights?

Editor & Publisher: Online News Association Blasts Baseball Restrictions in Letter

Posted on 5 March, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"In the letter, sent Tuesday to Baseball Commissioner Allan H. "Bud" Selig, the nine-year-old group objected to the new restrictions that include limits on the number of game photos online and the duration of time video can be placed on a Web site."

Editor & Publisher: Media and Major League Baseball in New Photo Dispute

Posted on 1 March, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"Major League Baseball wants to ban news sites from publishing galleries of baseball game photos, and media outlets aren't happy about it."

Recovering Journalist: Foul Ball

Posted on 23 February, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"If you're the "bearer" a [Major League Baseball] press pass, here are some of the new, unbearable rules..."

Mister Baseball: Great Britain withdraws participation in Olympic qualifier

Posted on 16 January, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"According to the Dutch website honkbalsite.com, the British Baseball and Softball Federation withdraw their participation at the Olympic qualifier next March in Taiwan. They gave up their berth due to financial reasons."

Mister Baseball: Great Britain withdraws participation in Olympic qualifier

Posted on 16 January, 2008 by Martin Stabe

New York Times: N.C.A.A. to Bloggers: Too Many Posts and You’re Out! -

Posted on 2 January, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"The NCAA issued new rules this week that will allow credentialed press to blog live NCAA championship sporting events. The rules, however, limit the number of times reporters can post live blogs depending on the sport they cover." (via Guardian/PDA)

Slate: The steroids social network: an interactive feature on the Mitchell report

Posted on 23 December, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Slate also reported on the Mitchell report into doping in baseball using social network analysis to create an interactive graph showing links between the accused players.

The New York Times: From the Mitchell Report: Links Among the Accused

Posted on 23 December, 2007 by Martin Stabe

The New York Times used a network graph to illustrate how the use of steroids spread in professional baseball.

Rebuilding Media: How Could a Newspaper Compete with This?

Posted on 21 December, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"[M]inutes after the WSJ sent out an alert about the George Mitchell baseball drug report, someone put up a list of the players names on Wikipedia. I saw it on public Twitter while randomly visiting the public page there. Wow. How can a newspaper hope to

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Half of ballplayers in report improved after link to drugs

Posted on 17 December, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"In what is believed to be the first statistical analysis of player performance for those named in the 409-page report, the Journal Sentinel ... found ..."

The Bivings Report: Mitchell Report Tag Cloud

Posted on 15 December, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Here is a quick screen capture of the [tag] cloud showing which keywords were mentioned most often [in the Mitchell Report on the use of steroids in baseball."

Mister Baseball: World Cup 2007: Relaunched Website of IBAF

Posted on 13 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) relaunched their website right in time for the World Cup of Baseball in Taipei." ... Features streaming video of 41 games.

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Category Archives: baseball

Mister Baseball: IBAF Baseball World Cup 2009 in Europe

MLive.com: Follow live updates from Tigers’ opening day at Comerica Park

Editor & Publisher: Online News Association Blasts Baseball Restrictions in Letter

Editor & Publisher: Media and Major League Baseball in New Photo Dispute

Recovering Journalist: Foul Ball

Mister Baseball: Great Britain withdraws participation in Olympic qualifier

Mister Baseball: Great Britain withdraws participation in Olympic qualifier

New York Times: N.C.A.A. to Bloggers: Too Many Posts and You’re Out! -

Slate: The steroids social network: an interactive feature on the Mitchell report

The New York Times: From the Mitchell Report: Links Among the Accused

Rebuilding Media: How Could a Newspaper Compete with This?

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Half of ballplayers in report improved after link to drugs

The Bivings Report: Mitchell Report Tag Cloud

Mister Baseball: World Cup 2007: Relaunched Website of IBAF