Nothing beats heading to the ballpark to catch an MLB game in the summer. Although it may appear somewhat exorbitant, the game day experience is priceless and the memories are life lasting – especially for America’s pastime, baseball. It is rare to find a fan arrive at a game disgruntled. Whether it’s a son attending his first game with his dad or a young couple building their relationship with an entertaining date, almost all share in similar exhilaration. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks highlighted the start of the MLB season with a two-game series in Sydney, Australia. This made for an ideal situation to explore a few foreign startups that could drastically enhance the experience for fans. In...
Giancarlo Stanton, future right fielder of the…..Washington Nationals? If Bryce Harper had his way, that is exactly what would be the case. The newly minted Rookie of the Year, went to Twitter and responded to Stanton who with good reason is not very happy about the trade. How long until this tweet comes down?
It is a very exciting time for baseball in the nation’s capital, as the Washington Nationals are heading to the playoffs, and are on the cusp of a division title. It is an especially significant trip for the city of DC, since it is the first time local fans get to experience postseason play since […]
By Simon Ogus – Email | Twitter | Articles The 2012 Major League Baseball season kicked off Wednesday night at new Marlins stadium and it got us thinking about who the best teams are at engaging fans through Twitter. It turns out the Philadelphia Phillies blow away everyone with 679,519 followers while posting just over 4,000 tweets, by far the largest “follower to tweet” ratio in all of MLB. The New York Yankees pace the American league with 554,000 followers, but have a very low tweet count of just fewer than 5,000, which is much less than many other teams. The Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals respectively have the league’s lowest and second-lowest amounts of Twitter followers; the only teams to...
