Comments on: MLB in Japan: Follow the money, but at what price? http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/mlb-in-japan-follow-the-money-but-at-what-price/ Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:49:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: InternationalB http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/mlb-in-japan-follow-the-money-but-at-what-price/comment-page-1/#comment-2318 InternationalB Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:06:51 +0000 http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/?p=278#comment-2318 Having opening day in Japan was an attempt by Selig to further globalize the sport. Baseball is very popular in Japan right now (started in the 90's with Nomo entering the league)and if you ask any Japanese person who their favorite baseball player is they will most likely answer back with a player in the NPB or MLB. The sport has been played in Japan since the late 19th century and has some pretty solid roots established. If you're surprised with the MLB's attempts to go global, try not to **** yourself when some Japanese football (yes, American football) players start entering the NFL in the next couple of years, as the NFL is making some pretty strong offers to Japanese players as well. Having opening day in Japan was an attempt by Selig to further globalize the sport. Baseball is very popular in Japan right now (started in the 90′s with Nomo entering the league)and if you ask any Japanese person who their favorite baseball player is they will most likely answer back with a player in the NPB or MLB. The sport has been played in Japan since the late 19th century and has some pretty solid roots established. If you’re surprised with the MLB’s attempts to go global, try not to **** yourself when some Japanese football (yes, American football) players start entering the NFL in the next couple of years, as the NFL is making some pretty strong offers to Japanese players as well.

]]> By: The lost art of Retiring Numbers | Sports Business Digest http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/mlb-in-japan-follow-the-money-but-at-what-price/comment-page-1/#comment-794 The lost art of Retiring Numbers | Sports Business Digest Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:58:07 +0000 http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/?p=278#comment-794 [...] previously spoken on the economic future of baseball in the aftermath of the Mitchell Report and chasing revenue in Japan, possibly at the expense of American fans, but Ms. Tosetti’s comments had me thinking of one person…Wade Boggs. They’re [...] [...] previously spoken on the economic future of baseball in the aftermath of the Mitchell Report and chasing revenue in Japan, possibly at the expense of American fans, but Ms. Tosetti’s comments had me thinking of one person…Wade Boggs. They’re [...]

]]> By: sportsattitude http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/mlb-in-japan-follow-the-money-but-at-what-price/comment-page-1/#comment-782 sportsattitude Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:44:43 +0000 http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/?p=278#comment-782 On a recent episode of "No Reservations" the travel/cooking show starring Anthony Bourdain, he toured Japan and got a taste of what being a fan of Japanese baseball in Japan is like. He went to a sports bar and a regular-season game, meeting and talking with people who truly have devoted part of each day and most of their life to their favorite (almost always) hometown squad. These people are SERIOUS baseball fans. Americans have little idea what being a baseball fan means to the Japanese. That being said, I continue to vent against the concept of outsourcing our sports to our nations, whether exhibitions or games that count. Build the walls and flood the moats and keep the leagues at home. So they sold a few tickets overseas - all they did was ruin what most every baseball fan considers what Opening Day should be like...opening in our own country. On a recent episode of “No Reservations” the travel/cooking show starring Anthony Bourdain, he toured Japan and got a taste of what being a fan of Japanese baseball in Japan is like. He went to a sports bar and a regular-season game, meeting and talking with people who truly have devoted part of each day and most of their life to their favorite (almost always) hometown squad. These people are SERIOUS baseball fans. Americans have little idea what being a baseball fan means to the Japanese. That being said, I continue to vent against the concept of outsourcing our sports to our nations, whether exhibitions or games that count. Build the walls and flood the moats and keep the leagues at home. So they sold a few tickets overseas – all they did was ruin what most every baseball fan considers what Opening Day should be like…opening in our own country.

]]> By: Golden Arm http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/mlb-in-japan-follow-the-money-but-at-what-price/comment-page-1/#comment-773 Golden Arm Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:31:54 +0000 http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/?p=278#comment-773 This is dumb. They can barely get MLB to work in Canada. They can barely get it to work in Pittsburgh. Why not try some Latin American countries that are a lot closer and where baseball is just as popular as in Japan? Or why not just keep MLB here in the states where it can continue to teach our children the American value of living life on an uneven playing field? Daddy, why is the Pirates team salary $150 million less than other teams? BECAUSE THAT'S LIFE, JUNIOR! WELCOME TO AMERICA!! 20 STRAIGHT LOSING SEASONS? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE IN THE GROWN-UP WORLD REFER TO AS LIFE!! This is dumb. They can barely get MLB to work in Canada. They can barely get it to work in Pittsburgh. Why not try some Latin American countries that are a lot closer and where baseball is just as popular as in Japan? Or why not just keep MLB here in the states where it can continue to teach our children the American value of living life on an uneven playing field?

Daddy, why is the Pirates team salary $150 million less than other teams?

BECAUSE THAT’S LIFE, JUNIOR! WELCOME TO AMERICA!! 20 STRAIGHT LOSING SEASONS? YEAH, THAT’S WHAT WE IN THE GROWN-UP WORLD REFER TO AS LIFE!!

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