Disney's eight-year deal with Major League Baseball means ESPN will shell out $5.6 billion for expanded baseball coverage. And whether you're a fan of the national pastime or not, you already pay more than $5 a month for ESPN. Which way do you think that price tag will be headed now?
Take me up to the ball game -- thanks to a new offering from broadband provider Row 44, baseball fanatics won't have to miss one tobacco spit or big hit while flying, because Major League Baseball will stream games to airline passengers' WiFi devices.
Between the growing secondary market (i.e. online scalping sites) and the burning desire of baseball teams to lure fans back into the stadiums, it's easier than ever to catch some major league bargains. DailyFinance has your guide to where the deals are.
Major League Baseball's worldwide spread is facing slow going in China and Africa. But America's favorite pastime is working hard to find friends in both areas, starting with footholds in Taiwan and South Africa. MLB is clearly keeping its eye on the ball overseas.
News Corp.'s Fox has pulled its channels off Cablevision after a programming deal expired at midnight Saturday. The move means 3 million viewers in Philadelphia and New York could miss the first game in the National League Championship Series between the Phillies and the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night.
Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan holds the Major League Baseball record for career strikeouts. But he may have thrown his best pitch yet Thursday, with a $385 million cash offer for the Texas Rangers that beat out an offer from techie Mark Cuban.
Baseball's hottest rookie is the XProTeX glove, which its creator says can diffuse the blow of a 100-mile-per-hour fastball to a 39 mph blooper pitch. "RoboGlove" could save millions for Major League Baseball teams, which each lost an average of 200 player days to disability last year.
