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IT'S EASY BEING GREEN
The River City Rascals are claiming to be the first minor league (or independent minor league, if you’re a stickler) baseball team to “go green,” when they start their season later this month.
That’s not quite true, but the Rascals, of the Frontier League, are likely the first minor league team to purchase renewable energy credits (RECs) to offset the carbon footprint created by the team’s energy usage, a new and positive fad that’s making a lot of headlines. The Philadelphia Phillies announced they will be doing the same this season. |
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SPORTS ILLUSTRATED RANKS BALLPARKS WITH HELP FROM TMR
Sports Illustrated released another edition of its ballpark rankings (it previously did this for the NFL) on its Web site Wednesday morning, using TMR’s exclusive Fan Cost Index survey as a source for ticket prices. |
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Baseball Movie...Kevin Costner has been in some great baseball movies, and has even played in some real minor league baseball games. But for all his love of the game, Costner has gone—to this point—without his likeness immortalized as a bobblehead. The Class A Inland Empire 66ers changed that. “Costner played shortstop for us when we had an exhibition game against our previous major league affiliate,” said Laura Tolbirt, Director of Corporate Communications for the team. “We had a bobblehead created of him in our uniform.” (Laura Tolbirt, Inland Empire 66ers, 909-888-9922)...
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