Akiem Bailum, Author at Baseball Essential

Padres, Red Sox complete deals with broadcasters

May 4, 2016

Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball, Media, San Diego Padres

If one follows the business of baseball as closely as I do, it appears media deals are just as common nowadays as New York Yankee losses. Shortly after the Dodgers completed a deal where the team became an e...

Dodgers Make Major Media Move

Akiem Bailum

Apr 28, 2016

Headlines, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Media, Radio

For the past few years, the Los Angeles Dodgers have been struggling to get their Time Warner Cable-backed SportsNet LA on any cable operator not named Time Warner, Charter, or Bright House. Charter is withi...

“Laws of Baseball” Documents Go for Over $3 Million at Auction

Akiem Bailum

Apr 25, 2016

Baseball History

Historical documents that have been referred to as baseball’s “Magna Carta” have gone for more than $3 million at an auction. Both the buyer of the documents as well as the seller are anonymous as the seller...

Could Comcast Brag at Yankees’ Slow Start?

Akiem Bailum

Apr 25, 2016

American League East, Headlines, Media, New York Yankees

The first month of the 2016 MLB season is nearly in the books with the New York Yankees in a very un-Yankee-like place in the American League East standings. The Bronx Bombers currently stand at 7-10 in the ...

MLB Expansion on the Table Again?

Akiem Bailum

Apr 25, 2016

Headlines, Major League Baseball

It appears that for the first time since the 1990s that Major League Baseball has the “e-word” on its mind. No, no…not errors. Not extra bases. A more impactful “e” word. Expansion. And quite possibly, Ex...

YES Network’s Dispute with Comcast Shows No Signs of Ending

Akiem Bailum

Apr 2, 2016

Features, Major League Baseball, New York Yankees

In 2002, when George Steinbrenner launched the Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) Network, it had two primary slogans— “The Home of Champions” and “Where Yankee Fans Get Their Yankees.” This season at le...

Bronx Borough President Slams Yankees’ New Ticket Policy

Akiem Bailum

Feb 24, 2016

Breaking News, Major League Baseball, New York Yankees

In a statement released to the media this morning, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. slammed the New York Yankees for their new ticket edicts prohibiting fans from printing tickets at home to bring to gam...

Report: Yankees Have Highest Ticket Prices in MLB

Akiem Bailum

Feb 23, 2016

American League, American League East, Major League Baseball, New York Yankees

David K. Li of the New York Post has reported that season ticket prices to attend New York Yankees games are the highest in baseball. In other news, the Sun also rises in the east and sets in the west. The n...

Why Baseball’s Trade Deadline Is Better than the NBA’s

Akiem Bailum

Feb 19, 2016

Opinions & Predictions

For those that religiously follow other sports that are not America’s Pastime, the NBA just completed another edition of its trade deadline. While there were a few deals that went down especially before yest...

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