Business of BaseballAfter trading in his career as a sports reporter for life as a political consultant, Ian now blogs on the business side of Nationals baseball, including topics like media coverage, the new stadium, baseball politics, merchandise, advertising, and more. Ian can be reached via e-mail at ian@nationalspride.comNats Express change Saturday- August 30, 2008 Heads' up for those planning to the Nats Express from RFK tonight -- you'll find it in Lot 7 because of the D.C. United game, not in its usual Lot 8.http://www.nationalspride.com/columnists/post.cfm?blog=ian&id=295&s=rss Why Aaron Crow wasn't signed- August 17, 2008 Before immediately blaming Trader Jim for the failure to sign the team's first-round draft pick, read this blog from the Post's beat writer, Chico Harlan.http://www.nationalspride.com/columnists/post.cfm?blog=ian&id=294&s=rss Navigating MASN Today- August 16, 2008 Committed to airing three games at the same time Saturday night, MASN has juggled its lineup a bit.http://www.nationalspride.com/columnists/post.cfm?blog=ian&id=293&s=rss Richmond and the Triple-A dilemma- August 8, 2008 Since the Richmond Braves franchise is leaving Richmond entirely, the city is left simply with a stadium and unemployed staff. There will simply be no franchise there with which the Nats can affiliate.http://www.nationalspride.com/columnists/post.cfm?blog=ian&id=292&s=rss MASN is moving on DirecTV- August 8, 2008 Heads' up to DirecTV subscribers - MASN and MASN2 are moving on August 13.http://www.nationalspride.com/columnists/post.cfm?blog=ian&id=291&s=rss Lopez: I couldn't hit because the team was bad- August 7, 2008 He's actually blaming his futile, over-paid, under-delivering performance over the last two-and-a-half seasons on the fact that the Nationals were playing so badly.http://www.nationalspride.com/columnists/post.cfm?blog=ian&id=290&s=rss |