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.comMore classless treatment of players- July 24, 2008 My problem isn't the decision, it's the manner it was delivered. Wouldn't a phone call to Cordero or his agent have been more appropriatehttp://www.nationalspride.com/columnists/post.cfm?blog=ian&id=288&s=rss Lerners won't pay Make the fans pay!- July 18, 2008 The Council's plan to get the money it's owed by the Lerners is to raise the special sales tax it has applied to everything fans buy at the ballpark, from 10 percent to 15%.http://www.nationalspride.com/columnists/post.cfm?blog=ian&id=287&s=rss Reason number nine- July 11, 2008 The ninth reason I won't be renewing my season tickets next season...http://www.nationalspride.com/columnists/post.cfm?blog=ian&id=286&s=rss No one's watching Nats games- July 8, 2008 Even I was surprised to see just how few people in Washington are watching the Nationals on MASN this season... a mere 9,000 households per game.http://www.nationalspride.com/columnists/post.cfm?blog=ian&id=285&s=rss |