Article: Transactions

Article: Minor league chief dead from cancer
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 13, 1988 ;     111 words ......Petersburg. He was 66. Johnson, dubbed the commissioner of minor league baseball, was in charge of 17 minor leagues and 176 teams...assistant to then-commissioner Bowie Kuhn. He received a five-year contract extension in 1981 and was re-elected to a three-year term...

Article: Minor League Umpires Reject Contract Offer
AP Online;  January 20, 2006 ;     236 words ......Online 01-20-2006 Dateline: NEW YORK Minor league umpires turned down a labor contract...agreement negotiated by the Association of Minor League Umpires, a deal that began in March...AMLU membership has voted to reject minor league baseball's contract offer and voted...

Article: Play Ball! Minor League M&A Scores.
Mergers & Acquisitions Report;  August 4, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Minor league baseball is what some investors might...or lose money, over the last 10 years minor league baseball has proven profitable. The...anyone at all. The best known name in minor league advisory work is Moag & Co., founded...

Article: Minor league play major hit at Fenway.(Editorial)
The Boston Herald;  August 29, 2006 ;     605 words ......again why we need a $40 million minor league baseball stadium within city limits? There are plenty of minor league clubs around for kids and adults...Saturday's extraordinary experience - minor league baseball at minor league prices...

Article: STRIKE OUT; Labor battle heats up between Minor League Baseball and its umpires
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  January 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ......respect. A contract dispute between minor league baseball umpires and the farm leagues...possibly beyond - for hundreds of minor league ballplayers and their fans. While...promoted and released. The nearly 220 minor league umpires are expected to vote on a new contract from ...

Article: Minor League umps' call: Strike
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  April 7, 2006 ;     614 words ...The Patriot Ledger At Opening Day in minor league ballparks across the nation yesterday...behind the mask. The Association of Minor League Umpires began the season on strike yesterday...having failed to agree on a contract with Minor League Baseball, the organization that oversees...

Article: Taking tour of minors results in major fun: Visiting six Orioles minor league teams in six days is a road trip with home cooking.
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD);  July 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ......double, triple play. Call it the Orioles' Minor League Six-Pack. With apologies to Terry Cashman...catching six games at the Orioles' six minor league affiliates within a week was possible...at this year's version of the Orioles minor league T-shirt shows no traces of the Gulf...

Article: Minor League, Major Fun
The Washington Post;  June 2, 1996 ;     217 words ......happy to see articles about the joys of minor league baseball {"Take Me Out to the Hot Tub...May 13}. As Donald P. Baker said, the minor league -- with low prices, a family-friendly...Wis.) Snappers have the only other minor league park with such an attraction. However...

Article: Struggling minor league sports should follow baseball's model.(Sports)(Sports Biz)
The Washington Times;  May 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ...It's been brutal lately for minor league sports. In the span of just three hours...or luxury seat revenues to rely on, minor league teams are almost entirely dependent...Attendance, however, has plateaued across minor league hockey and for much of minor league...

Article: Minor league umpires end strike; Accept 5-year pact, end 2-month strike; pay, expenses raised
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  May 31, 2006 ;     531 words ...The Patriot Ledger Minor league umpires are headed back to work...Members of the Association of Minor League Umpires voted over the holiday...O'Conner, a vice president with minor league baseball, said in a statement...

Article: Prospective Owner Tailors His Hopes for Atlanta-Area Minor League Hockey Team.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  February 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Feb. 21--The prospective owner of a minor league hockey team in Gwinnett County says...Thrashers to be competition for the minor league hockey team, said Bill Davidson, a former minor league baseball executive who said he has held...

Article: HEMPHILL CAPTURES HEART OF MINOR LEAGUE BALL.(SPORTS)(Review)
The Virginian Pilot;  June 2, 1996 ;     699 words ......Heart of the Game: The Education of a Minor League Ballplayer By Paul Hemphill Simon &...in close detail the maturation of a minor league player. You won't find words such as...for two seasons in the Atlanta Braves' minor league system. Disenchanted with the emphasis...

Article: Minor league team could be good fit if investors take risk
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  February 25, 2008 ;     396 words ...Having a minor league baseball team in Normal would fit well together with the minor league hockey and indoor football teams already...committee has been studying the idea of having a minor league team play at the sports complex Heartland...

Article: AMLU Terminates Minor League Umpires' Collective Bargaining Agreement.
PR Newswire;  September 20, 2005 ;     298 words ......Roberts, President of the Association of Minor League Umpires, has notified the Professional...establishing terms and conditions of minor league umpires' employment, took effect in...members who work in the lowest levels of minor league baseball are not eligible for PBUC's...