We're important to ESPN. We fill up a lot of space for them in the summer. We're their programming in the summer. If you look at 'SportsCenter,' most nights in the summer, it's, what, 70 percent baseball.
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Is sort of cool. Our fans are becoming, well, I don't want to say 'obsessive.' That sounds negative. But they're avid.
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I think we're doing much better player-wise, but I think we need to reach out to African-American fans.
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We've continued to meet and talk, probably on a daily basis, with the commissioner and with members of the committee,.. Several of the candidates have come in over the last couple of weeks and have gone down to mlb. Com and have spent some time down there continuing their due diligence. Again, I see no reason why we can't make an announcement by Labour Day.
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There are those who felt the Latin player-base community had been overlooked by fans in that election.
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There are a number of segments of the marketplace that I'd like to see us continue to reach out to and Latins is one of those. Kids from the ages of 12 until the time they get out of college are an area we need to focus on. They're great through Little League, and then through high school we tend to lose some of them.
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From the standpoint of family entertainment, baseball remains very affordable compared against comparable entertainment. MLB is a special, but fairly priced, family fare.
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MLB is a special, but fairly priced, family fare.
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No decision has been made to date. The commissioner and I continue to meet with representatives of the groups and there will be an official announcement when the decision is made.
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While we had other options, we didn't want to lose what's been a relationship since 1990, and we think they're doing an awfully good job.
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