ISG to conduct 11 Baseball Clinics in Europe and North America in 2013/2014
With the recent addition of clinics in Croatia and Austria, ISG will conduct 11 clinics in Europe and North America this year, the most clinics the organization has ever held in one year. The additional support of new sponsors and the continued support of long term sponsors has made this historic year possible.
Instant replay testing to be conducted at Arizona Fall League
Procedures will be game-tested; Games will be televised live on MLB Network
MLB.com At Bat’s record-breaking 2013: 10 million downloads, 1 billion app starts
NEW YORK, October 29, 2013 – Culminating a year when Apple named MLB.com At Bat the 10th highest grossing iOS app of all-time – out of more than 900,000 available apps – MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) today announced that its flagship mobile product has surpassed 10 million downloads for the first time in a single season. At Bat broke its previous record of 6.7 million downloads, set in 2012, less than three months into this season on June 21.
Pro League Can-Am adopts IBAF’s Extra Inning Rule
Durham, N.C. – For the 2014 season, the Can-Am League has announced the adoption of extra-innings tiebreaker rules to be used in all regular-season games, based upon existing International Baseball Federation rules.
USA Baseball to host Chinese Taipei in Collegiate International Friendship Series
USA and Chinese Taipei meet for the first time in U.S. since 2008
MLB Postseason Viewership with +20% Increase
Thrilling month of Postseason baseball leads to +20% increase in viewership, biggest jump since 2009
Boston Red Sox win 2013 MLB World Series
Red Sox claim 8th MLB Title in six games against St. Louis Cardinals
Miguel Cabrera, Paul Goldschmidt win the 2013 Hank Aaron Award
Major League Baseball announced that Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers and Paul Goldschmidt of the Arizona Diamondbacks have been selected as the winners of the 2013 Hank Aaron Award.
Carlos Beltran named recipient of the 2013 Roberto Clemente Award
Carlos Beltran of the National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals was named the recipient of the 2013 Roberto Clemente Award presented by Chevrolet at a press conference prior to Game Three of the World Series at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
World Series off to strong start
Building off the momentum from a Postseason that saw TV ratings increase for every round, Game 1 of the World Series delivered a significant audience on television and dominated the conversation on social media, topping all competition in both areas by a wide margin.