The blog is back after a longer than normal break. Not only was I a little burned out from the daily blog in August, but I also was out for vacation last week and buried with a hectic month as teams are gearing up for their seasons on Gameops.com.

This week I will be adding content daily, making up for the lack of a September Update….so be sure to check back for those featured pieces including more promotions, new store products, and another Promotional Pill Game review…check the home page for the updates.
I also have added a new blog category: Book Marks. As you may have noticed I often cite books in the blog, either as sources of game operations related ideas, history of sports entertainment, or promotions. I just thought it would be a helpful category for searching for content or recommended reading. All the Book Marks include links to the books on Amazon.com.

On vacation I finished the politically charged sports book Welcome to the Terrordome by Dave Zirin. The book covers the connection between social and cultural issues and sports, and it’s really a great read. Among the topics Zirin connects are race relations in baseball thru Roberto Clemente, public financing of stadiums and how politicians often exploit sports figures.

I Book Mark this book for any one interested in the convergence of politics, politics, cultural issues and sports. I also found a couple interesting promotion notes inside.

As part of his chapter on Clemente, Zirin describes a July 24th 1971 game named Roberto Clemente Night. The team flew in thousands of people from his Puerto Rico homeland. For the first time in baseball history the game was presented in both Spanish and English. This tribute to Clemente was fitting for his life long struggle and accomplishments toward opening the major leagues to Latino players.

The book asks why the Yankees have not yet held a “Sheep Testicles Day” (page 150)….but I will let you read the back story on that for yourself.

-Cudo