Acccording to baseballamerica.com Major League Baseball is now denying that it paid seven figures for the domain name Rockies.com
“A previous version of this story stated that MLB had paid a seven-figure sum for the rights to the Rockies.com domain name. ”
“Matthew Gould said the figure was inaccurate, though he said he could not release the correct amount due to confidentiality agreements”.
A couple of days ago it was widely reported that Rockies.com was purchased by MLB for $1.25 Million dollars.
I looked up Matthew Gould and he is listed on Linkedin as an employee of MLB.com, as a VP of Corporate Communications for the office of the Commissioner ”
I sent a message to Mr. Gould and will let you know what I find out.
Ask him how Schilling is NOT in the Hall of Fame if you get a chance – and Tim Raines too, I suppose, while you’re at it.
I am sure it was just $125.
Did he used to work for the cowboys organization??
Maybe it was this story that SCARED him into thinking he overpaid. I think he is full of shit and still paid OVER 7 figures. The cat just got out of the bad and he looked like a fool so this is his way of hiding under his desk.
NDA or not he could have said it was less than a million and he did not.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/darrenheitner/2013/01/09/did-mlb-overpay-by-spending-1-2-million-for-rockies-com/
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I would rather ask about Pete Rose, however I think that its the base writers vote on who gets elected people to the hall not Major League Baseball
The Hall of Fame:
Missing most hits
Missing most Home Runs
Missing 7 time Cy Young winner
But you’re right, the voters vote; however, MLB continues to hide behind the process.
With regard to overpaid, perhaps if Rick owned it they could have leased it for $10,000 a month in perpetuity. No doubt a much better deal.
Hello MHB
I have resisted commenting on your Blog because of your sign in CONTROL ISSUES, but I considered benefitting your controlled flock, with my reads on the real truth to issues of importance,so as to truthfully lead people to the right decisions from an unbiased marketing approach.
I agree with most of what rick says,but more importantly this guys protective reaction points out some of the barriers business owners face when dealing with # crunching wonks who have no clue as to what is the soundest marketing strategy for their companies bottom line.
Gratefully, Jeff Schneider (Contact Group) (Metal Tiger)