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The New York Giants and New York Jets have struggled to land a naming-rights deal for the shared stadium the two teams will occupy starting in 2010.

Abnormal in Illinois

In a world where teams encourage fans to come up with their own promotions (Class A Quad Cities River Bandits) or become a small part of the ownership group (MLS Seattle Sounders), the new professional baseball team in Normal, Ill., continued a familiar promotion by allowing fans to vote on the team’s name. While the process was fraught with controversy, the winning name seems like a perfect fit.

Baseball Movie...Kevin Costner has been in some great baseball movies, and has even played in some real minor league baseball games. But for all his love of the game, Costner has gone—to this point—without his likeness immortalized as a bobblehead. The Class A Inland Empire 66ers changed that. “Costner played shortstop for us when we had an exhibition game against our previous major league affiliate,” said Laura Tolbirt, Director of Corporate Communications for the team. “We had a bobblehead created of him in our uniform.” (Laura Tolbirt, Inland Empire 66ers, 909-888-9922)...
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