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SPORTS ILLUSTRATED RANKS BALLPARKS WITH HELP FROM TMR
Sports Illustrated released another edition of its ballpark rankings (it previously did this for the NFL) on its Web site Wednesday morning, using TMR’s exclusive Fan Cost Index survey as a source for ticket prices.
PEANUTS, CRACKER JACK AND MORE: "AMPM" GOES TO THE BALLPARK

Cryptic billboards popped up around Chicago this spring. The billboards were filled haphazardly with food and drinks, from candy to snack chips to drinks.

Over the next few weeks, pieces were removed to show the ampm brand and the tag line: “Too Much Good Stuff.” Ampm, a West Coast subsidiary brand of BP America, is expanding into the Chicago and Atlanta markets and is using baseball as a way to ingratiate itself in its new markets. Ampm has had relationships with teams in its West Coast markets for years, so this extension is a seamless one.

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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