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Thursday, January 19, 2006 |
Pickoff Moves
Arte To Buy Spanish-Language 830 AM, May Still Launch Cable Net
The Angels are "close to an agreement" to buying 830 AM, a Spanish-language radio station, for the purposes of providing an outlet for their Spanish-language game broadcasts this season, and may convert it to English in two years after their current deal with KSPN runs out, according to the Times. 830 AM has a 50,000 watt signal that is better received across Southern California than KSPN, which has generated fan complaints about signal quality.In related news, the dickering between Fox Sports Net and the Angels continues; Arte and the Angels have refused a 10-year extension on FSN West for $340 million. FSN West has countered by scaling back its broadcast schedule to the minimum 50 games required by the current contract, one Arte has previously called "little league". The Angels are trying to patch together a broadcast schedule of 50 games on channels 5, 13, and 30.
Angels, Anaheim Go To Mediation Today
In that same Times story, at Judge Peter Polos' insistance, the Angels and the city of Anaheim will spend the day in arbitration, but it doesn't look too good for the city:After a day of testimony highlighted lease provisions granting the team "sole control" or "sole discretion" or "exclusive control" over such areas as merchandising, parking, concessions and broadcasting, Polos warned the Angels' removal of a city name from tickets, programs and such might not be improper.While it came out yesterday that then-president Tony Tavares promised that the name Anaheim would be in the team name and all marketing and merchandising, there is no such provision in the team's lease."It may be unusual," Polos said, "but it seems, according to the contract, they have the exclusive right to be unusual."
Colon On Track For Spring Training
Good news for a starting rotation that was looking rather rickety: Bartolo Colon is on schedule to throw off a mound starting February 1. He's already throwing without pain on flat ground.Maybe I Was Wr-- Wr-- Aw, Heck, Dodgers Really Are Interested In B-Mo
Bengie Molina's price tag has dropped so far that the Dodgers really are interested in picking him up on a one-year deal, according to the Times. Ned Colletti supposedly could have an offer together by the weekend. The Blue Jays have offered him $4M for one year, supposedly, and he had gotten a 3-year, $18M offer from the Mets before they cleared up their catching situation by signing Paul Lo Duca.More on this from Jon, who's coming down with "shopper's fatigue".
A's Notes
A couple bits about the Angels' principle rivals in the AL West --- Ace Rich Harden won't be in the WBL, and thinks he might not even make the start of the regular season.
- Frank Thomas could be cleared to play this week, and if he does, will likely sign with the A's right afterwards.
More On Petco's Smaller Dimensions
The Padres' new fences would have created about a dozen more homers, according San Diego CEO Sandy Alderson. The longest distance in the park will be 402 feet, down from 411.
Comments:
A San Diego paper is reporting that the Angels might buy out the final two years of the team's radio deal with ESPN 710 and put the team's english-language broadcasts on KMXE 830 as early as THIS spring. Here's the link:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060120/news_1s20media.html
The item about the Angels is towards the bottom of the article.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060120/news_1s20media.html
The item about the Angels is towards the bottom of the article.
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