This Is Not a Joke.

@Dodgers May I sing nat’l anthem at a game? I’ve done it 3x in years past but my contact left. I’ve done @RedSox 4x. This is not a joke.

– Comedian Rob Delaney, explaining how he ended up singing the national anthem at a Dodgers game this past weekend: “I just asked the Dodgers’ Twitter account if I could sing the anthem, and they wrote back, ‘Sure.’”

With Baseball and Hockey Apps, BlackBerry 10 Looks to Score With Sports Nuts

Major League Baseball said Wednesday that its At Bat app will arrive in time for the first pitch on Opening Day.
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Spogo App Lets You Bet on Live Sports (Sort Of)

But what are the odds that sports fans will go for it?
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Playoff-Bound Baseball Gets Big Data Boost

Baseball is one of the frontiers of big data innovation because there’s so much money involved in it.

RocketPlay Betting on Zynga to Bring Its Virtual Sports Casino to Facebook

Through a publishing agreement, Zynga has agreed to distribute RocketPlay’s virtual sports betting game on Facebook, and, in theory, direct thousands of its players to it.
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Prankster Commits Errors on MLB Facebook Pages

Strange, offensive status updates are showing up all across the MLB teams’ sites.
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New Yahoo CEO (And BoSox Fanboy) Scott Thompson Speaks: It’s Still “Early Innings”

Meet the man who hopes to be the Carlton Fisk — the baseball legend who was nicknamed “The Commander” — of the troubled Internet giant.
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As Einhorn Exits Mets, Will He Refocus on Striking Out Microsoft’s Ballmer?

Now that famed hedge fund investor has dumped his bid for the Mets, will it give him more time to throw curve balls at Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer?
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Mobile Media Mavens Like Funny Videos, Baseball

The ad dollars may not be there yet, but the eyeballs are certainly arriving. Two mobile traffic data points from the guys at MLB.com and the dudes at Break Media.

Yahoo Snags Citizen Sports