Losing stinks. Tell me something I don’t know. Fortunately (or not in this case), there’s a reason for many of the clichés like that one thrown around in sports: they’re true. The occasional close loss isn’t so bad if it’s loaded with individual improvements and comes when the team can afford it, though that rarely
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From Minor League Baseball to… Minor League Hockey: Part 3
If working in sports has taught me only one thing about routines, it’s that you can throw the previous ones you’ve had out the window. (It’s a good thing I’m not my all-time favorite player, Nomar Garciaparra.) During the season, Minor League sports require a time commitment similar to stockbrokers. I’m not saying it’s as
From Minor League Baseball to Major League Business: Part 2
In part 1 of this series, I described the first connection I noticed (albeit a loose one) between working in Minor League Baseball and Big Business. You can read all about it here. This time around, it’s a theme that’s similar rather than a specific task or idea. I’m sharing the most ridiculous things I’ve
From Minor League Baseball to Major League Business: Part 1
I would never have guessed that I’d work on opposite ends of the sports business spectrum this early in my career. Working in Minor League Baseball was great. I hope to stay involved with it, thanks to the many lessons it taught me, the great people I worked with, and the view I had from
A Promise to You. Yes, You.
Dear Readers, I’m writing tonight to apologize for a couple of reasons. “How could you apologize when you’ve done nothing with the blog for the last four months?” You might ask. Well, that’s part of it actually. (To answer that question, you had to look at Justin Bieber every time you came to my website
Nick Gagalis 