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...customer base for this incarnation of sex show, according to Shamrock co-owner John, is blue-collar America, “anything from someone who works for Best Buy to someone who owns a construction company.” College students, with less cash to handle the minimum fee of over $100, don’t make up that much business except during fraternity rush season. And even then, college students tip less, according to the women. That segment of business comes from campuses like MIT, Tufts, Bentley, Boston University, and even Wellesley. Providing just eight or ten jobs...
...generated so much good will, and extra revenues, by cutting ticket prices and signing American League MVP Vladimir Guerrero provide fodder for late-night comedians? (Craig Ferguson joked of another name change: "The San Francisco Giants on Steroids"). More important, why would Moreno potentially alienate an affluent suburban fan base in Orange County? Says Anaheim mayor Curt Pringle, a red T shirt that reads THE ANAHEIM ANGELS OF ANAHEIM hanging in his office: "We're sad, and we're very disappointed...
...ramping up Spanish- language advertising and signing Latino stars like Guerrero and pitcher Bartolo Colon. The Angels say they doubled the percentage of Hispanic fans over the past four years and have attracted more season ticketholders from Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, beyond the team's base. In-stadium advertising revenues have more than tripled, to $17 million, since Moreno took over--the team signed Anheuser-Busch, General Motors and Verizon to new sponsorship deals this season. "I can't say Verizon is buying us now because we changed the name," says Moreno. "Verizon is buying us because...
...hold back satellite radio," he says of talks he had with Sirius in 2003 about a link with Viacom. What changed his mind? Stern, for one thing, Sirius' deal with the NFL for another, and a lucrative contract to run a publicly traded company for an annual base pay of $1.25 million and 30 million stock options, worth at least $114 million, according to an estimate by Bloomberg...
...makes you define seemingly important moments in your non-baseball life by baseball-related events. The first time you kissed a girl—also the night Butch Huskey hit two home runs and actually stole a base. The day you learned your Mom got that big promotion—also the day you saw Mark Clark take a no-hitter into the eighth...