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Maeball: Athletics vs Angels
I was thinking that I would change the Maeball game a little for the All-Star break by comparing each individual player’s websites and find out who is more popular, the American or National league. It’s going to take a lot of work, so it probably won’t be figured out in one night.
Now onto the American West Division rivals: The Oakland A’s and Los Angles Angels of Anaheim. But first, I want to say that Pixar (based in Oakland) needs to come up with a movie about the A’s similar to Disney’s Angels in the Outfield. I realize that Disney owns the Angels and Pixar, but the A’s really need some California movie magic poured over their ticket sales.
Possible ideas for movies:
Athletics from Outerspace
Okay, so that’s the only idea I have. But that’s a good one. The Athletics come from another planet, much like superman, and save the world from something big and scary.
Back to number crunching. I don’t have a calculator, so forgive me if this is all wrong.
The Game: I’m comparing the Alexa rankings (the lower the
ranking = the higher the site’s traffic) of the top sites from google
web and blog searches. Whoever has the lowest total ranking wins!
Oakland Athletics Alexa rankings of top Google Web Search:
1. oakland.athletics.mlb.com #206
2. athletics.mlb.com #206
3. wikipedia.org #8
News Results for “Oakland Athletics”
1. canadianpress.google.com #2 (I can’t believe Google owns Canadian Press)
2. mercurynews.com #2,407 (yay! the mercury news got onto the google search this time around!)
3. ap.google.com #2 (Google really owns the Assoc. Press, sheesh)
4. espn.go.com #2891
5. sportsillustrated.cnn.com #52 (sports illustrated finally made it onto the search)
6. sports.yahoo.com #1 (how is it that yahoo is #1? They don’t own the AP)
7. sportsline.com #3,517 (CBS website)
8. oaklandfans.com #4,986,045 (Coolest website ever!! Go Oakland!!)
9. sfgate.com #860
10. athleticsnation.com #151,529
Total: 5,138,434
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Alexa rankings of top Google Web Search:
1. angels.mlb.com #206
2. wikipedia.org #8
3. tickco.com #32454
New Results for “Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim”
sportsnetwork.com #12,927
sportsnetwork.com #12,927
sportsnetwork.com #12,927
4. foxsports.com #282
5. sportsillustrated.cnn.com #52
6. sportsline.com #571
7. baseball-almanac.com #34,271
8. mlb.mlb.com #206 (I don’t really understand why mlb.mlb.com goes to an angels page, or why it’s so far down on google’s top search – but there it is)
9. latimes.com #491
10. sports.yahoo.com #1
Total: 107,098
Angels win by a ranking of 44,431
There’s a lot of new sites popping up on the searches. I’m excited to see what I pull up in the blog search.
Go A’s!
The McAfee Coliseum
I recently emailed the Oakland A’s customer service and asked if WiFi was available in the Mcafee Coliseum. They replied that it wasn’t, but when I brought my laptop to the game tonight, I found that customer service had lied. I know, I know, the A’s are playing the Angels – why would I want to bring my computer? Why would I want to even bring my cell phone?
Well, I’ll tell you. I’m a writer, I’m a marketer, and I’m a fan. Being a fan means that I find a lot of relaxation and enjoyment from being at games, jumping up and down, and shouting my head off. I also find a lot of inspiration. Inspiration for new ideas on promotions, blog posts, and who knows what. I could, and should bring a notebook and be happy, but tonight I brought my laptop and I’m glad I did.
What I’m not happy about are all closed down beer and ice cream stands. It’s a full stadium tonight, and all of these people have to wait in tremendous lines while stands like these are locked up. Dear A’s: I will buy enough beer and ice cream to keep these stands open. What gives?
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