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Baseball America is a sports magazine which covers baseball at every level, with a particular focus on up-and-coming players in high school, college, Japan, and the minor leagues. It is currently published in the form of a bi-weekly newspaper, five annual reference book titles, a weekly podcast, and a website. It also regularly produces lists of the top prospects in the sport, and covers aspects of the game from a player-development point of view. The publication's motto is "Baseball news you can't find anywhere else."
Founded in 1980, Baseball America established itself as one of the top baseball-only publications and has since grown into a full-service media company. Founder Allan Simpson began writing the magazine from Canada, originally calling it the All-America Baseball News. By 1983, Simpson moved the magazine to Durham, North Carolina, after it was purchased by then-Durham Bulls owner Miles Wolff. Simpson has since resigned his position at the magazine, and the publication has been passed on to co-editors in chief John Manuel and Will Lingo. Today, Baseball America is home to a ten-man editorial staff. It also uses out-of-office correspondents for its content.
The publication was once known for using statistics sparingly, and primarily emphasizing stats like wins and batting average when it did. Since the departure of Simpson, Baseball America has started using the newer batting average/on-base percentage/slugging percentage stat line when referring to hitters in place of the traditional batting average/home runs/runs batted in stat line.
Source Interlink Media bought Baseball America in 2011.[1]
Baseball America is published bi-weekly in print and on the web. Every issue features coverage of the majors, minors, college and high school baseball. Other features include reviews and analysis of prospects as well as tracking the progress of the best players in amateur baseball and the minors.[2] Other annual publications produced by the company include Baseball America Almanac, Baseball America Prospect Handbook, Baseball America Directory, Super Register and Prospects Plus. The website features specialty blogs about the business of baseball, college baseball, high school baseball, prospects and the draft.[3]
Baseball America selects the players for the All-Star Futures Game.
The "Organization of the Year" award was first presented in 1982.[24][25]
In addition to the awards below, Baseball America releases rankings of the top 25 teams in the nation, as voted by its staff. A preseason poll is compiled, in addition to a weekly poll during the season.
National League, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees
Appalachian League, Canada, Texas League, World War II, Pacific Coast League
Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, World Series, Oakland, California
Southeastern Conference, Vanderbilt University, Bill Schwartz (first baseman), Baseball America, Tim Corbin
New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics, Arizona State University, Arizona Fall League
University of Pittsburgh, Atlantic Coast Conference, New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants
Oakland Athletics, YouTube, Chicago Cubs, Florida State League, Arizona Fall League
Babe Ruth, Rickey Henderson, Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Manny Ramirez