FIFA World Cup 2014: Pokemon Stadium

 

The teams have been selected and the World Cup is just around the corner. There has been a last minute team added to the cup this year, and it happens the be comprised of Pikachu and friends. Yes, there will be Pokémon in the stadium this year! If you don’t get that joke it probably just means you didn’t grow up glued to a Nintendo 64 like I did. It’s ok though, all you need to know is that Adidas, The Pokémon Company, and Japan’s National Team will be teaming up in a new exciting marketing plan. 

Masahiro Tanaka: Did the Yankees Overpay?

by: Bennett Schiff

Throughout the baseball offseason, fans and general mangers alike were on the edge of their seat waiting for the news of whether or not the Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Japanese Pacific League would allow pitching ace Masahiro Tanaka to become available to Major League teams. The news broke on December 26, 2013, that Tanaka was going to be allowed to come to America to pitch, and that gave many GMs a very special late Christmas gift.