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&lt;div style="color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 160px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;MBI Sports Management Client and Forsyth Country Day School alumnus Brandon Culbreth (Class of 2011) has been drafted in the 8th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft, by the Houston Astros.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 160px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Culbreth, who helped lead the Furies to their first ever NCISAA state championship this spring, was the 250th overall pick in the draft. Culbreth was drafted by the Astros as a right handed pitcher.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2eaoQELC3uU/TfU484VM7eI/AAAAAAAAADU/MhktH3P4VoM/s1600/110607043031_x5-20-11+%2528VBSS%2529_077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2eaoQELC3uU/TfU484VM7eI/AAAAAAAAADU/MhktH3P4VoM/s320/110607043031_x5-20-11+%2528VBSS%2529_077.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 160px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;The 6'4" Culbreth played third base and outfield for FCDS. He is the first FCDS alumnus ever drafted by a Major League team. Mike Baker and Mike Mertz of MBI Sports Management had this to say about Culbreth; "We are "extremely excited and proud of Brandon and his accomplishments. He is a player who will definitely not rest on his laurels and we expect "B" to just get continually better."&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 160px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-2881806417275856039?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2011/06/mbis-brandon-culbreth-selected-by.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2eaoQELC3uU/TfU484VM7eI/AAAAAAAAADU/MhktH3P4VoM/s72-c/110607043031_x5-20-11+%2528VBSS%2529_077.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-6811033099206590434</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-04T15:08:26.375-04:00</atom:updated><title>Orioles Minor Leaguer Signs with MBI</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;Greensboro, NC - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;Baltimore Orioles minor league pitcher Kenny Moreland has signed with MBI Sports Management. The 2008 Division III Pitcher of Year out of Christopher Newport University signed as a free agent with the Orioles in June of the same year. In three seasons with the Orioles, Moreland has played for four of the team’s affiliates, including the Bluefield Orioles, Aberdeen Ironbirds, Delmarva Shorebirds, and Fredrick Keys. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;Mike Baker, owner of MBI Sports Management, says of Moreland, “I’m excited to have Kenny sign on as a client of MBI. He possesses the skills and work ethic to pitch successfully at a high level for a long time.” Over his first three seasons, Moreland has logged a total of 318.2 innings, yielding only 39 walks during that time. Working almost exclusively as a starter, he has won 25 games during his minor league career.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoteLevel1" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;MBI is one of the only businesses of its kind in the Triad to provide baseball players with the support they need to achieve success in their professional careers. For more information, contact MBI Sports Management at (336) 210-4203 or visit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mbisports.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000a89; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;http://www.mbisports.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-6811033099206590434?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2011/04/orioles-minor-leaguer-signs-with-mbi.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-1667025442425604436</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 03:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-13T22:22:19.589-05:00</atom:updated><title>MBI Welcomes Corey Martin</title><description>&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Athlete Signed to MBI Sports Management&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman Bold Italic&amp;quot;"&gt;Yadkinville Baseball Star Signs with MBI Sports Management&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:0in 47.95pt 95.9pt 143.85pt 191.8pt 239.75pt 287.7pt 335.6pt 383.6pt 431.5pt"&gt;GREENSBORO, NC - &lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"&gt;Chicago Cubs minor league pitcher Corey Martin signed with MBI Sports Management on January 19, 2011. A former Forbush High School and Western Carolina University standout, Martin was drafted by the Cubs with their 27&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; round pick in the 2009 draft. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:0in 47.95pt 95.9pt 143.85pt 191.8pt 239.75pt 287.7pt 335.6pt 383.6pt 431.5pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;In speaking of his new relationship with MBI, Martin says he is “extremely excited about working with Mike Baker and the MBI Sports Management Team; their resources will help me achieve my dream of making the major leagues. MBI is the agency for me because not only do they have the connections to make good things happen, but also the desire to do so.” Mike Baker, owner and agent at MBI Sports, is also enthusiastic about this new relationship; “Corey Martin is a player that has both the physical and mental ability to have a long and successful professional baseball career.” Martin will report to Spring Training with the Cubs in early March.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-1667025442425604436?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2011/02/mbi-welcomes-corey-martin.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-8490713262486322279</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-07T17:51:12.258-04:00</atom:updated><title>Nick Rogers</title><description>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;Congratulations to Nick Rogers on a successful rookie season of professional baseball and for his invitation to winter ball in AZ!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-8490713262486322279?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2010/09/nick-rogers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-8282244571974412963</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-07T17:37:39.300-04:00</atom:updated><title>Beatty's RBI Single in the Seventh lifts Palm Beach over Jupiter</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/TIawAr1CItI/AAAAAAAAADA/P-FiIpLfWXo/s1600/cj_beatty_big.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 271px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/TIawAr1CItI/AAAAAAAAADA/P-FiIpLfWXo/s320/cj_beatty_big.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514288319573402322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jupiter, FL&lt;/b&gt;- The Palm Beach Cardinals (75-65, 36-34) beat the Jupiter Hammerheads (46-92, 24-46) today at Roger Dean Stadium by a score of 2-1. C.J. Beatty's RBI single off of Johnny Dorn (4-12) in the seventh inning broke the 1-1 tie and propelled the Cardinals to a series victory over the Hammerheads.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; "&gt;Congratulations on your promotion to the Florida State League and your game winning hit to finish the season, CJ!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-8282244571974412963?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2010/09/beattys-rbi-single-in-seventh-lifts.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/TIawAr1CItI/AAAAAAAAADA/P-FiIpLfWXo/s72-c/cj_beatty_big.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-95075821112178902</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-07T17:25:57.919-04:00</atom:updated><title>Tyler Sexton on the mound in Aberdeen</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/TIatlKFAubI/AAAAAAAAACw/F5_BG3iJFDs/s1600/IMG00475.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/TIatlKFAubI/AAAAAAAAACw/F5_BG3iJFDs/s320/IMG00475.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514285647633889714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Tyler finished with a 6 inning, 2 hit shut out!&lt;div&gt;Congratulations Tyler, well done!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-95075821112178902?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2010/09/tyler-sexton-on-mound-in-aberdeen.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/TIatlKFAubI/AAAAAAAAACw/F5_BG3iJFDs/s72-c/IMG00475.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-4357643848525966322</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-07T17:21:54.064-04:00</atom:updated><title>Justin Bass autograph table with Mike and Sandy</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/TIaskvCLEqI/AAAAAAAAACo/zRhDOMEIibg/s1600/IMG00456.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/TIaskvCLEqI/AAAAAAAAACo/zRhDOMEIibg/s320/IMG00456.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514284540862599842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Congratulations on a Fantastic season Justin!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/TIasGTvZ_YI/AAAAAAAAACg/io2evQeDTis/s1600/IMG00456.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;We're all very proud of you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-4357643848525966322?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2010/09/justin-bass-autograph-table-with-me-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/TIaskvCLEqI/AAAAAAAAACo/zRhDOMEIibg/s72-c/IMG00456.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-3489055096136981400</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-06T16:24:13.103-04:00</atom:updated><title>Greensboro sports agent continues discussion on NCAA and Secretary of State investigations</title><description>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;p style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; "&gt;By Ryan Murray&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; "&gt;The business of athlete representation is widely regarded as an extremely competitive environment that can lead to rather unethical behavior as agencies try to sign "the next big thing".  Couple that with pages of rules and regulations from both the &lt;a href="http://www.ncaa.org/" target="_blank" style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: underline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "&gt;NCAA&lt;/a&gt; as well as state laws that are about as clear as peanut butter, and it's no wonder that rules get broken either intentionally or unintentionally.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; "&gt;"Sure, it's challenging, but it's no more challenging than say, being a realtor," Mike Baker, Owner/Agent of &lt;a href="http://www.mbisports.com/" target="_blank" style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: underline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "&gt;MBi Sports Management&lt;/a&gt; said in a recent interview.  "Tough times tend to weed out those that aren't qualified or aren't in it for the long run."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mbisports.com/" target="_blank" style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: underline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "&gt;MBi Sports Management&lt;/a&gt;, located in Greensboro, was founded by Mike Baker and focuses on baseball.  Having played baseball professionally, Baker knows the ins and outs of athlete representation from both sides of the equation and the company "was founded under the premise that every athlete's career is unique and deserving of quality, professional and personalized representation," according to the organization's website.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; "&gt;"The most challenging aspect is trying to advise parents at the most pivotal point in their child's life, when we're all unsure about how that is viewed by the NCAA," Baker said.  "Do they have a right to counsel?  If so, who says when and where this is appropriate?"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; "&gt;In North Carolina, athlete agents must adhere to the North Carolina Uniform Athlete Agents Act set forth by the &lt;a href="http://www.sosnc.com/" target="_blank" style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: underline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "&gt;NC Secretary of State&lt;/a&gt;.  The Act goes into a litany of black, white and gray about what an athlete agent can and cannot do. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; "&gt;"The Act is not very clear to the parents when they read the document, if they take time to read it at all and the players don't read it," Baker said when asked about the Act.  "There needs to be very clear cut timing and actions for all to understand."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; "&gt;In addition to the Uniform Athlete Agents Act, Baker was also asked if he felt there was a better way where all parties involved can work more closely to prevent harmful situations to all.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; "&gt;"The NCAA should designate a time to choose agents," Baker said.  "Agents should then be allowed to visit during certain dates and be allowed to leave the family or player their information.  Let the player decide.  Anything else is a clear violation and with accountability because the accountability lies with the NCAA and the agents."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; "&gt;The responsibility does lie with the NCAA and sports agents.  However the current system is so unclear that it makes it difficult for agencies that do follow the rules (like MBi Sports Management) to understand what can and cannot be done.  And for those entities that do not follow the NCAA's current murky regulations, it gives an easy out to pass the blame on to someone else.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; "&gt;What are your thoughts and opinions on the NCAA, agents and athletes?  Please feel free to leave a comment.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; "&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; "&gt;&lt;em style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; "&gt;This article is the conclusion of a series involving the investigation by the NCAA into various universities as well as the North Carolina Secretary of State's Office opening an investigation into sports agents in the state.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; "&gt;&lt;em style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; "&gt;To read the article on the NCAA's investigation into the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, &lt;a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-49904-Greensboro-Sports-Examiner~y2010m7d19-UNC-football-program-facing-possible-player-suspensions" style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: underline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.  To read more on the NC Secretary of State's probe into sports agents, &lt;a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-49904-Greensboro-Sports-Examiner~y2010m7d22-NC-Secretary-of-State-launches-investigation-of-sports-agents-on-heels-of-NCAA-probe-of-UNC" style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: underline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; and to read the interview with George Jeter, Directory of Communication for the NC Secretary of State, &lt;a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-49904-Greensboro-Sports-Examiner~y2010m7d23-Interview-with-George-Little-Director-of-Communications-for-NC-Secretary-of-State-on-agent-probe" style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: underline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.  To read part one of the discussion with Mike Baker, Owner/Agent of MBi Sports Management, &lt;a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-49904-Greensboro-Sports-Examiner~y2010m7d29-Greensboro-sports-agent-discusses-recent-NCAA-and-NC-Secretary-of-State-investigations" style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: underline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; "&gt;&lt;em style="border-top-width: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; "&gt;http://&lt;a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-49904-Greensboro-Sports-Examiner~y2010m8d2-Greensboro-sports-agent-continues-discussion-on-NCAA-and-Secretary-of-State-investigations"&gt;www.examiner.com/examiner/x-49904-Greensboro-Sports-Examiner~y2010m8d2-Greensboro-sports-agent-continues-discussion-on-NCAA-and-Secretary-of-State-investigations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-3489055096136981400?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2010/08/greensboro-sports-agent-continues.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-1577993646976418845</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-09T12:24:57.751-04:00</atom:updated><title>Summer Interns</title><description>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NEWS RELEASE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;June 27, 2010&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Contact Information:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;      Courtney Baker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;      Public Relations Director&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;      Email: &lt;a href="mailto:bake@mbisports.com"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #1f00a7"&gt;admin@mbisports.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;MBi Family Grows in Number &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;MBi Sports Management Welcomes Summer Interns&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;GREENSBORO, NC – MBi Sports Management is proud to introduce their summer interns: Bongsoo Kang and Landry Moore. Both Bongsoo and Landry are making MBi their home for the summer as they gain experience in the sports management field.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;Bongsoo Kang is originally from South Korea; he comes to MBi from The University of Tennessee where he is currently studying Sport Management with a concentration in Business Administration. Bongsoo brings experience in both the marketing and sales aspects of sporting games and events. He says of his summer internship, “I am looking forward to working with MBi and building on professional skills such as communication, organization, and implementation. In the future, I hope to become a sport agent, so I am excited for this opportunity.”&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Landry Moore is a native of Houston, Texas and is a senior at Texas A&amp;amp;M University-Corpus Christi. With a background as a competitive softball player, Landry is familiar with the ends of outs of being an athlete. She will be assisting in scouting players, as well as the marketing and management aspect of the field. Landry says she “joins the MBi Sports Management team hoping to gain knowledge and experience in the world of sports agency.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;For more information on MBi’s summer interns or to see how to apply for an internship, contact MBi Sports Management at (336) 210-4203 or visit &lt;a href="http://www.mbisports.com"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #1f00a7"&gt;http://www.mbisports.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-1577993646976418845?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2010/07/summer-interns.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-7666526087154593258</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-28T16:01:39.511-04:00</atom:updated><title>Aggie Sent to Arizona</title><description>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 11.0px Arial"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Aggie Sent to Arizona  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 11.0px Arial"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;MBi Sports Management Signs Greensboro Local Nick Rogers&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 11.0px Arial; min-height: 12.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Arial"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;GREENSBORO, NC – MBi Sports Management is excited to announce their representation of Nick Rogers; a pitcher from Greensboro, NC who signed with the Kansas City Royals as a non drafted free agent at the start of this month. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Arial"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Rogers attended Northwest Guilford High School. He went on to attend North Carolina A&amp;amp;T. In his senior season at A&amp;amp;T, Rogers ended his collegiate career by starting in 51 games for the Aggies where he accumulated a stellar .364 batting average; with 72 hits, 10 doubles, and 15 home runs, Rogers batted in a total of 54 runs. He also stole 11 bases during the season. He was a vital part of the Aggies baseball team.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Arial"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Mike Baker, owner and agent of MBi Sports Management, says of Rogers, "I think the Royals saw the raw potential that Nick possesses. He will no doubt take advantage of this opportunity with the Royals and work his way to the big leagues."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Arial"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;MBi is one of the only businesses of its kind in the Triad to provide individuals with the tools they need to achieve success in their professional athletic careers. For more information, contact MBi Sports Management at (336) 210-4203 or visit &lt;a href="http://www.mbisports.com"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #1b0199"&gt;http://www.mbisports.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-7666526087154593258?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2010/06/aggie-sent-to-arizona.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-3228205983394185499</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-04T12:11:27.898-04:00</atom:updated><title>MBi Player Report</title><description>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;msg&amp;quot;}" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "&gt;&lt;span class="UIIntentionalStory_Names" ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;}" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/MBi-Sports-Management/81654914538" hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=81654914538" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; "&gt;MBi Sports Management&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;msg&amp;quot;}" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;msg&amp;quot;}" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "&gt;&lt;span class="UIIntentionalStory_Names" ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;}" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="UIStory_Message"&gt;Greensboro 9, Delmarva 8&lt;br /&gt;Site: NewBridge Bank Park&lt;br /&gt;Why the Grasshoppers won: Justin Bass' run-scoring double with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted the Greensboro Grasshoppers to their sixth victory in the last eight games. Bass ended the night with two hits and three RBIs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-3228205983394185499?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2010/06/mbi-player-report.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-4513296539181647100</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 17:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-17T13:27:36.617-04:00</atom:updated><title>Cardinals Blog on CJ Beatty and MBi Sports</title><description>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style=" line-height: 20px;  font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;p   style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-  vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:14px;color:transparent;"&gt;&lt;span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"   style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial;  vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- display: inline; background-position: initial initial; font-size:14px;color:transparent;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  line-height: 16px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="primaryCategory"   style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial;  vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:14px;color:transparent;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  font-weight: normal; line-height: 26px; color: rgb(113, 113, 113); font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:26px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2010/05/cj_beatty_cardinals_minor_leaguer_is_all_over_twitter_facebook_myspace.php#" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 26px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(49, 99, 156); background-position: initial initial; "&gt;C.J. Beatty: Cardinals Minor Leaguer Is ALL OVER TWITTER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearIt" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: -1px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; clear: both; display: block; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="byLine"  style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; 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border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;img alt="cj_beatty_big.jpg" src="http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/cj_beatty_big.jpg" width="382" height="324" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; " /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;​&lt;strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;C.J. Beatty&lt;/strong&gt;, an outfielder drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals last year (26th round; 789th overall), has been playing well with the &lt;a href="http://stlcardinals.scout.com/a.z?s=321&amp;amp;p=8&amp;amp;c=2&amp;amp;nid=313249&amp;amp;yr=2010" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(49, 99, 156); background-position: initial initial; "&gt;Quad Cities team&lt;/a&gt; and was recently promoted to the club's full-season roster, AND HE'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT ON TWITTER.&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial;  vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:14px;color:transparent;"&gt;Kidding aside, this minor-league prospect is all over the web in a major way.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p   style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; 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-webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;td style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;img alt="cjbeattywebsite.jpg" src="http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/cjbeattywebsite.jpg" width="250" height="155" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; " /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;​&lt;/span&gt;Twitter? &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/cjbeatty44" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(49, 99, 156); background-position: initial initial; "&gt;Check.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p size="14px" color="transparent" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial;  vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; "&gt;Facebook? &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/CJ-Beatty/150923562555" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(49, 99, 156); background-position: initial initial; "&gt;Check.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p size="14px" color="transparent" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial;  vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; "&gt;Myspace? &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/cj_beatty_superstar" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(49, 99, 156); background-position: initial initial; "&gt;Check.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;Eponymous website? &lt;a href="http://cjbeatty.com/" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(49, 99, 156); background-position: initial initial; "&gt;Check.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;Handlers of athletic prospects hyping their players is nothing new, but in recent years agents, fathers, fans and obsessive stalkers have increasingly taken their efforts online.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a name="more" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(49, 99, 156); background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;With all this hype around a player who's so new to the organization, the question just hangs: Is Beatty's promotional push putting the cart before the horse? Shouldn't his numbers speak for themselves? Some say yes, others retort: &lt;em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;hellfuckingno&lt;/em&gt;. It's the job of sports agents to endear their players to the public and promote them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;A number of his social networks plainly state he's an &lt;em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;"outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals"&lt;/em&gt;when clearly he's not. He's playing low-A ball. Big difference.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;That said, the interviews with Beatty, the ALL CAPS UPDATES to this Twitter feed, even the local-news segments about the player indicate that he's an incredibly positive person who absolutely loves baseball.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;Take this excerpt from a &lt;a href="http://stlcardinals.scout.com/2/879081.html" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(49, 99, 156); background-position: initial initial; "&gt;Scout.com&lt;/a&gt; interview that took place shortly after Beatty, who'll turn 22 in September, was drafted:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"   style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial;  vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- display: inline; background-position: initial initial; font-size:14px;color:transparent;"&gt;&lt;table class="image center" align="center" border="0" width="472" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-align: center; display: block; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;tbody style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;td style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;img alt="beattyinterview.png" src="http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/beattyinterview.png" width="472" height="352" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; " /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;​&lt;/span&gt;You may want to check for cavities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;And then there's his Twitter account:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"   style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial;  vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- display: inline; background-position: initial initial; font-size:14px;color:transparent;"&gt;&lt;table class="image center" align="center" border="0" width="565" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-align: center; display: block; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;tbody style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;td style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;img alt="cjbeattywhatsnottolove.jpg" src="http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/cjbeattywhatsnottolove.jpg" width="565" height="230" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; " /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;td class="caption" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-align: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; font-style: normal; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;C.J. Beatty: What's not to love?&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;​&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Judging from how past Cardinals players -- regardless of their ability to consistently deliver on the field -- have endeared themselves to fans, if Beatty does get up here for a cup of coffee or more, he's likely to receive a heaping helping of worship (cf. Bo Hart, John Rodriguez, Rex Hudler, Felix José, Milt Thompson....)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;But heck, according to folks in Beatty's hometown, he's a gosh-darned good person:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" salign="l" flashvars="&amp;amp;titleAvailable=true&amp;amp;playerAvailable=true&amp;amp;searchAvailable=false&amp;amp;shareFlag=N&amp;amp;singleURL=http://wghp.vidcms.trb.com/alfresco/service/edge/content/189d7326-9e15-4074-b34f-d87eecff4006&amp;amp;propName=wghp.com&amp;amp;hostURL=http://www.myfox8.com&amp;amp;swfPath=http://wghp.vid.trb.com/player/&amp;amp;omAccount=triblocaltvglobal&amp;amp;omnitureServer=myfox8.com" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" menu="true" name="PaperVideoTest" bgcolor="#ffffff" devicefont="false" wmode="transparent" scale="showall" loop="true" play="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" src="http://wghp.vid.trb.com/player/PaperVideoTest.swf" align="middle" height="450" width="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;On a related note, &lt;a href="http://colbyrasmus.com/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(49, 99, 156); background-position: initial initial; "&gt;colbyrasmus.com has apparently been taken down&lt;/a&gt;, perhaps after its namesake, Cards center fielder Colby Rasmus, made the jump the big leagues. That site proclaimed Rasmus as the "future of the St. Louis Cardinals" or the "Cardinals Top Prospect," if memory serves. (Anyone have a screen cap?)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;From what we can tell online, since September Beatty has been represented by Greensboro, North Carolina-based &lt;a href="http://www.mbisports.com/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(49, 99, 156); background-position: initial initial; "&gt;MBI Sports Management&lt;/a&gt; (he's a former player for North Carolina A&amp;amp;T State University), a fact that may be related to his social-media consciousness -- MBI news is easier to find on his Facebook, Myspace and website pages than are his actual statistics.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; 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background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;Post-Dispatch&lt;/em&gt; Cards beat writer Derrick Goold, who mentioned Beatty's Twittering today in his &lt;a href="http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2010/05/%3Ca%20href=" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(49, 99, 156); background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://interact.stltoday.com/blogzone/bird-land/bird-land/2010/05/dgs-1010-lohses-home-cooking-ryans-razor/" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(49, 99, 156); background-position: initial initial; "&gt;"10 @ 10"&lt;/a&gt; column [you'll have to scroll down to number 10], dubbing him the "&lt;strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "&gt;Twitter Hitter&lt;/strong&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-4513296539181647100?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2010/05/c.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-4324360418483308072</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-12T10:56:03.169-05:00</atom:updated><title>Sexton Signs with MBi Sports</title><description>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 11.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Another Local Athlete Signs with MBi Sports&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;GREENSBORO, NC&lt;/b&gt;— Tyler Sexton is a 24 year old, left-handed pitcher from the Triad. In June 2008 he was selected in the 31&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 7.3px 'Lucida Grande'; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; round of the Major league Draft by the Baltimore Orioles organization. Sexton attended T. Wingate Andrews High School in High Point where he was a three year letterman. After graduating in 2003, he went on to attend Campbell University where he played for one season until transferring to Western Carolina University. At WCU, Sexton was a three year starter. In 2007 and 2008 he was named ESPN The Magazine District III Third Team Academic All-American; in 2008 he was a Lowes Senior Class Award Nominee and was named Western Carolina’s Male Scholar Athlete of the Year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Sexton is now being represented by Mike Baker of MBi Sports Management, which is a sports marketing and athlete representation agency located in Greensboro, NC. Baker believes that "Tyler is that great talent that every agent aspires to represent. A tall left handed pitcher who's work ethic and determination to succeed is contagious. I love being around him. He has that good mojo!" Sextons work ethic is very evident as he was awarded Pitcher of the Week in the NY Penn League in 2009. Sexton will be reporting back to the Orioles organization for spring training camp on March 1st. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-4324360418483308072?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2010/02/sexton-signs-with-mbi-sports.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-7293517449355714990</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-05T12:48:48.428-05:00</atom:updated><title>Camp Date is Changed Due to Inclement Weather</title><description>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;msg&amp;quot;}" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "&gt;&lt;span class="UIIntentionalStory_Names" ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;}" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="UIStory_Message"&gt;Date Change Due to Inclement Weather&lt;br /&gt;“Everybody Wins,” the slogan representing Beatty’s Camp,&lt;b&gt; will now take place on February 20, 2010&lt;/b&gt; at the High Point Batting Center at 10:00 am for $30.00 per camper. To register visit the MBi Sports Management website to secure your spot: www.mbisports.com. For more information on CJ&lt;span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "&gt; Beatty and his upcoming season check him out at www.cjbeatty.com.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-7293517449355714990?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2010/02/camp-date-is-changed-due-to-inclement.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-3279604943193017572</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-03T21:17:10.693-05:00</atom:updated><title>Sports Carolina Magazine Press Release</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/S2mcU0m1IDI/AAAAAAAAACQ/-t16FRxWcQw/s1600-h/SportsCarolina+Press+Release+.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 220px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/S2mcU0m1IDI/AAAAAAAAACQ/-t16FRxWcQw/s400/SportsCarolina+Press+Release+.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434046306932039730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-3279604943193017572?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/S2mcU0m1IDI/AAAAAAAAACQ/-t16FRxWcQw/s72-c/SportsCarolina+Press+Release+.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-2393018028684058731</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-27T10:01:21.454-05:00</atom:updated><title>GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY</title><description>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;BEATTY AND MBI SPORTS TO HOLD A BASEBALL CAMP WHILE GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 11.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;CJ Beatty’s Upcoming Baseball Camp Offers a Discount with Canned Food Donations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;GREENSBORO, NC— Christian “CJ” Beatty, a 2009 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft Pick for the St. Louis Cardinals Organization, and a client of MBi Sports Management Agency of Greensboro, announces his next Instructional Baseball Camp. This event targets youth aged 7-12 years old, where Beatty will teach technique in batting stance, grip, and balance, swing mechanics, how to improve performance, reduce strikeouts, and most importantly ways to concentrate and build confidence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;In addition to motivating the youth, Beatty is taking the opportunity to give back to a local organization.  A discount on the camp is provided for each camper who donates 5 canned goods to Macedonia Family Resource Center’s food bank. This center also operates the Macedonia Baseball League which provides boys and girls ages 9-12 the opportunity to play in an affordable baseball league. Beatty has a passion for baseball and wants to see all children to have an equal opportunity at engaging in the sport regardless of their financial situation. This is the foundation which the Macedonia Baseball League was founded upon, and CJ is delighted to be of service to them. To learn more about the Macedonia Baseball League browse through their website at www.macedoniacenter.org.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;“Everybody Wins,” the slogan representing Beatty’s Camp, will take place on February 6, 2010 at the High Point Batting Center at 10:00 am for $30.00 per camper. To register visit the MBi Sports Management website to secure your spot: &lt;a href="http://www.mbisports.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #3403fc"&gt;www.mbisports.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For more information on CJ Beatty and his upcoming season check him out at &lt;a href="http://www.cjbeatty.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #3403fc"&gt;www.cjbeatty.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Contact:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Mike Baker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Registered Professional Athlete Representation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;MBi Sports Management&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;336.210.4203&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Lucida Grande'; color: #3403fc"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mbisports.com"&gt;www.mbisports.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;bake@mbisports.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-2393018028684058731?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2010/01/giving-back-to-community.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-4095446151294023417</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-04T16:52:11.288-05:00</atom:updated><title>Hitting Clinic Saturday 12-5-09</title><description>&lt;img src="webkit-fake-url://920F4E8D-D19C-4557-8983-947C9AF84602/image.tiff" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-4095446151294023417?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2009/12/hitting-clinic-saturday-12-5-09.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-926318752730181652</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-26T12:42:47.744-05:00</atom:updated><title>Beatty's Baseball Plan</title><description>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "&gt;&lt;h3 class="GenericStory_Message" ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;msg&amp;quot;}" style="font-size: 13px !important; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/cjbeatty44?ref=nf" class="GenericStory_Name" onclick="ft(&amp;quot;4:10:263:504161153:5:::0:app_2309869772:::221725856232&amp;quot;);" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; "&gt;CJ Beatty&lt;/a&gt; If you missed the fox8 showing this past tuesday.........click this link........and you will be able to see the entire video........dont forget to comment lol&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myfox8.com/sports/wghp-cj-beatty-091119,0,4045755.story" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), &amp;quot;913a011a8a4f706e4fe792ec387b5c57&amp;quot;, event)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; 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color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "&gt;&lt;div class="UIMediaItem_Wrapper" style="overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=1ef647de2696e70304fcfef6765dad79&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myfox8.com%2Fmedia%2Fthumbnails%2Fstory%2F2009-11%2F50638301-21122051-187105.jpg&amp;amp;w=90&amp;amp;h=90" alt="" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 90px; max-height: 90px; " /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="UIStoryAttachment_Info" style="display: table; "&gt;&lt;div class="UIStoryAttachment_Title" style="font-weight: bold; padding-top: 3px; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.myfox8.com%252Fsports%252Fwghp-cj-beatty-091119%252C0%252C4045755.story&amp;amp;h=913a011a8a4f706e4fe792ec387b5c57&amp;amp;ref=nf" target="_blank" onclick="ft(&amp;quot;4:10:263:504161153:5:::0:app_2309869772:::221725856232&amp;quot;);" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "&gt;Beatty's Baseball Plan - WGHP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="UIStoryAttachment_Caption" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); padding-top: 3px; "&gt;www.myfox8.com&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="UIStoryAttachment_Copy" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); padding-top: 3px; "&gt;The odds of reaching the major leagues are very slim, but former Glenn and North Carolina A&amp;amp;T baseball star C.J. Beatty has been beating the odds for a long time. After finishing his first summer of pro ball in the St. Louis Cardinal organization, Beatty already had his five-year plan in place.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-926318752730181652?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2009/11/beattys-baseball-plan.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-1971004360434349599</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-13T19:18:02.939-05:00</atom:updated><title>CJ Beatty Shares his Review of Mike Baker and MBi Sports</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/Sv33FoOGjZI/AAAAAAAAACI/4kW5Iq9OgH4/s1600-h/Photo0038.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/Sv33FoOGjZI/AAAAAAAAACI/4kW5Iq9OgH4/s320/Photo0038.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403746803982437778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/Sv2oEXwhrJI/AAAAAAAAACA/4Q0QXOAVvT4/s1600-h/Photo0038.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/Sv2oEXwhrJI/AAAAAAAAACA/4Q0QXOAVvT4/s1600-h/Photo0038.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "&gt;&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" color="#ffffff" style=""&gt;&lt;tbody style=""&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;&lt;td valign="top" color="#ffffff" style="width: 468px; height: 294px; "&gt;&lt;p style="text-decoration: underline;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Im very proud to be a client of MBi Sports. In my opinion, Mike Baker is the world’s greatest agent. He is not in it for the "M.O.N.E.Y." Baker separates himself from the pack by being tangible to his clients. He is always looking for ways to help you ON and OFF the field. This is my first pro season, but Mike helps me to feel confident in my journey to the top. No matter the situation at hand, Baker and his team will always have your back. I recently became involved with a non-profit organization that helps inner-city kids of Atlanta, GA become more involved in baseball. I signed on to be apart way back in my sophomore year of college. As soon as I told Baker about this event, he had my back since day one. What agent do you know of that will be there on his own time to support, not only his agency, but to support me as well? Mike Baker will! My family and I had a tough time picking which agency to go with. Once we narrowed the search down to three, MBi Sports was still on the list. So we began to weigh the pros and cons. MBi Sports had zero cons. I personally love everything about this agency, and I think the next guy will too..........STOP SEARCHING FOR AN ADVISOR/AGENT...........THE GUY YOU NEED IS RIGHT HERE!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-decoration: underline;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-decoration: underline;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;COME ON ABOARD!!!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-decoration: underline;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-decoration: underline;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;St. Louis Cardinals 44&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-decoration: underline;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;MBi Sports Client&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p color="#1f00a7" style="text-decoration: underline;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cjbeatty.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;www.cjbeatty.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p color="#1f00a7" style="text-decoration: none;text-decoration: underline; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-1971004360434349599?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2009/11/cj-beatty-shares-his-review-of-mike.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/Sv33FoOGjZI/AAAAAAAAACI/4kW5Iq9OgH4/s72-c/Photo0038.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-5490043689786988074</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-03T15:21:21.090-05:00</atom:updated><title>CJ Beatty Speaks at Hasty Elementary School</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/SvCQmqQcgZI/AAAAAAAAAB4/qpUSRejiLdc/s1600-h/CJ+@+Hasty+Elem+School.jpg1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/SvCQmqQcgZI/AAAAAAAAAB4/qpUSRejiLdc/s320/CJ+@+Hasty+Elem+School.jpg1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399974947069919634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Thursday, October 29th, CJ Beatty took time out to visit and speak with over 200 Hasty elementary Students. Needless to say the kids were all very excited, but they all listened intently. CJ spoke about the benefits of  listening to teachers that want to help make them successful. He talked about the importance of education and practice, both in school and on the sports field. Afterward, CJ stayed for autographs and took time to answer questions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/SvCQWtsMhoI/AAAAAAAAABw/R5LHLv-dYws/s320/CJ+@+Hasty+Elem+School.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 273px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399974673113712258" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-5490043689786988074?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2009/11/cj-beatty-speaks-at-hasty-elementary.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/SvCQmqQcgZI/AAAAAAAAAB4/qpUSRejiLdc/s72-c/CJ+@+Hasty+Elem+School.jpg1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-5504094327853445425</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-30T10:08:30.940-04:00</atom:updated><title>Local Star Athlete Signs with MBi Sports Agency</title><description>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;GREENSBORO, NC –  CJ Beatty has signed an agreement with MBi Sports Management Agency of Greensboro, NC. Mr. Beatty was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round (789th overall) of the Major League Baseball 2009 amateur entry draft. He was a two-time Athlete of the Year at NC A&amp;amp;T University (Greensboro, NC) and finished his college career as a .339 hitter with 31 home runs and 135 RBIs in three seasons. He also left Glenn High School (Kernersville, North Carolina) tied for the career home run lead.  According to his Agent Mike Baker, "CJ is a powerfully built switch hitter who can play both outfield and infield positions. We are so excited to have such a prominent player from this area, give us an opportunity to work together in advancing his career.  Anyone that knows anything about CJ knows that he does not make rash decisions and he only chooses the best. He is another example of a first class individual that MBi has been able to secure as a client". &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;"We met with CJ's folks and they felt very comfortable with our approach", says Associate Agent Ken Carlyle. He is one of the best baseball players to come out of this area and we appreciate the opportunity to assist him in his career and beyond".  MBi will represent Mr. Beatty in contract negotiations with the St. Louis Cardinals organization as well as appearance and advertising opportunities. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-5504094327853445425?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2009/09/local-star-athlete-signs-with-mbi.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-1316960911992130353</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-27T20:55:52.193-04:00</atom:updated><title>Practice with the Pros!</title><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font: normal normal normal medium/normal 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "&gt; &lt;p class="Heading" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24px; COLOR: rgb(136,0,40); FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="style18" style="COLOR: rgb(22,72,133)"&gt;&lt;span class="style20" style="FONT-SIZE: 18px; COLOR: rgb(21,19,84)"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MBi Sports  Management&lt;/strong&gt; in conjunction with  the &lt;strong&gt;Greensboro Batting Center &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;Carolina Acceleration  &lt;/strong&gt;present:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="style19" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="center"&gt;Practice with the Pros!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Practice with the Pros will be held on Oct. 10, 2009 from 1-4 pm at the  Greensboro Batting Center, located at 3917 High Point Rd. in Greensboro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.greensborobatting.com/"&gt;www.greensborobatting.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.greensborobatting.com/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Scheduled local Professional Baseball Players include: Outfielder, Jeremy  Synan of the Florida Marlins from Greensboro, NE Guilford High School and NC  State. Pitcher, Tim Smith of the New York Mets from Walnut Cove, South Stokes  High School and Catawba College, and Outfielder CJ Beatty of the St. Louis  Cardinals from Winston Salem, Glenn High School and NC A&amp;amp;T.  Practice with  the Pros will give kids ages 7 and up the opportunity to come out for a day of  fun and personal instruction from these and other up and coming area baseball  stars.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Events include expert instruction in hitting, fielding, and pitching as well  as speed and strength instruction and evaluation by Carolina Acceleration&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.carolinaacceleration.com/"&gt;www.carolinaacceleration.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;      &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Snacks provided by McDonald’s&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Come and learn what it takes to PLAY and PRACTICE with the PROS by signing up  today at &lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mbisports.com/"&gt;www.mbisports.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sign up Online by October 5th for only $25.00 at www.mbisports.com&lt;br /&gt;Walk-ins Welcome  $35.00 at the  door&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-1316960911992130353?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2009/09/practice-with-pros.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-3576905217105145112</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-24T04:12:28.603-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Legacy League event</category><title>Legacy League Event</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/Srq44K-tFNI/AAAAAAAAABo/FCUeWhFTAZA/s1600-h/CJ+Lewis+and+Mike+Baker+2"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/Srq44K-tFNI/AAAAAAAAABo/FCUeWhFTAZA/s320/CJ+Lewis+and+Mike+Baker+2" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384819579634390226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;On September 12th, Mike Baker took the opportunity to attend the celebration of the launch of The Legacy League&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.legacyleague.com"&gt;www.legacyleague.com&lt;/a&gt;), at Perkerson Park, in Atlanta, Ga. The Legacy League is lead by CJ Stewart and his wife Kelli. Cj also formed the non profit L.E.A.D. organization &lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/lead2legacy.org"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="www.lead2legacy.org"&gt;www.lead2legacy.org&lt;/a&gt; ). "L.E.A.D. is a non profit organization located in Atlanta, Ga.  L.E.A.D. is committed to having a significant impact on the number of inner city teens ages 14-18 playing competitive baseball in high school and to prepare them to compete for college baseball scholarships. L.E.A.D. embraces the legacy of leadership demonstrated by African American legends in baseball to inspire a new generation of players and coaches to develop and become engaged citizens in their communities and world."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"It was a very enjoyable and exciting occasion, " said Baker, owner of MBi Sports Management in Greensboro, NC(&lt;a href="www.mbisports.com"&gt;www.mbisports.com&lt;/a&gt;). "To experience the occasion first hand and to feel the excitement and appreciation from the kids AND the others in attendance was special. I learned about this program from one of the players we represent, CJ Beatty! I want to thank him for that. He is very involved, and I was looking for a cause, one that I felt 100% comfortable to get behind and become involved with."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;" I met so many nice people and Cj and Kelli struck me as very passionate and sincere individuals. It is just great to see this take off for them. The Legacy League is getting a lot of support from the community and from Major League Baseball as well.  I am looking forward to participating in future events and I know CJ Beatty is as well.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/Srq3XDC5lnI/AAAAAAAAABY/lkPZtuDLPyE/s1600-h/Legacy+Players+Pray.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/Srq3XDC5lnI/AAAAAAAAABY/lkPZtuDLPyE/s320/Legacy+Players+Pray.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384817911057192562" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/Srq3VfHMglI/AAAAAAAAABI/mr6vO2eFTR8/s1600-h/First+Legacy+Team"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/Srq3VfHMglI/AAAAAAAAABI/mr6vO2eFTR8/s320/First+Legacy+Team" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384817884231664210" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/Srq3XkGPEoI/AAAAAAAAABg/C-RNriXKSUU/s1600-h/Ronnie+Richardson"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/Srq3XkGPEoI/AAAAAAAAABg/C-RNriXKSUU/s320/Ronnie+Richardson" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384817919929553538" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Photos: Top Left, CJ Stewart and Mike Baker&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2nd photo left, the legacy prayer before play&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3rd left, Legacy team photo and Bottom left Ronnie Richardson, Assistant Director of Player Development, Atlanta Braves.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/SrqzXXRa1AI/AAAAAAAAAAg/x74fg6y6ygs/s1600-h/Team+Photo.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-3576905217105145112?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2009/09/legacy-league-event.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQtJA_5wm7s/Srq44K-tFNI/AAAAAAAAABo/FCUeWhFTAZA/s72-c/CJ+Lewis+and+Mike+Baker+2" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-9098836649250175701</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-14T10:53:15.688-04:00</atom:updated><title>MBi Player is Honored</title><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;Royals name Minor League pitchers and players of the year&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:#666666"&gt;All will take part in futures night on September 25&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;KANSAS CITY, MO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;(September 10, 2009) - The Kansas City Royals have named their Minor League Pitchers and Players of the Year for their respective affiliates. The 16 players are expected to be at Kauffman Stadium for Futures Night on Friday, September 25, where they will take part in a Q&amp;amp;A and autograph session at Gate A from 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. as well as be honored in an on-field presentation prior to the Royals game against the Twins.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;Outfielder&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;"&gt;Luis Del Rosario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;is the Burlington Player of the Year. The 22-year old from San Cristobal in the Dominican Republic batted .268 with three home runs, 17 RBI and 19 stolen bases in 57 games with Burlington. Del Rosario finished the year with the Wilmington Blue Rocks.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-9098836649250175701?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2009/09/mbi-player-is-honored.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725822095857369764.post-7450278960475153005</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-05T16:29:46.529-04:00</atom:updated><title>Keedy goes 4 for 4 in victory</title><description>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Former Northwest League All-Star Ryan Keedy went 4-for-4 with a double and two RBIs on Thursday as Greensboro beat Hickory, 7-3. The 24-year-old first baseman is hitting .425 with three homers and 12 RBIs in his last 10 games.(from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mlb.com/" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;www.mlb.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7725822095857369764-7450278960475153005?l=mbisports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mbisports.blogspot.com/2009/09/keedy-goes-4-for-4-in-victory.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mike)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>

