FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BASEBALL
PROSPECTUS, PERFECT GAME ALIGN FORCES
Two
Industry Leaders Partner To
Provide
Unrivaled Baseball Coverage
NASHVILLE,
December 5, 2012 –
Baseball Prospectus and Perfect Game have agreed upon a partnership
to help promote and cover the game of baseball at both the amateur
and professional levels.
As part of this collaboration, Baseball Prospectus and Perfect Game
are intent on using each other's strengths to complement their
original baseball content.
Baseball
Prospectus' increased focus on the amateur level of the game, to go
along with its expert analysis of professional baseball, created a
natural opportunity to align with Perfect Game. Perfect Game is
recognized as the industry leader in producing Showcase and
Tournament events as the largest independent baseball scouting
service. Baseball Prospectus will have an increased presence at
select Perfect Game events as it did at the 2012 WWBA World
Championship in Jupiter, Fla.
As
part of this partnership you will start to see more original content
being shared on both sites, with Baseball Prospectus and Perfect Game
personalities taking part in online chats on both platforms. In
addition, Perfect Game will make appearances on Baseball Prospectus
Podcasts.
Some
of the original Baseball Prospectus content you will find on Perfect
Game's site includes the organizational top 10 minor league prospect
lists. Baseball Prospectus will share numerous Perfect Game top
prospect lists, including those covering high school, college and the
draft.
“We're
excited about this partnership and I personally have been a fan of
Baseball Prospectus for a long time,” Perfect Game President Jerry
Ford said. “I believe it's a perfect match given the audiences we
reach.”
“We
couldn't be happier to work with Jerry (Ford) and Perfect Game,”
added Joe Hamrahi, President of Baseball Prospectus. “Perfect Game
has been the leader in amateur showcase and tournament scouting
development for as long as we can remember. BP and PG are a perfect
fit.”
About
Baseball Prospectus
Recognized
as an authority on the game since 1996, Baseball Prospectus produces
one of the leading websites for baseball analysis and a New York
Times bestselling annual book. BaseballProspectus.com began in 1997
as a way to present original sabermetric research and publish
advanced baseball statistics such as TAv, VORP and WARP. The site's
articles are read by all 30 teams and have been syndicated by ESPN
and Sports Illustrated. Baseball Prospectus and the Baseball
Prospectus logo are trademarks of Prospectus Ventures Entertainment,
LLC. ?All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks
of their respective owners.
About
Perfect Game
Perfect
Game is devoted to furthering the development and career of the high
school baseball player. To that end, Perfect Game produces the very
highest, national level, individual player showcases and team
tournaments all over the United States. These events have proven
invaluable to the collegiate coaching community and Major League
Baseball as they can scout a large population of talented baseball
players in one location. The Perfect Game high school player
database is the largest of its kind anywhere in baseball. At any
given time there will be nearly 100,000 high school players being
followed via this database.