Baseball America is a national celebration of America's romance with baseball and is a once-in-a-lifetime venture that only the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was capable of creating. What started as an unprecedented four–year program in association with 10 of the nation's leading museums, has been extended due to its overwhelming popularity.
Baseball America is an alternative Major League Baseball resource, with in-depth coverage of baseball at every level, and a particular focus on up-and-coming players in high school, college, Japan and the minor leagues. Baseball America also regularly puts out lists of the top prospects in the sport, and covers all aspects of the game from a player-development point of view.
Founded in 1981, Baseball America quickly established itself as the foremost baseball-only publication and has grown into a full-service media company. Founder Allan Simpson began writing the magazine from Canada, originally calling it the All-America Baseball News. By 1983, Simpson moved the magazine to Durham, North Carolina, after it was purchased by then-Durham Bulls owner Miles Wolff. Simpson has since resigned his position at the magazine, and the publication has passed to co-editors in chief John Manuel and Will Lingo. Baseball America is home to a ten-man editorial staff. It also uses out-of-office correspondents for its print content. Baseball America works in conjunction with Major League Baseball, ESPN, and the NCAA.
The publication's headquarters are in downtown Durham, just blocks from the home of the Durham Bulls, a minor league team affiliated with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Its motto has been, and continues to be, "Baseball news you can't find anywhere else."
Baseball America is currently available in a bi-weekly newspaper publication, a total of five annual reference book titles, a weekly podcast, and a website - now equipped with blogs. |
