Thielman: How General Mills helped shape baseball broadcasts
From SABR member Jim Thielman at SABRMedia.org on July 20, 2015:
Committee member Jim Thielman, a published author who covered the big leagues for 16 years and also wrote a book about the 1965 Minnesota Twins AL championship squad, is a website manager by day for General Mills. Every once in a while, he gets to marry his love for baseball with the practical demands for content on his employer’s behalf, and when that happens, you get a great article like this:
How General Mills Helped Shape Baseball Broadcasts
Through their efforts at promoting their cereal brands, General Mills was on the forefront of convincing big league ballclub owners to see the light and understand that putting their product on the radio was good for business, not bad.
Read the full article here: http://sabrmedia.org/2015/07/20/how-general-mills-helped-shape-baseball-broadcasts/
Originally published: July 20, 2015. Last Updated: July 20, 2015.