Monday, May 23, 2011

Selecting Baseball Positions: The Perfect Person For That Specific Baseball Job

By Mary M. Sanders


May be you have always loved professional baseball but perhaps you have never thought of joining the baseball industry. There are different ways to become involved with this industry in some way. You may think of being employed with a team or even with a league. However, you may not be involved with professional league; rather you can be involved with independent baseball league section.

Did you know that the independent baseball leagues and teams are not really affiliated with the Major League Baseball organization? You may be aware that these leagues or teams aim to become a profitable enterprise.

Well, may be you want to ask whether you can get yourself involved in the baseball industry even though you do not want to work in the capacity of a player, coach, manager or owner. We can now look at some ideas.

League Level: You can easily work in the office of an independent baseball league. The skills that you need to have are all related to planning and public relations. You may good at strategic planning or marketing. You may be good at media relations or attracting sponsors. So these are some examples of office level work you may get.

Entry Level: Many independent baseball teams may need your help if you can help them with enticing people to them. Your job would be to attract people so that they spend money on the team by buying tickets etc. You can help with community relations and game-day operations.

Jobs with specialty: When you have some specialty skills, you have greater chances of getting a well paid job in this industry. You may work in online radio broadcasting, public address announcing and statistical analysis sector. The higher level specialty skills like graphic design for logos, stadium design, game scheduling, and sponsorship obligations etc can make you more valuable.

Management at team level: Team management covers a lot of different types of management issues that may include management of people as well as payroll issues. You should have the ability to run a small or medium business so that you can liaise with all related people. You may also have to work on budgeting and networking.

Do you know that in 2011 there are over 50 independent baseball teams scheduled to play? That means you have some chances to join the baseball industry if you are willing. Your love for baseball is not the only qualifications. You need to convince the owner, league president and general manger that you can play well in the profit game. Moreover, whether you can maintain high standard is also important.




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