Feedback Needed - New MLB Product

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My company is in the final stages of a 3-year effort to design a pocket-size book that will contain every boxscore from the previous year, for every major league baseball team.

Every team has its own separate book of boxscores. Each team book will contain anywhere from 163 pages (162 games + all-star game) to 174 pages (world series winner + all-star game).

Inside the book, the front side of every page will have a blurb from that team's local newspaper recapping how well / how not so well their team did during that particular game. The back side of each page will have the official MLB boxscore.

Comments? Thoughts? I value your opinions.

My name is Anthony.

Any feedback, good or bad, is greatly appreciated.
 
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no offense but why would someone want a book to carry or have on their desk or whatever, even if it's for free, when we have the internet that has all that info with the click of a mouse. it doesn't sound like something i would use at all. might be good bathroom reading material though :D
 
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I think there would be a niche market out there for something like this, but I wouldn't think it would be a large market. I also don't think you could sell something like this for more than the $5-7.50 range, so your profits per unit would be pretty small especially if you factor in 3 years of R&D.

I would think the best revenue stream for a product like this is selling advertisements which is obviously going to increase the size of your book substantially. And with it being 162 at minimum already, you better have a big pocket.

Is this going to be the size of a pocket bible or so? Those pages in those books are really thin, but it is also more than 162 pages.

Good luck wiht your venture. do you already have deals with individual stadiums for placement?

Also, why would this take 3 years?
 
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Thanks for the comments ...

Thanks for the comments ...

Let me address every comment individually ...

MadJack - I value your opinion very much. I totally understand about the Internet but, that hasn't stopped the billion dollar baseball card business. Baseball fans are (i) passionate and (ii) statistical junkies :), like me. I agree, totally good bathroom reading, GOD knows, I'm in there enough, but I think there is a market out there for this product. In my opinion, baseball fans are way more than casual. Baseball fans love to collect items associated with their favorite team.

toastonastick - Thank you for comment.

wareagle - Thank you. Back to my baseball card concept above. Baseball fans love to collect and love to refer to stats.

dawg - Thank you very much. I think there will be more than a niche market out there. Advertisements will come later. MLB is about to issue a license regarding this product. Once the license is in hand, the individual team placement process begins.

Please keep the comments coming. Thank you all.
 
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you came to the wrong place, and i don't necessarily mean that in a bad way, and i'll offer constructive criticism.

but you came to a handicappers forum. no handicapper in the world will use this. like jack said, theres just too much info out there on the net, and to be honest its MUCH easier to browse and find online.

also, i'm not sure how much old boxscores help in handicapping anyway. much more important is batter vs. pitcher and those type stats. thats easily databased online. who wants 32 booklets lying around.

not trying to rip your idea at all, just don't think it has any value in handicapping, and well you went to a handicapping board.

i would say that it is a niche, and could be a collectors item similar to what sports illustrated does each year with the world series champ. they offer a booklet with a subscription and such, numbered and limited edition. there is probably a ton of white sox fans who would want that as a keepsake. hell, if the dodgers ever won, i'd buy won as a collectors item from you. i think you are much better to market it as a collectors item, because honestly it has zero value from a handicapping standpoint with too much out there for free on the net.

gl with your product.
 
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Bleed ... Thank you!

Bleed ... Thank you!

Let me first say, as a gambler, you're one of my favorite handicappers.

This product is in no way going to be marketed as a handicapping tool. I posted to this board to solicit feedback from intelligent sports fans, like yourself. I agree with respect to the collectible idea, very similar to my baseball card concept. Baseball fans simply like to collect. Out of the 4 million fans the Yankees drew last year, I think a good portion of them would buy this product, if nothing else but to read while taking a dump :)

Multiply that by 30 teams, I think there's a market.
 
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Thanks Blazer ... all collectibles are somewhat antiquated if you think about it. It's not an antiquated idea for the baseball fanatic. When Bonds breaks Aaron's homerun record every baseball fan and their sister would want something they could look back on to remind them of that day! I appreciate work feedback.
 
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Maybe if your team wins the world series could I see a fan possibly being interested in buying the season's box scores, but why would someone in say Kansas City or Tampa Bay want with their teams box scores?

Not that I am a collector, but I don't see the value in this book. Would a 2005 White Sox book be more valuable than a 2005 Cubs book?
 
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c20916 - are you a KC fan? Believe it or not, KC drew 1.3 million fans last year. I think there are KC fans that appreciate their team and would like to have a collectible recapping the previous year, good or bad. Heck, in 1983, I collected every Yankee collectible known to mankind and the Yankees sucked in 1982. A fan is a fan regardless. This is the market I want. Believe it or not, there are a handful of people in KC who collect KC collectibles.
 
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No I am not a KC fan, but like most people have stated on here this product is more for a niche market, and you will be selling to a select few. I am not saying no one will buy it, I just don't see the value. Then again I am not a collector so that probably explains that.
 
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I would use it if I had a leg way shorter than another on a table but for no other reason
Doorstop , maybe
Really piss someone of for a christmas gift
You know look at there face trying to look happy for such a "present I have always wanted" and thinking at least I dont need to buy kindling...
 
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