Baseball

US department store chain Target has reached an agreement to become an official sponsor of Major League Baseball.

MLB baseball team the Chicago White Sox has agreed a multi-year partnership with locally based pizza chain Beggars Pizza.

MLB baseball team Texas Rangers has announced a three-year sponsorship deal with tyre brand Nitto Tire USA (NTU).

MLB baseball team Pittsburgh Pirates has announced a deal with Casa D’oro Diamonds and Fine Jewellers that makes the locally based store its official jeweller.

MLB baseball team Texas Rangers has agreed a 10-year naming rights deal with Globe Life and Accident Insurance Company for its Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

MLB baseball team Milwaukee Brewers have announced a multi-year partnership with Japanese automotive company Toyota, while the Toronto Blue Jays have agreed a three-deal with restaurant chain Pizza Nova.

The Australian Baseball League and national governing body Baseball Australia have announced a three-year partnership with sports equipment manufacturer Rawlings Sporting Goods that will run through 2017.

MLB baseball team Texas Rangers has entered into a three-year sponsorship deal with Tennessee whiskey brand Jack Daniel’s.

Pizza company Papa John’s International has signed a deal to become the official pizza of MLB baseball team New York Yankees.

Anaheim-based mortgage and consumer lending group CashCall has reached a sponsorship agreement with MLB baseball franchise the Los Angeles Angels.

MLB baseball team Chicago Cubs have signed a sponsorship agreement with the Anheuser-Busch brewery.

The Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism (MITUR) has agreed a sponsorship deal with the New York Yankees for the 2013 season, signing on as an official travel destination of the MLB baseball franchise.

Major League Baseball team the Texas Rangers has agreed a five-year extension of its partnership with ice cream manufacturer Blue Bell Creameries, from 2014 to 2018.

PepsiCo-owned brand Lipton Iced Tea has signed a deal to become the official iced tea of Major League Baseball.

Supermarket chain H-E-B has extended its partnership with NBA basketball franchise the San Antonio Spurs.

Car maker Chevrolet has signed up as the title sponsor of Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby event on July 15 in New York.

Owners of the Los Angles Dodgers MLB team, Guggenheim Baseball Management, are being forced to rework their local rights deal with Time Warner Cable, according to the New York Post.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL (MLB), the North American baseball league, is looking to sign at least one more central sponsor in 2013, following its deal with mobile network operator T-Mobile in January