me, here the economic discussion has been broader than just jobs. you would expect that would be one thing they would be focusing on. one of the biggest indicators. they ve been talking about fo foreclosures and investment into the community and public schools. clearly the people here see the economic situation as much broader than just jobs. okay. well, those numbers you were mentioning reflected right now. thank you, i know you ll be taking part in our discussion in a little bit. we are going to listen in to the convention under way in new york city live. you ll hear more from the speakers right after the break. joe murphy of on deck sports made one product, pitching mounds for indoor facilities, his cuts loved them and urged them to branch out. added artificial baseball push scoring a home run. for me to breathe.
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joe murray of on deck sports made one product, pitching mounds for indoor baseball facilities. his customers loved them and urged him to branch out. he added artificial turf and other baseball equipment, scoring a home run with his growing client base. for more watch your business sunday mornings at 7:30 on msnbc. [ crowd cheering ] [ male announcer ] competition. it pushes us to work harder.
murphy also thought a formal name change might be a good idea. when we would talk to a customer, and let them know that we were offering other product lines, we got so much that oh, we thought you guys just did mounds, we had no idea that you did other things. in 2005, murphy created on deck sports, which became the retail division and public space of pro mounds incorporated. he established relationships with equipment manufacturers and markets a variety of products through the on deck sports website and catalog with pro mounds featured at the beginning. the challenge now is to manage his product line. we constantly are evaluating what we can add to our product line, so that with the customers that are in front of us that we can offer them more moving forward. on deck sports has grown into a one stop shop for baseball and softball equipment, a benefit for clients used to dealing with multiple vendors. so being able to work with pro mounds and get that turf,