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Minor League Baseball : Community Building Through Hometown Sports.
Examine the big-league benefits of minor league baseball!The Minor League Baseball: Community Building Through Hometown Sports examines the role played by minor league baseball in hundreds of cities and towns across the United States. Written from the unique perspective of a sociologist who also hap...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Minor League Baseball; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Safe at Home; Minor League Baseball Through Time; Minor League Basics; Minor League Reviews; Play Ball!; Chapter 2. Baseball Coast to Coast; National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (NAPBL); Independent Leagues; Conclusion; Chapter 3. The Lure of Minor League Baseball; The Nation Awakens; Academics Take Notice; Sociology and Minor League Communities; Chapter 4. The Evolution of Minor League Baseball; Historical Overview; Minor League Baseball as a Different Kind of Business.
- Franchise Relocation and Name ChangesCorporate Sponsorship; Conclusion; Chapter 5. A Tale of Two Minor League Cities; Baseball as a Maryland Tradition; Hagerstown, Maryland; Bowie, Maryland; Chapter 6. The Impact of Minor League Baseball; Theory Revisited; Minor League History; Hagerstown and Bowie: Theory in Action; Conclusion; Epilogue: A Shelter in the Storm; Appendix A: Minor League Attendance and Number of Teams, by Year and Era, 1947 to 1990; Appendix B: Development of the Data Set; Hypotheses; Construction of the Data Set; Data Used; Statistical Methods and Models; Notes; Index.