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No Minor Accomplishment : The Revival of New Jersey Professional Baseball /

In No Minor Accomplishment, sports historian and New Jersey native Bob Golon tells the story of the state's baseball scene since the Trenton Thunder arrived in 1994. Drawing on interviews with team owners and employees, industry executives and fans, Golon goes behind the scenes to show how main...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Golon, Bob
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rivergate Books, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Baseball's early roots in New Jersey
  • The decline and reinvention of the minor leagues, post-1950
  • Baseball returns to New Jersey in 1994
  • The Trenton Thunder : the capital of New Jersey baseball
  • A league of his own : Frank Boulton and the Atlantic League
  • The Somerset Patriots : location, location, location!
  • Newark and the Bears : combining the past and the present
  • Discovering Camden with the Riversharks
  • The Atlantic City Surf : searching for a niche
  • Youth must be served : the Can-Am League in New Jersey
  • Nine innings with the Lakewood BlueClaws
  • Conclusion : the community of New Jersey baseball.