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Expanding the Strike Zone : Baseball in the Age of Free Agency /
With its iconic stars and gleaming ballparks, baseball has been one of the most captivating forms of modern popular culture. This book examines the history and meaning of the sport's tumultuous changes since the mid-twentieth century, amid Major League Baseball's growing global influence....
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a The roots of free agency : integration and expansion in the baseball world -- A piece of property : the making and meaning of free agency in Major League Baseball -- Two strikes : star power and solidarity in the United States and Mexico -- On the borders of free agency : Dominican baseball and the rise of the academies -- Constructing Ichiro's home field : Seattle, the Mariners, and the politics of location. | |
| 520 | |a With its iconic stars and gleaming ballparks, baseball has been one of the most captivating forms of modern popular culture. This book examines the history and meaning of the sport's tumultuous changes since the mid-twentieth century, amid Major League Baseball's growing global influence. From the rise of ballplayer unionism to the emergence of new forms of scouting, broadcasting, and stadium development, the author shows that the baseball world has been home to struggles over work and territory that resonate far beyond the playing field. -- Publisher's description. | ||
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