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In this fourth edition, Benjamin G. Rader updates the text with a portrait of baseball's new order. He charts an on-the-field game transformed by analytics, an influx of Latino and Asian players, and a generation of players groomed for brute power both on the mound and at the plate. He also ana...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rader, Benjamin G. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : The University of Illinois Press, [2018]
Edición:Fourth Edition.
Colección:Sport and society.
Temas:
Baseball > United States > History.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > General.
Baseball
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The fraternity and its game
  • A commercial spectacle
  • The first professional teams
  • The first professional leagues
  • The players' revolt
  • The great baseball war
  • Baseball's coming of age
  • The big fix
  • The age of Ruth
  • An age of dynasties
  • Baseball's great experiment
  • The last days of the old game
  • Baseball in trouble
  • The empowerment of the players
  • The demise of dynasties
  • The steroid era
  • Baseball's new order.

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