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Koppett's concise history of major league baseball / Leonard Koppett.
LIBRA GV863.A1 K66 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Koppett, Leonard.
- Standardized Title:
- Concise history of major league baseball
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball--United States--History.
- Baseball.
- United States.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 521 pages ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- This "history" is the one book to own to understand the changes in baseball-the-game and baseball-the business.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Premise ix
- Part I Origins
- Chapter 1 Preliminaries 3
- Chapter 2 The National Association 15
- Part II The League
- Chapter 3 Chicago 25
- Chapter 4 Two Leagues 37
- The Union Association 45
- Chapter 5 The Revolt of the Players 54
- The Brotherhood 54
- Seasons 1890-91 60
- Chapter 6 The Monopoly 67
- Seasons 1892-99 78
- Part III The Majors
- Chapter 7 War 87
- Seasons 1900-1902 94
- Chapter 8 Peace 97
- The World Series 98
- Ball Parks 100
- Gambling 101
- The Doubleday Myth 102
- Outlaw Leagues and Player Relations 103
- Seasons 1903-12 105
- Chapter 9 The Feds 115
- Seasons 1913-15 121
- Chapter 10 Real War 126
- Seasons 1916-18 129
- Chapter 11 The Blowup 135
- Seasons 1919-21 143
- Part IV The Golden Age
- Chapter 12 Lively Ball Baseball 151
- Selling the Offense 151
- New Owners 153
- Seasons 1922-25 156
- Chapter 13 The Commissioner 161
- Seasons 1926-28 166
- Chapter 14 Boom and Bust 171
- Hard Times 172
- The Farm System 173
- Yankees and A's 177
- Seasons 1929-33 178
- Chapter 15 An Age of Glory 187
- The New Stars 188
- Radio 189
- Lights 190
- The Hall of Fame 191
- Farm Systems and Administration 192
- "Break Up the Yankees!" 194
- Seasons 1934-41 195
- Part V A Changing World
- Chapter 16 Wartime Baseball 211
- Seasons 1942-45 214
- Chapter 17 The Stars Are Back
- and on TV! 220
- Integration 221
- Commissioner Chandler 224
- The Mexican League 226
- Antitrust 227
- Unionization 229
- Ford Frick 229
- Attendance 230
- Television and Radio 231
- Farm Systems 232
- Veeck as in Wreck 233
- The Pacific Coast League 235
- Radio and the Minors 235
- A New Yankee Dynasty 235
- Boston to Milwaukee 236
- Bonus Players 237
- Seasons 1946-52 239
- Chapter 18 Movement 252
- The Moves 253
- The Frick Administration 258
- The New New Stars 261
- The Minors 263
- Seasons 1953-57 265
- Chapter 19 Challenge 272
- The Continental League 272
- The Alternative 277
- Seasons 1958-60 280
- Part VI Expansion
- Chapter 20 Ten-Team Leagues 291
- Demographics 291
- The New Teams 294
- The New Parks 300
- The New Commissioners 303
- The New Schedule 306
- The New Rules 307
- The New Players Association 310
- Seasons 1961-68 315
- Chapter 21 Divisions and Play-Offs 328
- An Active Commissioner 329
- An Active Union 334
- The Flood Case 338
- An Active Scene 341
- Seasons 1969-72 343
- Part VII The New Age
- Chapter 22 Free Agency 353
- The Designated Hitter 355
- Arbitration 357
- More Teams 363
- The New Reserve System 366
- Finley versus Kuhn 372
- Progress 374
- Seasons 1973-80 377
- Chapter 23 Strike Two 386
- The Rest of the 1981 Season 393
- Chapter 24 Rolling in Money 396
- Commissioner Turnover 402
- The Labor Front 412
- Drugs 421
- Ownership Turnover 425
- Seasons 1982-92 429
- Chapter 25 Strike Three 446
- 1993: Averting Disaster 447
- 1994: Disaster 456
- 1995: Picking Up the Pieces 464
- Denouement 467
- Afterword: The Summation 471
- A. Commissioners and League Presidents 477
- B. Franchises 478
- C. Club Sales 481
- D. Finances 483
- E. Competitive Balance 484
- F. Offensive Eras 486
- G. Hitting 487
- H. The Designated Hitter 489
- I. Ball Parks 491
- J. Player Awards 494
- K. Why "Pitching Is the Name of the Game" 495.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1566396387
- OCLC:
- 38215561
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