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Minor league baseball : community building through hometown sports / Rebecca S. Kraus.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kraus, Rebecca S.
- Series:
- Contemporary sports issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minor league baseball--United States.
- Minor league baseball.
- Minor league baseball--United States--Sociological aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 206 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Haworth Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Minor League Baseball: Community Building Through Hometown Sports examines the big-league impact minor league baseball has on hundreds of cities and towns across the United States. The book details how--and why--communities root, root, root for their home teams, forming relationships that are equal parts social, cultural, and economic. Included is an in-depth look at two minor-league teams--the Bowie Baysox and the Hagerstown Suns--and the contributions they make to the spirit and quality of life in their communities.
- Contents:
- Safe at Home 1
- Minor League Baseball Through Time 3
- Minor League Basics 4
- Minor League Reviews 8
- Play Ball! 9
- Chapter 2. Baseball Coast to Coast 11
- National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (NAPBL) 11
- Independent Leagues 43
- Chapter 3. The Lure of Minor League Baseball 57
- The Nation Awakens 57
- Academics Take Notice 58
- Sociology and Minor League Communities 72
- Chapter 4. The Evolution of Minor League Baseball 87
- Historical Overview 87
- Minor League Baseball As a Different Kind of Business 95
- Franchise Relocation and Name Changes 98
- Corporate Sponsorship 111
- Chapter 5. A Tale of Two Minor League Cities 113
- Baseball As a Maryland Tradition 114
- Hagerstown, Maryland 116
- Bowie, Maryland 122
- Chapter 6. The Impact of Minor League Baseball 127
- Theory Revisited 127
- Minor League History 129
- Hagerstown and Bowie: Theory in Action 130
- Epilogue: A Shelter in the Storm 133
- Appendix A Minor League Attendance and Number of Teams, by Year and Era, 1947 to 1990 137
- Appendix B Development of the Data Set 141
- Hypotheses 141
- Construction of the Data Set 142
- Data Used 144
- Statistical Methods and Models 155.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-185) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0789017555
- 0789017563
- OCLC:
- 50622245
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