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Baseball in crisis : spiraling costs, bad behavior, uncertain future / Frank P. Jozsa, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jozsa, Frank P., Jr., 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball--United States.
- Baseball.
- Professional sports.
- United States.
- Professional sports--United States.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2008]
- Summary:
- "Why has the national pastime fallen behind other so-called major sports? Is the trend reversible? This book addresses these important questions by identifying the most unique, persistent and substantial issues that have impaired and most likely restricted Major League Baseball's development and potential as a professional sport"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Team prices, costs, and values
- Sports fans abandon baseball
- Congested sports markets
- Baseball conflicts, controversies, and scandals
- Misallocation of franchise power
- Reform baseball.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786433315
- 0786433310
- OCLC:
- 180881210
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