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Bill Giles and baseball / John B. Lord.
Van Pelt Library GV865.G56 L67 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lord, John B. (John Brian), 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Giles, Bill, 1934-.
- Giles, Bill.
- Baseball team owners--United States--Biography.
- Baseball team owners.
- United States.
- Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball team).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 314 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- A rapid-fire exposition of the business of baseball from the beginning to 1981
- Bill Giles and MLB's network TV deals
- Collusion
- The rise and fall of Fay Vincent
- Era of unrest: the strike of 1994 and the 1996 collective bargaining agreement
- Expansion, realignment, and interleague play: bringing baseball into the '90s
- The evolution of baseball's governance system
- Toward a new era of labor peace: the 2002 CBA
- Bill Giles and his baseball team
- Bill Giles and his ballparks
- From the depths of 2002 to the heights of 2012: nine reasons why baseball is booming.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781439907863
- 1439907862
- 9781439907887
- 1439907889
- OCLC:
- 861966457
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