Will big league baseball survive? : globalization, the end of television, youth sports, and the future of Major League Baseball / Lincoln A. Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, Lincoln Abraham, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Major League Baseball (Organization).

Baseball--United States.

Baseball.

United States.

Baseball--Social aspects--United States.

Baseball--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xx, 210 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2017.

Summary:

In his shrewd analysis-Will Big League Baseball Survive?-Lincoln Mitchell asks whether the sport will continue in its current form as a huge, lucrative global business that offers a monopoly in North America and whether those structures are sustainable. Mitchell places baseball in the context of the larger, evolving American and global entertainment sector. He examines how both changes directly related to baseball-including youth sports and the increased globalization of the game-and broader societal trends, such as developments in media consumption and celebrity culture, will impact big league baseball over the next few decades. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Selig Years 1

2 Lefty, Josh, the Barnstormers, and Branch 19

3 Gia, Bert, and Masanori 48

4 The Eternal and Ever-Changing Game 75

5 John Rocker and Russ Hodges 109

6 Dirty Kurt and Bam Bam 141

7 Joaquin Andujar 172.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Mitchell, Lincoln Abraham, author. Will big league baseball survive?

ISBN:

9781439913789

1439913781

9781439913796

143991379X

OCLC:

945648813