Center field shot : a history of baseball on television / James R. Walker and Robert V. Bellamy Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, James R.

Contributor:

Bellamy, Robert V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television broadcasting of sports--United States--History.

Television broadcasting of sports.

Baseball--United States--History.

Baseball.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Center Field Shot traces a sometimes contentious but mutually beneficial relationship from the first televised game in 1939 to the new era of Internet broadcasts, satellite radio, and high-definition TV, considered from the perspective of businessmen collecting merchandising fees and advertising rights, franchise owners with ever more money to spend on talent, and broadcasters trying to present a game long considered "unfriendly" to television. Ultimately the association of baseball with television emerges as a reflection of-perhaps even a central feature of-American culture at large.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Game in the Box; Part 1: The Local Game; 1. The Experimental Years; 2. The First Seasons of Televised Baseball; 3. Team Approaches to Televisionin the Broadcast Era; Part 2: The National Game; 4. Televising the World Series; 5. Origins of the Game of the Week; 6. The National Television Package, 1966-89; 7. National Broadcasts in the Cable Era; 8. The Pay Television Era; Part 3: Television and Baseball's Dysfunctional Marriage; 9. Television As Threat, Television As Savior

10. Television and the "Death" of the Golden Age Minors11. Baseball, Television, Congress, and the Law; 12. Baseball and Television Synergy; Part 4: How the Game Was Covered; 13. The Announcer in the Television Age; 14. Innovations in Production Practices; Epilogue: Baseball in the Advanced Media Age; Appendix A: Televised Baseball Games, 1949-81; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-24133-4

9786611241339

0-8032-1765-X

OCLC:

476135451