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Expanding the strike zone : baseball in the age of free agency / Daniel A. Gilbert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gilbert, Daniel A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball--Economic aspects--United States.
- Baseball.
- Baseball players--Salaries, etc--United States.
- Baseball players.
- Free agents (Sports)--United States.
- Free agents (Sports).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (228 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- With its iconic stars and gleaming ballparks, baseball has been one of the most captivating forms of modern popular culture.In Expanding the Strike Zone , Daniel A.Gilbert examines the history and meaning of the sport's tumultuous changes since the mid-twentieth century, amid Major League Baseball's growing global influence.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Roots of Free Agency: Integration and Expansion in the Baseball World
- 2. A Piece of Property: The Making and Meaning of Free Agency in Major League Baseball
- 3. Two Strikes: Star Power and Solidarity in the United States and Mexico
- 4. On the Borders of Free Agency: Dominican Baseball and the Rise of the Academies
- 5. Constructing Ichiro's Home Field: Seattle, the Mariners, and the Politics of Location
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-259-3
- OCLC:
- 867742132
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