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America's game in the wild-card era : from strike to pandemic / Bryan Soderholm-Difatte.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Soderholm-Difatte, Bryan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Major League Baseball (Organization)--History.
- Major League Baseball (Organization).
- Baseball--United States--History--20th century.
- Baseball.
- History.
- Baseball players.
- Baseball teams.
- United States.
- Baseball--United States--History--21st century.
- Baseball teams--United States--History--20th century.
- Baseball teams--United States--History--21st century.
- Baseball players--Miscellanea.
- Baseball--History--20th century.
- Baseball--History--21st century.
- Genre:
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This work examines the competitive landscape of Major League Baseball during the wild-card era, including the major storylines for all 30 teams, division races, and the state of dynasties in a new age of baseball.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Back to baseball
- The wild card paradigm shift
- Part 1. Return to Action
- Trio of aces front the always first Braves
- Return of the Yankees' forever dynasty
- Cleveland's runaway central train
- The end of the Dodgers' O'Malley era
- The bottom 25%
- Part 2. Wrestling with History
- Wild card World Series
- Cubs lose: Blame it on Bartman?
- Yankees "Apocalypse Now" becomes Red Sox resurrection
- Mets meltdowns
- Phillies flip the '64 script
- Baseball back in Washington
- Part 3. Navigating the Competitive Landscape
- The Cardinals longevity reboot
- Breaking through in the AL East
- Giants and Red Sox rollercoaster dynasties
- Mets meltdowns: The superheroes hubris episodes
- Part 4. Paradigm Shifts
- Cubs climate change in Chicago; droughts continue elsewhere
- Houston's cheatskates: A dynasty's self-inflicted wound
- "Wait 'til Next Year" comes to L.A.
- Not the same Steinbrenner: The Yankees' long road back to "Forever"
- EPILOGUE: Baseball in the year of Coronavirus.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Soderholm-Difatte, Bryan, 1954- America's game in the wild-card era
- ISBN:
- 9781538145944
- 1538145944
- Publisher Number:
- 40030501102
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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