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The reshaping of America's game : Major League Baseball after the players' strike / Bryan Soderholm-Difatte.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Soderholm-Difatte, Bryan, author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Major League Baseball (Organization)--History.
Major League Baseball (Organization).
Baseball--United States--History--20th century.
Baseball.
Baseball--Statistical methods.
Baseball--Corrupt practices.
History.
United States.
Baseball--United States--History--21st century.
Baseball--Corrupt practices--United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Part I Baseball Back in Business p. 1
1 Baseball in Recovery p. 3
2 Superpowers: How the Braves and Yankees Got That Way p. 13
3 "Chicks Dig the Long Ball" p. 25
4 Selig's Growth Legacy p. 35
5 Baseball's Asian-Pacific Tide p. 51
6 Baseball's Finest Hours p. 69
Part II Baseball's Battles in the New Century p. 79
7 Small Markets on the Brink p. 81
8 From the A's to the Rays and Beyond: Baseball's Analytics Revolution p. 91
9 Baseball's Diversity Scorecard p. 109
10 The Latin Tsunami and the Second Cuban Wave p. 123
11 The Dark (Steroids) Side of Recovery p. 137
Part III New Thinking in the Old Ball Game p. 161
12 The Owners' Take: Show Me the Money p. 163
13 Where Losing Was a Winning Proposition p. 173
14 Baseball's Power Dynamic: Muscling Up and Mowing Them Down p. 189
15 Strategizing Pitching p. 199
16 Not the Same Free Agency, or Back to the Future p. 217
17 Baseball's Year of Discontent: From Astros Cheatskates to the Coronavirus Pandemic p. 237.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
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Print version: Soderholm-Difatte, Bryan. The reshaping of America's game
ISBN:
9781538145968
1538145960
Publisher Number:
40030514072
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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