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The reshaping of America's game : Major League Baseball after the players' strike / 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.
- 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.
- Other Format:
- 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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