Baseball under the Lights : The Rise of the Night Game.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bevis, Charlie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball--United States--History--20th century.

Baseball.

Stadiums--Lighting--United States--History--20th century.

Stadiums.

Baseball attendance--United States--History--20th century.

Baseball attendance.

Television and baseball--United States--History--20th century.

Television and baseball.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages)

Other Title:

Baseball under the Lights

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

"Night games transformed the business of professional baseball, as the smaller, demographically narrower audiences able to attend daytime games gave way to larger, more diversified crowds of nighttime spectators. Many ball club owners were initially conflicted about artificial lighting and later resisted expanding the number of night games during the sport's existential struggle to balance ballpark attendance and television viewership in the 1950s. This first-ever comprehensive history of night baseball examines the factors, obstacles and trends that shaped this dramatic change in both the minor and major leagues between 1930 and 1990"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Preface

Introduction

1. Original Audience for Daylight Baseball

2. Premodern Night Baseball

3. Boosterism and Baseball

4. Night Games by Cahill's Arc Lights

5. Attendance Decline at Weekday Games

6. Birth of Modern Night Baseball

7. Minor League Introduction

8. Divergent Views

9. National League Adoption

10. American League Adoption

11. The War Years

12. Postwar Expansion

13. ­Twi-Night Doubleheaders

14. Boosting Night Games in the 1950s

15. Pushing Boundaries

16. Maximizing Night Baseball

Appendix A. First Night Games in the Minor Leagues in 1930

Appendix B. First Night Games by Class AA ­Minor-League Ball Clubs

Appendix C. First Night Games by ­Major-League Ball Clubs

Appendix D. ­Major-League Night Games, 1935-1985

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4766-4232-X

OCLC:

1252762867