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Publisher : Cameron
ISBN 13 : 9781937359416
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (594 download)
Download or read book Instant Baseball written by and published by Cameron. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Other title information from page 1 of cover.
Author : Daniel Rosensweig
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9781572333512
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (335 download)
Download or read book Retro Ball Parks written by Daniel Rosensweig and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore opened in 1992 as an intentional antidote to the modern multiuse athletic stadium. Home to only one sport and featuring accents of classic parks of previous generations. Oriole Park attempted to reconstitute Baltimore's past while serving as a cornerstone of downtown redevelopment. Since the gates opened at Camden yards, more than a dozen other American cities have constructed "new old" major league parks - Cleveland, Detroit, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Denver, Phoenix, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Houston, Arlington, Texas, and San Diego. In Retro Ball Parks, Daniel Rosenweig explores the cultural and economic role of retro baseball parks and traces the cultural implications of re-creating the old in new urban spaces. According to Rosenweig, the new urban landscape around these retro stadiums often presents a more homogenous culture than the one the new park replaced. Indeed, whole sections of cities have razed in order to build stadiums that cater to clientele eager to enjoy a nostalgic urban experience. This mandate to draw suburban residents and tourists to the heart of downtown, combined with the accompanying gentrification of these newly redeveloped areas, has fundamentally altered historic urban centers. Focusing on Cleveland's Jacobs Field as a case study, Rosenweig explores the political economy surrounding the construction of downtown ball parks, which have emerged as key components of urban entertainment-based development. Blending economic and cultural analysis, he considers the intersection of race and class in these new venues. For example, he shows that African American consumers in the commercial district around Jacobs Field have largely been replaced by symbolic representations of African American culture, such as piped-in rap music and Jackie Robinson replica jerseys. He concludes that the question of authenticity, the question of what it means to simultaneously commemorate and commodify the past in retro ball parks, mirrors larger cultural issues regarding the nature and implications of urban redevelopment and gentrification. Daniel Rosensweig is a professor in the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies Program at the University of Virginia
Author : Jim Hibbs
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ISBN 13 : 9781484926505
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (265 download)
Download or read book Instant Baseball written by Jim Hibbs and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-08 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fundamentals of pitching, hitting, throwing, catching and running. With links to 8 free training videos."You want to be a smart baseball fan, player or coach? Then memorize Instant Baseball." - Tommy Lasorda, Los Angeles Dodgers"If I were teaching young people, my words would be just about the same. This is a simple explanation of the game of baseball." - Sparky Anderson, Detroit Tigers"Instant Baseball is a good introduction to this great game. The points listed for each area should get you started and whet your appetite to get deeper into the game." - Tony LaRussa, Oakland Athletics"Hell, I could have written Instant Baseball--It's damn good!" - George Brett, Kansas City Royals"For baseball insight and wisdom in a nutshell, choose Instant Baseball. It's Major League." - Charlie Hough, Florida Marlins
Author : Jim Hibbs
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (345 download)
Download or read book Instant Baseball written by Jim Hibbs and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Susan Jacoby
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300235402
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Why Baseball Matters written by Susan Jacoby and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball, first dubbed the “national pastime” in print in 1856, is the country’s most tradition-bound sport. Despite remaining popular and profitable into the twenty-first century, the game is losing young fans, among African Americans and women as well as white men. Furthermore, baseball’s greatest charm—a clockless suspension of time—is also its greatest liability in a culture of digital distraction. These paradoxes are explored by the historian and passionate baseball fan Susan Jacoby in a book that is both a love letter to the game and a tough-minded analysis of the current challenges to its special position—in reality and myth—in American culture. The concise but wide-ranging analysis moves from the Civil War—when many soldiers played ball in northern and southern prisoner-of-war camps—to interviews with top baseball officials and young men who prefer playing online “fantasy baseball” to attending real games. Revisiting her youthful days of watching televised baseball in her grandfather’s bar, the author links her love of the game with the informal education she received in everything from baseball’s history of racial segregation to pitch location. Jacoby argues forcefully that the major challenge to baseball today is a shortened attention span at odds with a long game in which great hitters fail two out of three times. Without sanitizing this basic problem, Why Baseball Matters remind us that the game has retained its grip on our hearts precisely because it has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to reinvent itself in times of immense social change.
Author : Lester Chadwick
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465588337
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book Baseball Joe, Home Run King, or, The Greatest Pitcher and Batter on Record written by Lester Chadwick and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Linda E. Swayne
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452266484
Total Pages : 1960 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Sports Management and Marketing written by Linda E. Swayne and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2011-08-08 with total page 1960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This four-volume set introduces, on the management side, principles and procedures of economics, budgeting and finance; leadership; governance; communication; business law and ethics; and human resources practices; all in the sports context. On the marketing side this reference resource explores two broad streams: marketing of sport and of sport-related products (promoting a particular team or selling team- and sport-related merchandise, for example), and using sports as a platform for marketing non-sports products, such as celebrity endorsements of a particular brand of watch or the corporate sponsorship of a tennis tournament. Together, these four volumes offer a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the state of sports management and marketing today, providing an invaluable print or online resource for student researchers.
Author : Nicole Lea Helget
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 154353046X
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (435 download)
Download or read book Full STEAM Baseball written by Nicole Lea Helget and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2018-08 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball is much more than game-winning hits, double plays, and grand slams. It's a spectacular spectacle where baseball, science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics happen to meet.
Author : David Pietrusza
Publisher : Church & Reid
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Baseball's Canadian-American League written by David Pietrusza and published by Church & Reid. This book was released on 1990 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Class C minor league during a turbulent 15 years: its stirring history reveals what minor league baseball–indeed, all of baseball–was experiencing. Begun in the Depression, this league saw the coming of night baseball, World War II, the prosperous postwar era, pioneering racial integration, a deadly competition with television, and a final demise. And here are the stories of stars in the making: Bob Lemon, Tommy Lasorda, Al Rosen, Lew Burdette, Frank Malzone, Vic Raschi, Gus Triandos, and "Spec" Shea. Future MLB pennant-winning managers Eddie Sawyer and Mayo Smith. One-armed outfielder Pete Gray. Future congressman (and JFK roommate and pal) Torby MacDonald. Mass murderer Conklyn Meriweather. A ball park that miraculously rose from its own ashes. The tragic war death of prospect Billy Southworth Jr. Plus its unique parish priest league president. This book–through groundbreaking research and dozens of personal interviews–captures the essence of minor league ball in a bygone but beloved era. “fascinating” — Sports Collectors Digest
Author : Bill Lewers
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462813577
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)
Download or read book Six Decades of Baseball written by Bill Lewers and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-11-06 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...one of the most heart-felt baseball books to come out in the last few months, written not by a journalist with nice advancement but by a simple fan who put up his own money, got it self published, and got himself heard." - Tom Hoffarth, columnist for the Los Angeles Daily News "His take on some of baseballs major events and personalities are refreshingly different from the conventional wisdom of baseball insiders." - Jeffrey Stuart, author of Twilight Teams "...the purest fan memoir Ive yet read...Lewers is...everyfan USA." - Nicholas Croston, Lit Bases website "...Lewers book reminds us why we love the game so much." - Matt ODonnell, Fenway West website "Every fan has his or her memories, but not everyone can express them as well as Lewers has." - Ron Kaplan, Ron Kaplans Baseball Bookshelf website "...Lewers is the pioneer for the personal baseball narrative." - Bill Jordan, Baseballreflections.com website "Covering a broad sweep of personal and baseball history, Lewers democratically recognizes many unsung heroes and ventures some refreshingly candid opinions." - Judy Johnson, Watching the Game website There is no shortage of books written by baseball insiders players, managers, and writers. What seems to be lacking are books by ordinary fans. Six Decades of Baseball will not put you on the field or in the dugout. Rather it will put you in the cheap seats of the upper deck where baseball can be viewed through lens of Bill Lewers. This book is not just a recitation of baseball history (although a lot of baseball history is included). Rather it is a narrative of a relationship between a fan and a game a relationship that has evolved through the years. Bill has been hooked on baseball ever since his first outing at the Polo Grounds in 1951. Not content with the three local choices offered by his native New York, Bill decided at a very early age that he would root for the Boston Red Sox. Much of what follows in this decade-by-decade narrative is a consequence of that monumental choice. The book starts in the 1950s with Bills formative years as he grew up in the awesome shadow of the New York Yankees and experienced Five oclock Lightning first hand. A healthy amount of Red Sox minutiae is presented not because these were things that Bill memorized but rather that they were the reality that he lived. Greats like Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle are remembered but also recounted are tales of the more obscure including the Red Sox Youth Movement of the early 1950s, the Never-Never-Boys, and the Fastest Man in the Majors. There is even an all too brief encounter with the Boys of Summer at Ebbets Field. As the narrative moves to the 1960s the new team in town, the New York Mets enters the picture and those special early days at the Polo Grounds are recalled. So too are visits to Bostons Fenway Park at a time when tickets were $1.50 and attendance was frequently below 10,000. All this changed with the 1967 Impossible Dream which Bill recalls from the vantage point of a New Yorker. The decade ends with a baseball adventure gone amuck and the tragic end of one of the mainstays of Bills Red Sox youth. The 1970s sees changes as Bill moves to Maryland and encounters a new home team, the highly successful Baltimore Orioles. Both Boston and Baltimore heroes are recalled as well as both the Red Sox triumph of 1975 and collapse of 1978. Much of the 1980s revolve around the Red Sox almost World Championship of 1986. A young buck achieves dominance even as an aging superstar makes his last stand. Bill also examines the managerial decision that may have cost the Red Sox the championship (its not the one you think). The 1990s sees the unveiling of an exciting new ballpark as
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Total Pages : 1196 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 1196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jim Hibbs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983354291
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (542 download)
Download or read book Instant Baseball written by Jim Hibbs and published by . This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instant Baseball A Guide To the Timeless Game By Jim Hibbs A concise primer on the fundamentals of pitching, catching, throwing, running, hitting and fielding as learned by 8 year pro baseball player Jim Hibbs. Endorsed by Tommy Lasorda, Charlie Hough, Sparky Anderson, Johnny Bench and George Brett.
Author : Vinny Micucci
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1456745492
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (567 download)
Download or read book From Sports Fan to Sportscaster written by Vinny Micucci and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From Sports Fan to Sportscaster" is written as if told to you over dinner. The stories are first-hand accounts of working as a Sportscaster at various sporting events. You will feel what it is like to be in the winning clubhouse of a playoff baseball team. You will learn what goes on when covering a sport and how headlines are made. For the sports fan who always dreamed of meeting athletes, announcing the big game or hosting a radio show...allow the author to show you what it would be like.
Author : Alva Noë
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190928182
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Infinite Baseball written by Alva Noë and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...Philosopher and baseball fan Alva Noë explores the many unexpected ways in which baseball is truly a philosophical kind of game. For example, he ponders how observers of baseball are less interested in what happens, than in who is responsible for what happens; every action receives praise or blame. To put it another way, in baseball - as in the law - we decide what happened based on who is responsible for what happened. Noe also explains the curious activity of keeping score: a score card is not merely a record of the game, like a video recording; it is an account of the game. Baseball requires that true fans try to tell the story of the game, in real time, as it unfolds, and thus actively participate in its creation. Some argue that baseball is fundamentally a game about numbers. Noe's wide-ranging, thoughtful observations show that, to the contrary, baseball is not only a window on language, culture, and the nature of human action, but is intertwined with deep and fundamental human truths."--Dust jacket flap.
Author : Scott Simkus
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613748167
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Outsider Baseball written by Scott Simkus and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outsider Baseball is the story of a forgotten world, where independent professional ball clubs zig-zagged across America, plying their trade in big cities and small villages alike. Included among the former and future major leaguers were mercenaries, scalawags, and outcasts. This is where Babe Ruth, Rube Waddell, and John McGraw crossed bats with the Cuban Stars, Tokyo Giants, Brooklyn Bushwicks, dozens of famous Negro league teams, and novelty acts such as the House of David and Bloomer Girls. Legends emerged in this alternate baseball universe and author Scott Simkus sets out to share their stories and use a critical lens to separate fact from fiction. Written in a gritty prose style, Outsider Baseball combines meticulous research with modern analytics, opening the door to an unforgettable funhouse of baseball history. Scott Simkus is the founder and editor of the Outsider Baseball Bulletin. He is the winner of a research award from the Society of American Baseball Research for his work on the Negro League Database.
Author : Benjamin G. Rader
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252095529
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Baseball, 3rd Ed. written by Benjamin G. Rader and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2008-05-02 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this third edition of his lively history of America's game--widely recognized as the best of its kind--Benjamin G. Rader expands his scope to include commentary on Major League Baseball through the 2006 season: record crowds and record income, construction of new ballparks, a change in the strike zone, a surge in recruiting Japanese players, and an emerging cadre of explosive long-ball hitters.
Author : William M. Simons
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476647143
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2019 and 2021 written by William M. Simons and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected from the two most recent proceedings of the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture (2019 and 2021), this collection of essays explores subject matter centered both inside and beyond the ballpark. Fifteen contributors offer critical commentary on a range of topics, including controversial decisions on the field and in Hall of Fame elections; baseball's historical role as a rite of passage for boys; two worthy catchers who never received their due; the genesis and development of the minor leagues; and baseball's place in popular culture.
