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The Quality of Home Runs

Author : Thomas F. Carter
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822381427
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book The Quality of Home Runs written by Thomas F. Carter and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2008-11-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In parks and cafes, homes and stadium stands, Cubans talk baseball. Thomas F. Carter contends that when they are analyzing and debating plays, games, teams, and athletes, Cubans are exchanging ideas not just about baseball but also about Cuba and cubanidad, or what it means to be Cuban. The Quality of Home Runs is Carter’s lively ethnographic exploration of the interconnections between baseball and Cuban identity. Suggesting that baseball is in many ways an apt metaphor for cubanidad, Carter points out aspects of the sport that resonate with Cuban social and political life: the perpetual tension between risk and security, the interplay between individual style and collective regulation, and the risky journeys undertaken with the intention, but not the guarantee, of returning home. As an avid baseball fan, Carter draws on his experiences listening to and participating in discussions of baseball in Cuba (particularly in Havana) and among Cubans living abroad to describe how baseball provides the ground for negotiations of national, masculine, and class identities wherever Cubans gather. He considers the elaborate spectacle of Cuban baseball as well as the relationship between the socialist state and the enormously popular sport. Carter provides a detailed history of baseball in Cuba, analyzing players, policies, rivalries, and fans, and he describes how the sport has forged connections (or reinforced divisions) between Cuba and other nations. Drawing on insights from cultural studies, political theory, and anthropology, he maintains that sport and other forms of play should be taken seriously as crucibles of social and cultural experience.

The Quality of Home Runs

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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book The Quality of Home Runs written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVUses the sport of baseball, about which most Cubans are passionate, to look at what it means to be Cuban and at how Cuba deals with the outside world, as well as to compare various disciplinary approaches to the sport./div

The Single-Season Home Run Kings

Author : William F. McNeil
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786481285
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Single-Season Home Run Kings written by William F. McNeil and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-10-03 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Babe Ruth erased Buck Freeman's record in 1919, the new mark stood for 34 years before Maris bettered it, defying as he did an incredulous sporting public. And just as fans' anger grew old and Maris was grudgingly credited--or discredited--with an unrepeatable hot streak, along came Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, two goliaths who in 1998 and the years just after proved fans wrong again. But when in 2001, only three years after McGwire seemed to put the record beyond reach, Barry Bonds topped him by three. This time fans were staunch in their disbelief, and while many celebrated Bonds' achievement, others questioned its significance. This revised edition of Bill McNeil's Ruth, Maris, McGwire, and Sosa ("libraries especially will want this"--Library Journal) reviews the careers of each home run titan, with special attention to the record-breaking seasons. The cultural and social changes that may have affected both the players' season totals and fan reception are also considered.

The Quality of Home Runs

Author : Thomas F. Carter
Publisher : Duke University Press Books
ISBN 13 : 9780822342762
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (427 download)

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Download or read book The Quality of Home Runs written by Thomas F. Carter and published by Duke University Press Books. This book was released on 2008-11-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In parks and cafes, homes and stadium stands, Cubans talk baseball. Thomas F. Carter contends that when they are analyzing and debating plays, games, teams, and athletes, Cubans are exchanging ideas not just about baseball but also about Cuba and cubanidad, or what it means to be Cuban. The Quality of Home Runs is Carter’s lively ethnographic exploration of the interconnections between baseball and Cuban identity. Suggesting that baseball is in many ways an apt metaphor for cubanidad, Carter points out aspects of the sport that resonate with Cuban social and political life: the perpetual tension between risk and security, the interplay between individual style and collective regulation, and the risky journeys undertaken with the intention, but not the guarantee, of returning home. As an avid baseball fan, Carter draws on his experiences listening to and participating in discussions of baseball in Cuba (particularly in Havana) and among Cubans living abroad to describe how baseball provides the ground for negotiations of national, masculine, and class identities wherever Cubans gather. He considers the elaborate spectacle of Cuban baseball as well as the relationship between the socialist state and the enormously popular sport. Carter provides a detailed history of baseball in Cuba, analyzing players, policies, rivalries, and fans, and he describes how the sport has forged connections (or reinforced divisions) between Cuba and other nations. Drawing on insights from cultural studies, political theory, and anthropology, he maintains that sport and other forms of play should be taken seriously as crucibles of social and cultural experience.

HOMERUN

Author : VINCENT DAVID.
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1597976571
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (979 download)

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Download or read book HOMERUN written by VINCENT DAVID. and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

How to Know

Author : Stephen Hetherington
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118078691
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book How to Know written by Stephen Hetherington and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some key aspects of contemporary epistemology deserve to be challenged, and How to Know does just that. This book argues that several long-standing presumptions at the heart of the standard analytic conception of knowledge are false, and defends an alternative, a practicalist conception of knowledge. Presents a philosophically original conception of knowledge, at odds with some central tenets of analytic epistemology Offers a dissolution of epistemology’s infamous Gettier problem — explaining why the supposed problem was never really a problem in the first place. Defends an unorthodox conception of the relationship between knowledge-that and knowledge-how, understanding knowledge-that as a kind of knowledge-how.

Baseball's All-time Best Sluggers

Author : Michael J. Schell
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691115573
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Baseball's All-time Best Sluggers written by Michael J. Schell and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A feast of stories and statistics about players, ballparks, and teams--all arranged so that calculations can be skipped by general readers but consulted by statisticians eager to follow Schell's methods or to introduce students to the basic concepts of statistics. Illustrations.

Quality in Sports

Author : Kenneth Wiener
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Quality in Sports written by Kenneth Wiener and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Validation of Existence

Author : D. J. Blue
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1477270388
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (772 download)

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Download or read book Validation of Existence written by D. J. Blue and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Validation of Existence is a collection of writings by four different authors covering different aspects of living. D. J. Blue, the main author, contributes a variety of writings, some auto-biographical, some social commentary. Xetteangel makes her debut with a series of poems and free verse. Slyme also contributes a few writings of his own. S. K. Black rounds out the guest writer's section with a collection of poems. Put them all together and you have a tapestry of life's experiences and emotions, expressed in different ways and from different viewpoints, the end result being...a validation of existence.

Baseball's Top 10 Home Run Hitters

Author : Ken Rappoport
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780766034655
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Baseball's Top 10 Home Run Hitters written by Ken Rappoport and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collective biography of the top 10 home run hitters, both past and present, which includes accounts of game action, career statistics, and more"--Provided by publisher.

Long Ball

Author : Mark Stewart
Publisher : Millbrook Press
ISBN 13 : 9780761327790
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (277 download)

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Download or read book Long Ball written by Mark Stewart and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the stories behind home run stats and look at baseball's "greatest hit" from the game's beginnings through today.

Home Run

Author : Travis Thrasher
Publisher : David C Cook
ISBN 13 : 1434705129
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book Home Run written by Travis Thrasher and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball star Cory Brand knows how to win. But off the field, he’s spiraling out of control. Haunted by old wounds and regrets, his future seems as hopeless as his past. Until one moment—one mistake—changes everything. To save his career, Cory must go back to the town where it all began. His plan is simple: coach the local baseball team, complete a recovery program, and get out as fast as possible. Instead, he runs headfirst into memories he can’t escape ... and the love he left behind. Faced with a second chance he never expected, Cory embarks on a journey of faith, transformation and redemption. And along the way, he discovers a powerful truth: no one is beyond the healing of God. A novel based on the major motion picture starring Vivica A. Fox and Scott Elrod, Home Run is an inspirational story of the hope and freedom God offers each of us. www.HomeRunTheMovie.com

SABR Presents the Home Run Encyclopedia

Author : Bob McConnell
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book SABR Presents the Home Run Encyclopedia written by Bob McConnell and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball fans love statistics, and the home run is baseball's most popular stat. This unique volume, a comprehensive set of home run statistics, includes stats for every major league player who ever hit a home run, as well as every pitcher who surrendered one. Also includes team and league home run information for every season, and all-time lists for home run feats.

Baseball's Top 10 Home Run Hitters

Author : Ken Rappoport
Publisher : Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1464502137
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book Baseball's Top 10 Home Run Hitters written by Ken Rappoport and published by Enslow Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collective biography of the top 10 home run hitters, both past and present, which includes accounts of game action, career statistics, and more"--Provided by publisher

Home Run

Author : Travis Thrasher
Publisher : David C Cook
ISBN 13 : 9780781408387
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Home Run written by Travis Thrasher and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional baseball player Cory Brand returns to his hometown in an effort to get his life together, but instead runs into memories he can't escape and the love he left behind.

Baseball's Ultimate Power

Author : Bill Jenkinson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762762470
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Baseball's Ultimate Power written by Bill Jenkinson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tape measure home run is the greatest single act of power in the game of baseball, and the tales of these homers are the most cherished legacies players and fans hand down through the generations. Fully illustrated with photos of the players and aerial ballpark photos showing the landing spots of each stadium's longest homers.

Wizardry

Author : Michael Humphreys
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0195397762
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Wizardry written by Michael Humphreys and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The systematic analysis of baseball statistics, often called "sabermetrics," has evolved in recent years to resemble something of a science, attracting fans from diverse professional and educational backgrounds, all fascinated by the analysis itself and its insights into the game. But one problem has defied solution: estimating runs saved by fielders throughout history. Traditional statistics include errors and plays made, but not hits that could or should have been prevented. The latter can now be estimated using records of the location of every batted ball, but the underlying data exists only for recent seasons and has generally been withheld from the public.Now, in Wizardry, comes the long-awaited breakthrough. Drawing solely on freely available baseball statistics, Michael A. Humphreys shows how to apply classic statistical methods to estimate runs saved by fielders going back to 1893. Humphreys tests his results against other fielding measures, including published ratings based on proprietary batted ball location data, and explains their respective strengths and limitations. He also introduces a method for adjusting historical player ratings for increased competition due to population growth, integration, and international recruitment. Position by position, Humphreys identifies and profiles the greatest fielders of all time with anecdote-rich essays.Sabermetrics changed baseball and introduced a generation to the art of statistical inference. Wizardry makes the case for the most significant changes in historical player valuation in decades, while opening up new approaches for further exploration.