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Author: Sporting News Publisher: ISBN: 9780892047017 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 428
Book Description
This official book of Major League Baseball offers the most complete combination of a look-ahead to 2003 and a historical review of baseball. This book has all the facts fans will need for the coming season, right at their fingertips! Fans will find teamby- team listings that include official 2003 schedules, 40-man rosters, and exclusive player-by-player analysis. The 2002 review provides fans with team-by-team analysis of the past season, including day-by-day results and statistics and box scores from the memorable games of 2002. Readers will also get a recap of the postseason series, with stories and box scores, which provide the official record of postseason play. The history section offers a complete rundown of the Hall of Fame membership, by class, plus an annual listing of key award winners. Fans will also find annual standings and notes from 1876 through 2002.
Author: Sporting News Publisher: ISBN: 9780892047017 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 428
Book Description
This official book of Major League Baseball offers the most complete combination of a look-ahead to 2003 and a historical review of baseball. This book has all the facts fans will need for the coming season, right at their fingertips! Fans will find teamby- team listings that include official 2003 schedules, 40-man rosters, and exclusive player-by-player analysis. The 2002 review provides fans with team-by-team analysis of the past season, including day-by-day results and statistics and box scores from the memorable games of 2002. Readers will also get a recap of the postseason series, with stories and box scores, which provide the official record of postseason play. The history section offers a complete rundown of the Hall of Fame membership, by class, plus an annual listing of key award winners. Fans will also find annual standings and notes from 1876 through 2002.
Author: Frank P. Jozsa, Jr. Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786425342 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 293
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During the second half of the twentieth century, Major League Baseball and its affiliated minor leagues evolved from local and regional entities governing the play of America's favorite pastime to national business organizations. The relocation of teams, league expansion, the advent of free agency and an influx of international players has made baseball big business, on an increasingly global scale. Focusing on the last fifty years, this work examines the past and present commercial elements of organized baseball, emphasizing the dual roles--competitive sport and profitable business--which the sport must now fulfill. Twenty-five essays cover five areas integral to the economic side of baseball: business and finance, human resources, international relations, management and leadership and sports marketing. Detailed discussions of the redistribution of revenues, the history of player unionization, aggressive global marketing, strategies of franchise owners and an evaluation of fan costs, among other topics introduce the reader to the important issues and specific challenges professional baseball faces in an increasingly crowded--yet geographically expansive--sports marketplace. The work is also indexed.
Author: Sporting News Publisher: ISBN: 9780892046065 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 508
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The Official Major League Baseball Fact Book is the most complete and easy-to-digest look at baseball ever published. It offers a balance of baseball's past and present, with a unique blend of authority, comprehensiveness, and ease. It gives baseball fans a look: -- Ahead to the 1999 season, with team-by-team previews and rosters -- Back into the history of each team, with team records and highlights -- Back into baseball history, with lists of career, single-season, and single-game leaders and accomplishments
Author: Frank P. Jozsa Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 0810892464 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 263
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In 1973, Roberto Clemente was honored as the first baseball player born outside the continental U.S. to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the former Pittsburgh Pirate amassed 3,000 career hits and 240 home runs. Since then, eight more international players of Major League Baseball have been voted into the Hall of Fame, including recent inductees Roberto Alomar (Puerto Rico) and Bert Blyleven (Netherlands). These Hall of Famers are but a few of the many non-native players who have contributed significantly to Major League Baseball, dating all the way back to 1876 and up to the present. Baseball beyond Borders: From Distant Lands to the Major Leagues not only examines the careers of foreign-born and Puerto Rican baseball players, but also goes beyond the players to look at managers, executives, coaches, and officials of Major League Baseball, as well. This book explores the impact and performances of these individuals on MLB and the minor leagues, and their contributions to the expansion and popularity of American baseball in the U.S. and around the world. Baseball beyond Borders offers a historical perspective of when, why, and how emigrants came to play professional baseball in the U.S. and also provides background information on baseball in foreign countries, baseball leagues outside the U.S., and the academies run by MLB on foreign soil. Featuring photographs, statistics, and bios, this unique book presents a comprehensive look at the impact players and staff born outside the U.S. have had on baseball—both in the U.S. and beyond. Baseball fans and sports historians will enjoy reading Baseball beyond Borders, as will anyone wishing to learn more about the influence of foreigners on America’s national pastime.
Author: Frank P. Jozsa, Jr. Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786457236 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 221
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This study considers the importance of location for new and relocated major league franchises in the more than 130 years since the National League was founded. Included are an analysis of market differences and similarities, team performances and demographics and area economic comparisons. Market data are used to predict future expansions and relocations of major league teams.
Author: Frank P. Jozsa, Jr. Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786451904 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 218
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Recent polls have placed football ahead of baseball in popularity. Does this reflect football's rise or baseball's decline? Why has the national pastime--a title perhaps becoming inaccurate--fallen behind other major sports? Is the trend reversible? This book identifies the most substantial and persistent issues that have impaired Major League Baseball's development. Chapters cover inflationary player, team and game costs; changes in baseball's fan base; congestion in urban areas that host big league ballclubs; the negligent and irrational actions (some of it criminal) of players, owners, league officials, and the players' union; and the maldistribution of power among the major league franchises. Six major reforms needed to boost the popularity of baseball are identified.
Author: Ron Smith Publisher: ISBN: 9780892045709 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 484
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The "Official Major League Baseball Fact Book" offers a preview of the coming season, a look back at the previous season, and a history review. The guide offers a balance of baseball's past and present with a unique blend of authority, comprehensiveness, and ease. 32 photos. 28 charts & diagrams.
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Author: Frank P. Jozsa, Jr.
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Author: Frank P. Jozsa
Author: Frank P. Jozsa, Jr.
Author: Frank P. Jozsa, Jr.
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