Minor League Baseball : Community Building Through Hometown Sports.

Minor League Baseball : Community Building Through Hometown Sports.

Examine the big-league benefits of minor league baseball!The Minor League Baseball: Community Building Through Hometown Sports examines the role played by minor league baseball in hundreds of cities and towns across the United States. Written from the unique perspective of a sociologist who also hap...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoffmann, Frank
Other Authors: Kraus, Rebecca S., Manning, Martin J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Subjects:
Minor league baseball > United States.
Minor league baseball > United States > Sociological aspects.
Minor league baseball
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Minor League Baseball; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Safe at Home; Minor League Baseball Through Time; Minor League Basics; Minor League Reviews; Play Ball!; Chapter 2. Baseball Coast to Coast; National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (NAPBL); Independent Leagues; Conclusion; Chapter 3. The Lure of Minor League Baseball; The Nation Awakens; Academics Take Notice; Sociology and Minor League Communities; Chapter 4. The Evolution of Minor League Baseball; Historical Overview; Minor League Baseball as a Different Kind of Business.
  • Franchise Relocation and Name ChangesCorporate Sponsorship; Conclusion; Chapter 5. A Tale of Two Minor League Cities; Baseball as a Maryland Tradition; Hagerstown, Maryland; Bowie, Maryland; Chapter 6. The Impact of Minor League Baseball; Theory Revisited; Minor League History; Hagerstown and Bowie: Theory in Action; Conclusion; Epilogue: A Shelter in the Storm; Appendix A: Minor League Attendance and Number of Teams, by Year and Era, 1947 to 1990; Appendix B: Development of the Data Set; Hypotheses; Construction of the Data Set; Data Used; Statistical Methods and Models; Notes; Index.

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