Hometown Hardball

Author : Tim Healey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781493028597

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Hometown Hardball by Tim Healey Pdf

Grab a Zweigle's White Hot at Dwyer Stadium (built in 1939) and cheer on the Batavia Muckdogs. Join B.B. the Bluefish as he warms up the crowd at Bridgeport's Ballpark at Harbor Yard. Take in the view of Coney Island from the upper deck of MCU Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones. Watch from a box seat in Pawtucket as top Red Sox prospects try to make it to the bigs. . . . It's all part of minor league baseball in the Northeast. This book conveys the essence of the sport--from the sublime (summer nights under the lights cheering for a hometown team) to the ridiculous (racing bagels, cowboy monkeys, garish "alternate" uniforms--by visiting 27 minor league ballparks through the Northeast. It offers both a visitor's guide and an appealing narrative, covering the particulars of each venue--who plays there and when, how to get there, where to sit and what to eat--and describing what makes each park, and each team and town, special. It also offers a bit of history of the parks--the legends who played there and the great games they hosted. From Portland, Maine (home of the Sea Dogs) to Altoona, Pennsylvania (home of the Curve), this book features Triple-A, Double-A, and Single-A action from every part of the region.

Author : Josh Pahigian,Kevin O'Connell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780762784196

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Ultimate Baseball Road Trip by Josh Pahigian,Kevin O'Connell Pdf

The most entertaining and comprehensive guide to every baseball fan’s dream road trip—including every new ballpark since the 2004 edition—revised and completely updated!

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1540 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : OSU:32437123333649

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Author : James P. Quirk,Rodney D. Fort
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781400832439

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Hard Ball by James P. Quirk,Rodney D. Fort Pdf

What can possibly account for the strange state of affairs in professional sports today? There are billionaire owners and millionaire players, but both groups are constantly squabbling over money. Many pro teams appear to be virtual "cash machines," generating astronomical annual revenues, but their owners seem willing to uproot them and move to any city willing to promise increased profits. At the same time, mayors continue to cook up "sweetheart deals" that lavish benefits on wealthy teams while imposing crushing financial hardships on cities that are already strapped with debt. To fans today, professional sports teams often look more like professional extortionists. In Hard Ball, James Quirk and Rodney Fort take on a daunting challenge: explaining exactly how things have gotten to this point and proposing a way out. Both authors are professional economists who specialize in the economics of sports. Their previous book, Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports, is widely acknowledged as the Bible of sports economics. Here, however, they are writing for sports fans who are trying to make sense out of the perplexing world of pro team sports. It is not money, in itself, that is the cause of today's problems, they assert. In fact, the real problem stems from one simple fact: pro sports are monopolies that are fully sanctioned by the U.S. government. Eliminate the monopolies, say Quirk and Fort, and all problems can be solved. If the monopolies are allowed to persist, so will today's woes. The authors discuss all four major pro team sports: baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Hard Ball is filled with anecdotes, case studies, and factual information that are brought together here for the first time. Quirk and Fort devote chapters to the main protagonists in the pro sports saga--media, unions, players, owners, politicians, and leagues--before they offer their own prescription for correcting the ills that afflict sports today. The result is an engaging and persuasive book that is sure to be widely read, cited, and debated. It is essential reading for every fan.

Author : Peter C. Bjarkman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : UOM:39015024907845

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Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball Team Histories by Peter C. Bjarkman Pdf

Contains encyclopaedic histories of each of the teams in the National Baseball League from 1903 onwards. Teams profiled include the Boston Braves, the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Chicago Cubs, the Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets and the San Diego Padres.

Author : Brian Tarcy,Joe Theismann
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001-07-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781101221976

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Football, 2nd Edition by Brian Tarcy,Joe Theismann Pdf

The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Understanding Football, Second Edition, provides new and intermediate football fans with all the information they need to understand and enjoy football. From high school to the NFL, coverage includes the basics of offense and defense, players, rules, strategies and even what to wear! New coverage for this edition includes: the draft—how it works for teams and players including parity, new technology on the field including instant replay, dangerous referee flags and rules changes for college and pro ball, XFL, arena league, expansion teams and NFL Europe, and the changing business and team strategy for professional football today.

Author : David M. Haugen,Susan Musser
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-17
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780737770735

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Disabilities by David M. Haugen,Susan Musser Pdf

This volume explores real and perceived teen rights related to disabilities, including the impact of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and other legislation covering students and adults with disabilities. The definitions of the minimum levels of care, rights regarding community versus institution-based living, and students' rights to education regardless of disability are discussed.

Author : Alan Snitow,Deborah Kaufman,Michael Fox
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0787996513

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Thirst by Alan Snitow,Deborah Kaufman,Michael Fox Pdf

Out of sight of most Americans, global corporations likeNestlé, Suez, and Veolia are rapidly buying up our local watersources—lakes, streams, and springs—and taking controlof public water services. In their drive to privatize and commodifywater, they have manipulated and bought politicians, clinchedbackroom deals, and subverted the democratic process by trying todeny citizens a voice in fundamental decisions about their mostessential public resource. The authors' PBS documentary Thirst showed howcommunities around the world are resisting the privatization andcommodification of water. Thirst, the book,picks up where the documentary left off, revealing the emergence ofcontroversial new water wars in the United States and showing howcommunities here are fighting this battle, often against companiesheadquartered overseas. Read areview...http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/18/RVGS9OHPKT1.DTL

Author : Roy Reed
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Arkansas
ISBN : 1610751485

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Faubus: the Life and Times of American Prodigal (p) by Roy Reed Pdf

Author : David Nemec
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781683582342

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Incredible Baseball Trivia by David Nemec Pdf

Match wits with the father of baseball trivia, David Nemec, a ten-time national champion as he presents more than 200 baseball stumpers that are artfully designed to test the depth of the reader’s knowledge about the game since 1871 including: • Who is the most recent major leaguer to compile 100 or more hits, 20 or more complete games, and 20 or more decisions in the same season? No, the answer is not who you think! • Who is the only pitcher to hurl a minimum of 5,000 career innings and surrender fewer hits per 9 innings than Walter Johnson? • What team had a record of 52–62 when the strike shut down the 1994 season but was on track to qualify for postseason play with the lowest winning percentage ever by a division or league first-place finisher? Every era of baseball history is represented from Cap Anson to Mike Trout, Cy Young to Clayton Kershaw, Ty Cobb to Jose Altuve, Babe Ruth to Giancarlo Stanton. Incredible Baseball Trivia is the ultimate test for knowledgeable baseball fans!

Author : Ed Edmonds,Frank G. Houdek
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476629063

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Baseball Meets the Law by Ed Edmonds,Frank G. Houdek Pdf

Baseball and law have intersected since the primordial days. In 1791, a Pittsfield, Massachusetts, ordinance prohibited ball playing near the town’s meeting house. Ball games on Sundays were barred by a Pennsylvania statute in 1794. In 2015, a federal court held that baseball’s exemption from antitrust laws applied to franchise relocations. Another court overturned the conviction of Barry Bonds for obstruction of justice. A third denied a request by rooftop entrepreneurs to enjoin the construction of a massive video screen at Wrigley Field. This exhaustive chronology traces the effects the law has had on the national pastime, both pro and con, on and off the field, from the use of copyright to protect not only equipment but also “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” to frequent litigation between players and owners over contracts and the reserve clause. The stories of lawyers like Kenesaw Mountain Landis and Branch Rickey are entertainingly instructive.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1997-07
Category : Legislation
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022598549

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National Journal Reports by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10
Category : Legislation
ISBN : UOM:49015003117596

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National Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Daniel Coyle
Publisher : Putnam Adult
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015032754353

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Hardball by Daniel Coyle Pdf

With frankness and poignancy, he tells of the team's joys, losses, and small but essential victories, and of the neophyte coaches whose role moves haltingly from teaching baseball to being big brothers, disciplinarians and ultimately friends.

Author : Lonnie Wheeler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781451696028

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Intangiball by Lonnie Wheeler Pdf

"Longtime baseball writer and observer Lonnie Wheeler explains that there are unquantifiable elements in the game of baseball -- intangibles -- and shows how these immeasurable elements can bring success both to individual players and to teams"--