Making It In The Minors

Author : Arthur P. Solomon,Allyn I. Freeman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786468676

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Making It in the Minors by Arthur P. Solomon,Allyn I. Freeman Pdf

There are many sports-related books about what happens on the playing field, but few are written about the equally interesting stories of what happens on the business side. Why acquire a professional sports team? What goes into the branding, marketing and entertainment that make some teams successful, and others not? What are the challenges that managers and staff face? Are there valuable lessons from the major and minor leagues for university, high school and other amateur sports programs? How do sports teams generate a profit? While the examples are drawn from the business of baseball, the lessons are applicable to other sports and many retail businesses.

Author : Marcus G. Polk
Publisher : Hallard Press LLC
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781951188450

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Making the Minors by Marcus G. Polk Pdf

It’s 1960 and sixteen-year-old Karny Wilson has run away from home, found his father and joined him working in a circus. He’s also shown his potential as a baseball pitcher and had a tryout with the Reds. While waiting to hear from the Reds, he saves the circus from the wrath of Simba, the Lioness Queen. Will he make the minors?

Author : Dirk Hayhurst
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806535531

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Out Of My League: A Rookie's Survival in the Bigs by Dirk Hayhurst Pdf

In a follow up to "The Bullpen Gospels," the author details his major league rookie season, revealing that for him, it isn't just about the game, but about the people and events in it.

Author : Everett Franklin Bleiler
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1971-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0486227731

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Marmaduke Multiply's Merry Method of Making Minor Mathematicians by Everett Franklin Bleiler Pdf

The multiplication tables are presented in verse.

Author : James Conrad
Publisher : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000-03-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780312273729

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Making Love to the Minor Poets of Chicago by James Conrad Pdf

Set against the vibrant backdrop of Chicago, this is a story of science and poetry, manipulation and intrigue, and the lengths to which people will go for their passions. The Yucca Mountain Project deep in the Nevada desert is the first planned long-term nuclear storage facility. The project is designed to contain nuclear waste for ten-thousand years, the amount of time it will take for the waste to no longer be radioactive. It is an ambitious project, especially in light of the fact that in this century alone we lacked the foresight to anticipate Y2K. Given this daunting responsibility, the project employs an artist, a botanist and an architect to contribute visual warnings to the site, in a manner decipherable to future generations. Conrad imagines an influential poetry professor who insists that the project also include a poem, a great poem, an epic poem. It is this poem that brings us to the center of an extended circle of minor poets who are continually upstaging, back-stabbing and falling in and out of love with one another. "... Conrad’s novel recalls another comic first work: John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces." - Nashville Scene

Author : Catherine Palczewski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317652854

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Disturbing Argument by Catherine Palczewski Pdf

This edited volume represents the best of the scholarship presented at the 18th National Communication Association/American Forensic Association Conference on Argumentation. This biennial conference brings together a lively group of argumentation scholars from a range of disciplinary approaches and a variety of countries. Disturbing Argument contains selected works that speak both to the disturbing prevalence of violence in the contemporary world and to the potential of argument itself, to disturb the very relations of power that enable that violence. Scholars’ essays analyze a range of argument forms, including body and visual argument, interpersonal and group argument, argument in electoral politics, public argument, argument in social protest, scientific and technical argument, and argument and debate pedagogy. Contributors study argument using a range of methodological approaches, from social scientifically informed studies of interpersonal, group, and political argument to humanistic examinations of argument theory, political discourse, and social protest, to creatively informed considerations of argument practices that truly disturb the boundaries of what we consider argument.

Author : Annah N. Abrams,Anna C. Muriel,Lori Wiener
Publisher : Springer
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319213743

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Pediatric Psychosocial Oncology: Textbook for Multidisciplinary Care by Annah N. Abrams,Anna C. Muriel,Lori Wiener Pdf

This textbook walks clinicians through the psychosocial issues and challenges faced by children and adolescents with cancer and their families. Through a developmental lens, the text provides guidance and resources that will enable clinicians to understand the physical and emotional impact of the disease from diagnosis onwards, to work with families in distress, and to diagnose and treat a range of behavioral, psychological, and psychiatric issues. The book also addresses the burgeoning fields of social media, complementary therapies, palliative care, and survivorship. Among the variety of useful resources supplied are assessment tools, websites, and additional reading materials. The psychosocial issues that arise for children and their families during the course of treatment are an important yet often overlooked aspect of pediatric oncology care. The reader will find that Pediatric Psychosocial Oncology: Textbook for Multidisciplinary Care covers these issues at the forefront of clinical care in a direct and approachable way, integrating research literature with practical clinical guidance.

Author : Richard B. Lyttle
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : Minor league baseball
ISBN : 0385083327

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A Year in the Minors by Richard B. Lyttle Pdf

Using the 1973 season of the San Jose Bees as an example, examines the organization, management, and daily struggles of a minor league team.

Author : John Feinstein
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780307949585

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Where Nobody Knows Your Name by John Feinstein Pdf

Minor league baseball is quintessentially American: small towns, small stadiums, $5 tickets, $2 hot dogs, the never-ending possibility of making it big. But looming above it all is always the real deal: Major League Baseball. John Feinstein takes the reader behind the curtain into the guarded world of the minor leagues, like no other writer can. Where Nobody Knows Your Name explores the trials and travails of the inhabitants of Triple-A, focusing on nine men, including players, managers and umpires, among many colorful characters, living on the cusp of the dream. The book tells the stories of former World Series hero Scott Podsednik, giving it one more shot; Durham Bulls manager Charlie Montoya, shepherding generations across the line; and designated hitter Jon Lindsey, a lifelong minor leaguer, waiting for his day to come. From Raleigh to Pawtucket, from Lehigh Valley to Indianapolis and beyond, this is an intimate and exciting look at life in the minor leagues, where you’re either waiting for the call or just passing through.

Author : Chris Ludovici
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1947021001

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The Minors by Chris Ludovici Pdf

"The Minors" tells the story of introverted sixteen-year-old Samantha Heller and her friendship/unrequited crush on the contractor fixing up her family's house. Sam's world is thrown into turmoil when her beloved father abruptly announces that his job is transferring him to Chicago effective immediately and the whole family will join him when the school year is out. Until then, Sam is stuck at home with her mother, who she clashes with frequently. Heartbroken at having to move, but intrigued with the freedom that comes with knowing she's leaving, Sam explores the upsides of living in a world with no tomorrow. The contractor (and equally important co-protagonist) is Nick Masters; he's twenty-eight, a former minor league ball player, and misanthrope. Rootless and restless, Nick lives with his Aunt, drinks too much, mistreats the (young) women who date him, and generally is not that pleasant to be around. Frankly, he's an ass. But he's cute and a little smarter than you'd think so he's managing to get away with it. Barely. Nick finds himself useful at the Heller residence, playing the role of driving instructor for Sam, but as time goes on and he becomes more enmeshed with Sam and her mom: he becomes friend, therapist, and surrogate father/husband. But his involvement with the family changes when he sleeps with Sam's mom and he finds himself in well over his head with a self-destructing family and a young girl who suddenly hates him, but won't let him just walk away.

Author : Marmaduke MULTIPLY (pseud.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1824
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0027151810

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Marmaduke Multiply's Merry Method of Making Minor Mathematicians; Or, The Multiplication Table, Illustrated by Sixty-nine Appropriate Engravings by Marmaduke MULTIPLY (pseud.) Pdf

Author : Patrick deWitt
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781770894150

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Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt Pdf

On the The Scotiabank Giller Prize 2015 Longlist A love story, an adventure story, a fable without a moral, and an ink-black comedy of manners. Lucien (Lucy) Minor is the resident odd duck in the hamlet of Bury. Friendless and loveless, young and aimless, Lucy is a compulsive liar, a sickly weakling in a town famous for begetting brutish giants. Then Lucy accepts employment assisting the majordomo of the remote, foreboding Castle Von Aux. While tending to his new post as undermajordomo, he soon discovers the place harbours many dark secrets, not least of which is the whereabouts of the castle’s master, Baron Von Aux. In the local village, he also encounters thieves, madmen, aristocrats, and Klara, a delicate beauty whose love he must compete for with the exceptionally handsome partisan soldier, Adolphus. Thus begins a tale of polite theft, bitter heartbreak, domestic mystery, and cold-blooded murder. Undermajordomo Minor is a triumphant ink-black comedy of manners by the Governor General’s Award–winning author of The Sisters Brothers. It is an adventure, and a mystery, and a searing portrayal of rural Alpine bad behaviour, but above all it is a love story. And Lucy must be careful, for love is a violent thing.

Author : Arthur P. Solomon,Allyn I. Freeman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786492978

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Making It in the Minors by Arthur P. Solomon,Allyn I. Freeman Pdf

There are many sports-related books about what happens on the playing field, but few are written about the equally interesting stories of what happens on the business side. Why acquire a professional sports team? What goes into the branding, marketing and entertainment that make some teams successful, and others not? What are the challenges that managers and staff face? Are there valuable lessons from the major and minor leagues for university, high school and other amateur sports programs? How do sports teams generate a profit? While the examples are drawn from the business of baseball, the lessons are applicable to other sports and many retail businesses.

Author : Ahmad Majzoub,Ashok Agarwal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-27
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9783319423968

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The Complete Guide to Male Fertility Preservation by Ahmad Majzoub,Ashok Agarwal Pdf

This comprehensive, multidisciplinary guide provides an up-to-date presentation of fertility preservation techniques with male cancer patients and other challenging conditions. Divided into four thematic sections, part one provides an overview of the pathophysiologic processes interrelating cancer and its treatment with infertility and discusses different methods of sperm preservation and fertility outcomes in cancer patients. Part two then explores male fertility preservation in various non-cancerous conditions, such as immunosuppressed, hypogonadal and transgender patients. The fundamental principles of cryobiology and sperm optimization are covered in part three, which also offers essential building blocks for scientists to develop a sperm banking service and implement high standards of practice. The final section describes the current practices of male fertility preservation along with its psychological impact on patients, and extends beyond to future innovative methods—tissue preservation, xenografting and artificial gametes—being researched and implemented in this field. Fertility preservation among cancer patients and survivors is an evolving practice, which involves focused research and timely collaboration of professionals from related fields. The Complete Guide to Male Fertility Preservation is unique and original in its design and will appeal to a larger audience of andrologists, reproductive endocrinologists, urologists, embryologists, and all other clinicians practicing reproductive medicine and oncology.

Author : New Zealand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Legislation
ISBN : CORNELL:31924070239565

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The Statutes of New Zealand by New Zealand Pdf