Baseball: A HISTORY OF AMERICA'S GAME (Illinois History of Sports) - Softcover
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Synopsis
In this second edition of his lively, compact history of America's game - widely recognized as the best of its kind - Benjamin G. Rader expands his scope to include commentary on baseball in the 1990s: the building of retroparks, the return of the Yankees, the dizzying race for new home-run records, and other topics.
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In this third edition of his lively history of America's game--widely recognized as the best of its kind--Benjamin G. Rader expands his scope to include commentary on Major League Baseball through the 2006 season: record crowds and record income, construction of new ballparks, a change in the strike zone, a surge in recruiting Japanese players, and an emerging cadre of explosive long-ball hitters.
About the Author
Benjamin G. Rader is James L. Sellers Professor of History at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and the author of American Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of Televised Sports.
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Baseball : A History of America's Game
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University of Illinois Press, 1994
ISBN 10: 0252063953
ISBN 13: 9780252063954
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Baseball: A History of America's Game
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Univ of Illinois Pr, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A., 1994
ISBN 10: 0252063953
ISBN 13: 9780252063954
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