Baseball in Crisis: Spiraling Costs, Bad Behavior, Uncertain Future - Softcover

Frank P. Jozsa, Jr.

9780786433315: Baseball in Crisis: Spiraling Costs, Bad Behavior, Uncertain Future

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786433310 ISBN 13: 9780786433315

Publisher: McFarland, 2008

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.

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About the Author:

Frank P. Jozsa, Jr., is professor emeritus of economics and business administration at Pfeiffer University in Charlotte, North Carolina. The author of numerous books about sports, he lives in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

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