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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162791103321

Autore

Brandon Isleib Isleib

Titolo

Playing for a winner: how baseball teams' success raises players' reputations

Pubbl/distr/stampa

McFarland

ISBN

1-4766-2701-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 p.)

Disciplina

796.357

Soggetti

Baseball players

Baseball teams

Reputation

Success

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"It's generally accepted that being in a bigger market or on a winning team can cause a player to be overrated, while the opposite can leave them underrated. This book studies the effects of the sports media spotlight (and its absence) on the fortunes of teams in pennant races and Hall of Fame inductees"--