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UNINA9910786115503321 |
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Zimniuch Fran |
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Titolo |
Baseball's new frontier [[electronic resource] ] : a history of expansion, 1961-1998 / / Fran Zimniuch ; foreword by Branch Rickey III |
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Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (232 p.) |
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796.357 |
796.357/64097309045 |
796.35764097309045 |
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Soggetti |
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Baseball - United States - History - 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Contents ""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Go West Young Men""; ""2. The Continental League""; ""3. Th e First Expansion�1961""; ""4. Th e First Expansion Part Deux�1962""; ""5. Th e Second Wave�1969""; ""6. Th e Pendulum of Power Swings to the Players""; ""7. North by Northwest�1977""; ""8. Th in Air and Immediate Success�1993""; ""9. Baseball�s Final Expansion?�1998""; ""10. Expanding on Expansion""; ""11. Bottom Feeding""; ""12. The Characters of Expansion""; ""13. Baseball�s Brave New World"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<DIV>"Fran Zimniuch is a wonderful baseball historian. This account of the expansion of Major League Baseball over the years will be of interest to all baseball fans."-Mike Schmidt, Hall of Fame third baseman who hit 548 home runs during his eighteen-year career with the Philadelphia Phillies </DIV> |
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