03742oam 22007094a 450 991015019030332120221121200648.01-4399-1380-3(CKB)3710000000942339(MiAaPQ)EBC4742058(DLC) 2016037572(OCoLC)956775545(MdBmJHUP)muse81522(EXLCZ)99371000000094233920160815d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierWill Big League Baseball Survive?Globalization, the End of Television, Youth Sports, and the Future of Major League Baseball /Lincoln A. MitchellPhiladelphia :Temple University Press,2017.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2021©2017.1 online resource (234 pages) illustrationsIncludes index.1-4399-1379-X 1-4399-1378-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface: The future of big league baseball 00 The Selig years -- Lefty, Josh, the barnstormers, and branch -- Gia, Bert, and Masanori -- The external and ever-changing game -- John Rocker and Russ Hodges -- Dirty Kurt and Bam Bam -- Joaquin Andujar.Major League Baseball is a beloved American institution that has been a product of the economic, social, and media structures that have evolved in the United States over the last century. In his shrewd analysis, Will Big League Baseball Survive?, Lincoln Mitchell asks whether the sport will continue in its current form as a huge, lucrative global business that offers a monopoly in North America--and whether those structures are sustainable. Mitchell places baseball in the context of the larger, evolving American and global entertainment sector. He examines how both changes directly related to baseball--including youth sports and the increased globalization of the game--as well as broader societal trends such as developments in media consumption and celebrity culture will impact big league baseball over the next few decades. His book ultimately proposes several possible scenarios for what big league baseball might look like. Will it become more global, smaller, or remain the same, or will it transform into some kind of hybrid of the three?SPORTS & RECREATION / GeneralbisacshBaseballSocial aspectsfast(OCoLC)fst00827951Baseballfast(OCoLC)fst00827904TRAVELSpecial InterestSportsbisacshSPORTS & RECREATIONReferencebisacshSPORTS & RECREATIONHistorybisacshSPORTS & RECREATIONEssaysbisacshSPORTS & RECREATIONBusiness AspectsbisacshGAMESGamblingSportsbisacshBaseballSocial aspectsUnited StatesBaseballUnited StatesUnited StatesfastSPORTS & RECREATION / GeneralBaseballSocial aspects.Baseball.TRAVELSpecial InterestSports.SPORTS & RECREATIONReference.SPORTS & RECREATIONHistory.SPORTS & RECREATIONEssays.SPORTS & RECREATIONBusiness Aspects.GAMESGamblingSports.BaseballSocial aspectsBaseball796.35764Mitchell Lincoln Abraham1097257MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910150190303321Will Big League Baseball Survive2890290UNINA