02385nam 2200541 450 991077765850332120230207224758.01-280-70531-097866107053130-8032-0738-7(CKB)1000000000463368(EBL)335900(OCoLC)437204600(SSID)ssj0000108942(PQKBManifestationID)11140308(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108942(PQKBWorkID)10044792(PQKB)11619867(MiAaPQ)EBC335900(EXLCZ)99100000000046336820060510h20062006 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBaseball and the media how fans lose in today's coverage of the game /George CastleLincoln :University of Nebraska Press,[2006]©20061 online resource (278 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8032-6469-0 A long, strange journey to the press box and clubhouse -- Old-time players and scribes -- The baseball beat writer -- Celebrity players or upstanding role models? -- Not baseball's golden children -- Latroy and Carl as Jekyll and Hyde -- A lot less chewin' the fat with managers -- All the news that's not fit to print -- The red and blue states of baseball journalism -- The politics of baseball media -- Chicago a toddlin', but soft, baseball media town -- No-shows in the press box and clubhouse -- Sports-talk radio -- No more Harry Carays -- Old versus new media -- Afterword.Chronicles the decline of baseball reporting and shows in practical terms how ill-served sports followers are by those they trust for the straight story. Charting the path of a veteran sports reporter's career, this book traces the changes in baseball coverage.BaseballSocial aspectsUnited StatesMass media and sportsUnited StatesBaseballSocial aspectsMass media and sports796.357796.3570973 22Castle George1532112MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777658503321Baseball and the media3778179UNINA