02377nam 2200493Ia 450 991082669630332120200520144314.00-8032-4682-X(CKB)2670000000340280(EBL)1160981(OCoLC)839304584(SSID)ssj0000855784(PQKBManifestationID)12305853(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000855784(PQKBWorkID)10804879(PQKB)11172282(MiAaPQ)EBC1160981(EXLCZ)99267000000034028020121115d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBaseball's new frontier a history of expansion, 1961-1998 /Fran Zimniuch ; foreword by Branch Rickey IIILincoln University of Nebraska Pressc20131 online resource (232 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8032-3994-7 Includes bibliographical references.""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""""Sources""<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>BaseballUnited StatesHistory20th centuryBaseballHistory796.357/64097309045Zimniuch Fran1695575MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826696303321Baseball's new frontier4074913UNINA