LEADER 03353nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910451573203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-24133-4 010 $a9786611241339 010 $a0-8032-1765-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000483930 035 $a(EBL)332858 035 $a(OCoLC)476135451 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000119294 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11132338 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000119294 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10057342 035 $a(PQKB)11200826 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC332858 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL332858 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10216997 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL124133 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000483930 100 $a20071004d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCenter field shot$b[electronic resource] $ea history of baseball on television /$fJames R. Walker and Robert V. Bellamy Jr 210 $aLincoln $cUniversity of Nebraska Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (402 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8032-4825-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Game in the Box; Part 1: The Local Game; 1. The Experimental Years; 2. The First Seasons of Televised Baseball; 3. Team Approaches to Televisionin the Broadcast Era; Part 2: The National Game; 4. Televising the World Series; 5. Origins of the Game of the Week; 6. The National Television Package, 1966-89; 7. National Broadcasts in the Cable Era; 8. The Pay Television Era; Part 3: Television and Baseball's Dysfunctional Marriage; 9. Television As Threat, Television As Savior 327 $a10. Television and the "Death" of the Golden Age Minors11. Baseball, Television, Congress, and the Law; 12. Baseball and Television Synergy; Part 4: How the Game Was Covered; 13. The Announcer in the Television Age; 14. Innovations in Production Practices; Epilogue: Baseball in the Advanced Media Age; Appendix A: Televised Baseball Games, 1949-81; Notes; Index 330 $aCenter Field Shot traces a sometimes contentious but mutually beneficial relationship from the first televised game in 1939 to the new era of Internet broadcasts, satellite radio, and high-definition TV, considered from the perspective of businessmen collecting merchandising fees and advertising rights, franchise owners with ever more money to spend on talent, and broadcasters trying to present a game long considered "unfriendly" to television. Ultimately the association of baseball with television emerges as a reflection of-perhaps even a central feature of-American culture at large. 606 $aTelevision broadcasting of sports$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aBaseball$zUnited States$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTelevision broadcasting of sports$xHistory. 615 0$aBaseball$xHistory. 676 $a070.4/497960973 700 $aWalker$b James R$0103898 701 $aBellamy$b Robert V$0855437 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451573203321 996 $aCenter field shot$91909705 997 $aUNINA LEADER 00672nas 2200217z- 450 001 9910389429103321 035 $a(CKB)111021048321006 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111021048321006 100 $a20191120cuuuuuuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 00$aPhoto trade news 210 $cCygnus Business Media$aSydney 311 $a0031-8590 606 $aBusiness, Economy and Management$xGeneral and Others 606 $aPhysics$xOptics & Opto Electronics 615 4$aBusiness, Economy and Management$xGeneral and Others 615 4$aPhysics$xOptics & Opto Electronics 906 $aJOURNAL 912 $a9910389429103321 996 $aPhoto trade news$92046631 997 $aUNINA