LEADER 00895nam0 2200277 450 001 000025227 005 20090402174154.0 010 $a047195960X 100 $a20090402d1970----km-y0itay50------ba 101 0 $aeng 102 $aUS 105 $aa-------001yy 200 1 $aEconometrics$fRonald J. Wonnacott, Thomas H. Wonnacott 210 $aNew York$cJ. Wiley$dc1970 215 $aIX, 445, 8 p.$cill.$d23 cm 225 2 $aWiley series in probability and mathematical statistics 410 0$12001$aWiley series in probability and mathematical statistics 500 10$aEconometrics$929859 676 $a330.018$v19$9Econometria 700 1$aWonnacott,$bRonald J.$021005 701 1$aWonnacott,$bThomas H.$021004 801 0$aIT$bUNIPARTHENOPE$c20090402$gRICA$2UNIMARC 912 $a000025227 951 $a211.1/107$b3956$cNAVA2$d2009 996 $aEconometrics$929859 997 $aUNIPARTHENOPE LEADER 03185nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910782897303321 005 20230721004906.0 010 $a0-19-974370-3 010 $a1-281-98713-1 010 $a9786611987138 010 $a0-19-970731-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000715816 035 $a(EBL)416017 035 $a(OCoLC)476246528 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000264064 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11200995 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264064 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10283384 035 $a(PQKB)11759714 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL416017 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10288262 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL198713 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC416017 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000715816 100 $a20081210d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnder the March sun$b[electronic resource] $ethe story of spring training /$fCharles Fountain 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (333 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-537203-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [279]-281) and index. 327 $aContents; Prologue: Under the March Sun; 1. Myths, Madcaps, and Misbehavior: Spring Training in the Nineteenth Century; 2. St. Petersburg's Mr. Baseball; 3. Spring Training Takes Root; 4. A Sportswriter Helps to End Separate but Hardly Equal; 5. Mr. O'Malley's Dodgertown; 6. The Bottom Line Crowds Out the Box Score; 7. Red Sox Nation Flies South; 8. "Let the Tourists Put in Their Two Cents"; 9. Changing the Dynamic: Lee County and the Twins; 10. Fields of Broken Dreams; 11. Breathing Braves Air; 12. The Chief Big Ho and Car Rentals: The Cactus League Comes of Age 327 $a13. How the Dodgers Almost Left Vero Beach the First Time14. The Oasis League: Las Vegas Ups the Ante; 15. A Tale of Three Cities; 16. St. Pete Bids Spring Training Adieu; 17. Camelback Ranch; 18. Bottom of the Ninth in Vero Beach; Epilogue: "Go Team, Go!"; Appendix: Major League Baseball Spring Training Sites, 1901-Present; Acknowledgments; Selected Bibliography; Source Notes; Index 330 $aThere is nothing in all of American sport quite like baseball's spring training. This annual six-week ritual, whose origins date back nearly a century and a half, fires the hearts and imaginations of fans who flock by the hundreds of thousands to places like Dodgertown to glimpse superstars and living legends in a relaxed moment and watch the drama of journeyman veterans and starry-eyed kids in search of that last spot on the bench. In Under the March Sun, Charles Fountain recounts for the first time the full and fascinating history of spring training and its growth from a shoestring-budget ro 606 $aSpring training (Baseball) 615 0$aSpring training (Baseball) 676 $a796.357/64 700 $aFountain$b Charles$01537535 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782897303321 996 $aUnder the March sun$93786890 997 $aUNINA