Baseball by Benjamin G Rader
In this third edition of his lively history of America's game--widely recognized as the best of its kind--Benjamin G. Rader expands his scope to include commentary on Major League Baseball through the 2006 season: record crowds and record income, construction of new ballparks, a change in the strike zone, a surge in recruiting Japanese players, and an emerging cadre of explosive long-ball hitters.-
The Revolt of the Black Athlete
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Rocky Marciano
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Saying It's So
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Sweet William
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The Sport Marriage
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Sandow the Magnificent
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Surf and Rescue
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Benching Jim Crow
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Cold War Games
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Extra Innings
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Dyed in Crimson
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The Gridiron Gospel
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Sol Butler
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Sex Testing
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Baseball and Cricket
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Muhammad Ali, the People's Champ
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Bleacher Seats and Luxury Suites
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The End of Amateurism in American Track and Field
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People of Prowess
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The Gold in the Rings
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Fighting
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Television and National Sport
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Heroes or Zeros? the Media's Perceptions of Paralympic Sport
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Team Chemistry
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A View from the Bench
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The End of Baseball As We Knew It
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Beyond the Field
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Sports in the Western World
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Golf in America
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Pigskin Nation
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The Creation of American Team Sports
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Paralympic Legacies
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Golf and the American Country Club
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Harry Hooper
“The best single-volume history of the sportTackles the business and organizational evolution of the professional game, while not losing sight of how it was played on the field.”--Washington Post Book World
“Baseball reflects Rader's firm grasp of the best and latest scholarship and his insightful understanding of American sport history.”--Sporting News
“Baseball reflects Rader's firm grasp of the best and latest scholarship and his insightful understanding of American sport history.”--Sporting News
Benjamin G. Rader is the James L. Sellers Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and the coauthor of American Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of Televised Sports, Seventh Edition.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780252088803 |
| ISBN 10 | 0252088808 |
| Title | Baseball |
| Author | Benjamin G Rader |
| Series | Sport And Society |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
| Year published | 2025-04-08 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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