This book captures the state of baseball after the demise of the reserve clause. It reveals how baseball endured a lengthy strike and drug scandals to prosper as it never had before, and offers insight into issues involving race, women, and sexual orientation.
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Hensler presents a narrative of professional baseball from the late 1970s through the 1980s that is both analytical and readable. His focus on the economics of the game adds great depth to the standard histories of the game on the field. -- Andy McCue, author of the Seymour Medal-winning Mover and Shaker: Walter O'Malley, the Dodgers and Baseball's Westward Expansion Whatever else one might say about the era that spans 1977 to 1989, for baseball fans it might be the game's most colorful, and we're not even talking about the uniforms. Baseball gave itself a makeover during those dozen years and Paul Hensler's fantastic Gathering Crowds shows how it was done. Fun and informative, Gathering Crowds is a must for any fan of the game's polyester era. -- Mitchell Nathanson, author of Bouton: The Life of a Baseball Original, and God Almighty Hisself: The Life and Legacy of Dick Allen
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 157 mm
Dicke: 26 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-5381-3200-5 (9781538132005)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Paul Hensler is a baseball historian and has been a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) for over thirty years. He is the author of three previous books, including The New Boys of Summer: Baseball's Radical Transformation in the Late Sixties (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017). Hensler has contributed to numerous SABR publications as well as articles and book reviews for NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture. He has presented at the SABR national convention, the NINE Spring Training Conference, and the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture. A lifelong resident of Connecticut, Paul and his wife live in the town of Ellington.
