Expanding the strike zone : baseball in the age of free agency
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| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 210 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
[2013]
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| ISBN: | 9781558499973 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1558499970 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781558499966 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1558499962 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Table of Contents:
- The roots of free agency: integration and expansion in the baseball world
- A piece of property: the making and meaning of free agency in major league baseball
- Two strikes: star power and solidarity in the United States and Mexico
- On the borders of free agency: Dominican baseball and the rise of the academies
- Constructing Ichiro's home field: Seattle, the Mariners, and the politics of location.