Fran Zimniuch

Baseball's New Frontier

A History of Expansion, 1961-1998

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Produktbeschreibung

Fran Zimniuch¿s many books include Fireman: The Evolution of the Closer in Baseball; Going, Going, Gone! The Art of the Trade in Major League Baseball ; and Crooked: A History of Cheating in Sports.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 212mm x 144mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 281g
• ISBN-13: 9780803239944
• ISBN-10: 0803239947
• Artikelnr.: 36756850

Autorenporträt

Fran Zimniuch's many books include Fireman: The Evolution of the Closer in Baseball; Going, Going, Gone! The Art of the Trade in Major League Baseball ; and Crooked: A History of Cheating in Sports.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Go West Young Men
2. The Continental League
3. The First Expansion--1961: The Los Angeles Angels and the Washington
Senators
4. The First Expansion Part Deux--1962: The Houston Colt .45s and the New
York Mets
5. The Second Wave--1969: The Kansas City Royals, Seattle Pilots, San Diego
Padres, and Montreal Expos
6. The Pendulum of Power Swings to the Players
7. North by Northwest--1977: The Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners
8. Thin Air and Immediate Success--1993: The Colorado Rockies and the
Florida Marlins
9. Baseball's Final Expansion?--1998: The Arizona Diamondbacks and the
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
10. Expanding on Expansion
11. Bottom Feeding: Taking Advantage of the New Kids in Town
12. The Characters of Expansion Who Have Brightened the Game
13. Baseball's Brave New World: Where We've Been and What the Future Holds
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