Bob Golon

No Minor Accomplishment

The Revival of New Jersey Professional Baseball

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Produktbeschreibung

I n No Minor Accomplishment, sports historian and New Jersey native Bob Golon tells the story of the state's baseball scene since the Trenton Thunder arrived in 1994. Drawing on interviews with team owners and employees, industry executives and fans, Golon goes behind the scenes to show how maintaining a minor league ball club can be a risky business venture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 154mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9780813542744
• ISBN-10: 081354274X
• Artikelnr.: 23439936

Autorenporträt

Golon, Bob

Inhaltsangabe

Baseball's early roots in New Jersey
The decline and reinvention of the minor leagues, post-1950
Baseball returns to New Jersey in 1994
The Trenton Thunder : the capital of New Jersey baseball
A league of his own : Frank Boulton and the Atlantic League
The Somerset Patriots : location, location, location!
Newark and the Bears : combining the past and the present
Discovering Camden with the Riversharks
The Atlantic City Surf : searching for a niche
Youth must be served : the Can-Am League in New Jersey
Nine innings with the Lakewood BlueClaws
Conclusion : the community of New Jersey baseball