New Boys of Summer - Baseball''s Radical Transformation in the Late Sixties

Informationen zum Autor By Paul Hensler Klappentext In the 1960s, especially in the latter half of the decade, Major League Baseball went through a multitude of changes and innovations. This book tells the story of this dynamic period, including the election of a new commissioner, league expansion, a boycott of spring training, rule changes, the retirement of legends, and a new generation of stars. Zusammenfassung In the 1960s! especially in the latter half of the decade! Major League Baseball went through a multitude of changes and innovations. This book tells the story of this dynamic period! including the election of a new commissioner! league expansion! a boycott of spring training! rule changes! the retirement of legends! and a new generation of stars. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface AcknowledgmentsChapter 1: At the ThresholdChapter 2: The Demand to ExpandChapter 3: American League Expansion: One Up, One DownChapter 4: National League Expansion: One Up, One Almost DownChapter 5: The Commissioners - An Unknown Soldier and an Unknown LawyerChapter 6: Marvin Miller Comes To PlayChapter 7: Race, War, Politics, and Cultural ZeitgeistChapter 8: On the Way Out... and Up and ComingChapter 9: The Year of the Pitcher, and Changes to the RulesChapter 10: From Ballparks to StadiumsChapter 11: Does IT Matter?: The Rise of the Information AgeAfterwordBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: Paul Hensler, Hensler Paul
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781538102596
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-0259-6
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Baseball, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History, history of sport, c 1960 to c 1970, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1960 to c 1969