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Major league baseball organizations : team performances and financial consequences / by Jozsa, Frank P., Jr., 1941-

Subjects: “…Major League Baseball (Organization) History.…”
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Major league baseball scouts : a biographical dictionary / by Dragseth, P. J.

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Wins, Losses, and Empty Seats : How Baseball Outlasted the Great Depression. by Surdam, David G. (David George)

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Wins, Losses, and Empty Seats : How Baseball Outlasted the Great Depression. by Surdam, David G. (David George)

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Leadoff batters of major league baseball : complete statistics, 1900-2005 / by Krabbenhoft, Herman O., 1945-

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Major League Baseball Players of 1884 : a Biographical Dictionary. by Batesel, Paul

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Growing the game : the globalization of major league baseball / by Klein, Alan, 1946-

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The great encyclopedia of nineteenth century major league baseball / Major league baseball by Nemec, David

“…Major league baseball…”
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How some Cuban players make it to Major League Baseball /

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Larceny & old leather : the mischievous legacy of major league baseball / by Ham, Eldon L., 1952-

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Team chemistry : the history of drugs and alcohol in major league baseball / by Corzine, Nathan Michael

Subjects: “…Major League Baseball (Organization) History.…”
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Lucky me : my sixty-five years in baseball by Robinson, Eddie, 1920-

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Smart ball : marketing the myth and managing the reality of major league baseball / by Lewis, Robert (Robert F.)

Table of Contents: “…Contents; list of abbreviations; on deck; at bat; first base: baseball as a sport: creating power; second base: baseball as a domestic monopoly: developing power; third base: baseball as a neocolonialist: abusing power; home plate: baseball as a global business: balancing power; final score; notes; bibliography; index of major league baseball names.…”
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Smart ball : marketing the myth and managing the reality of major league baseball / by Lewis, Robert (Robert F.)

Table of Contents: “…Contents; list of abbreviations; on deck; at bat; first base: baseball as a sport: creating power; second base: baseball as a domestic monopoly: developing power; third base: baseball as a neocolonialist: abusing power; home plate: baseball as a global business: balancing power; final score; notes; bibliography; index of major league baseball names.…”
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Baseball's new frontier : a history of expansion, 1961-1998 by Zimniuch, Fran

Subjects: “…Major League Baseball (Organization) History 20th century.…”
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Frontline. triumph and scandal in Major League Baseball / Astros edge :

“…Astros edge : triumph and scandal in Major League Baseball…”
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Winning in Both Leagues : Reflections from Baseball's Front Office. by Cashen, J. Frank

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Stealing lives : the globalization of baseball and the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz by Marcano Guevara, Arturo J., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…The "golden age" of Latin American baseball talent in major league baseball -- The globalization of baseball -- The structure and dynamics of major league baseball's recruitment of foreign baseball talent -- pt. 2. …”
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Breaking Babe Ruth : baseball's campaign against its biggest star by Wehrle, Edmund F., 1964-

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Marvin Miller, baseball revolutionary by Burk, Robert Fredrick, 1955-

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Marvin Miller, baseball revolutionary by Burk, Robert Fredrick, 1955-

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Baseball's power shift : how the players union, the fans, and the media changed American sports culture by Swanson, Krister

Subjects: “…Major League Baseball Players Association History.…”
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Raceball : how the Major Leagues colonized the Black and Latin game by Ruck, Rob, 1950-

Subjects: “…Major League Baseball (Organization) History. n 88230905…”

Sport and the law : historical and cultural intersections

Table of Contents: “…"Clean Up the Abuses": Building a Rule-of-Law Culture for Major League Baseball's Operations in Latin America /…”
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The Routledge history of American sport

Table of Contents: “…Commercialized sport, entrepreneurs, and unions in Major League Baseball /…”
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Expanding the strike zone : baseball in the age of free agency by Gilbert, Daniel A.

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.…”
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Curt Flood in the Media : Baseball, Race, and the Demise of the Activist-Athlete by Khan, Abraham Iqbal

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How to Play the Game What Every Sports Attorney Needs to Know, Third Edition. by Heitner, Darren

Table of Contents: “…Ole Miss -- 7 Drug Testing and Use -- Major League Baseball (MLB) -- National Football League (NFL) -- 8 Contract Drafting and Negotiation -- Morals Clauses -- Naming Rights Deals…”
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Data Envelopment Analysis : a Handbook of Empirical Studies and Applications

Table of Contents: “…Efficiency Persistence of Bank and Thrift CEOs Using Data Envelopment Analysis -- Assessment of Transportation Performance: A Network Structure -- Total-Factor Energy Efficiency and Its Extensions: Introduction, Computation and Application -- Social cost efficient service quality @0394@03BC Integrating customer valuation in incentive regulation: Evidence from the case of Norway -- DEA Applications to Major League Baseball: Evaluating Manager and Team Efficiencies in Major League Baseball -- Efficiency and Productivity in the US Property-Liability Insurance Industry: Ownership Structure, Product and Distribution Strategies -- Mutual Fund Industry Performance: A Network Data Envelopment Analysis Approach -- DEA performance assessment of mutual funds -- Formulating Management Strategy for International Tourist Hotel Using DEA -- Sustainable Product Design Performance Evaluation with Two-Stage Network Data Envelopment Analysis -- Measuring environmental efficiency: An application to U.S. electric utilities -- Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis in Education -- Performance Benchmarking of School Districts in New York State -- Assessing Efficiency and Effectiveness in Marketing: Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis -- Planning merchandising decisions to account for regional and product assortment differences -- Evaluation of subsidiary marketing performance: combining process and outcome performance metrics -- Nonparametric Estimates of the Components of Productivity and Profitability Change in U.S. …”
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Forecasting in financial and sports gambling markets : adaptive drift modeling by Mallios, William S. (William Steve), 1935-

Table of Contents: “…Frontmatter -- Introduction -- Market Perspectives: Through a Glass Darkly -- Opacity and Present-Day Dynamics -- Adaptive Modeling Concepts in Dynamic Markets -- Studies in Japanese Candlestick Charts -- Pseudo-Candlesticks for Major League Baseball -- Single-Equation Adaptive Drift Modeling -- Single-Equation Modeling: Sports Gambling Markets -- Simultaneous Financial Time Series -- Modeling Cointegrated Time Series Associated with NBA and NFL Games -- Categorical Forecasting -- Financial/Mathematical Illiteracy and Adolescent Problem Gambling -- The Influenza Futures Markets -- References -- Index.…”
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Ethnicity, sport, identity : struggles for status

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Series Editors Foreword; Prologue; 1 The League of American Wheelmen, Major Taylor and the 'Color Question' in the United States in the 1890s; 2 'Curt Flood Stood Up for Us': The Quest to Break Down Racial Barriers and Structural Inequality in Major League Baseball; 3 Jim Crow Strikes Out: Branch Rickey and the Struggle for Integration in American Baseball; 4 Personal Calvaries: Sports in Philadelphia's African-American Communities, 1920-60.…”
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Embodying Latino masculinities : producing masculatinidad by Rudolph, Jennifer Domino, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Rodríguez -- Roncamos porque podemos: gender, violence, redemption, and Latinidad in the persona and reggaetón of Don Omar -- The hit man from Washington: (trans)national Latino masculinities in major league baseball.…”

Circling the bases : essays on the challenges and prospects of the sports industry by Zimbalist, Andrew S.

Table of Contents: “…Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Antidoping Policy in Major League Baseball: Experience, Incentives, and Challenges.…”
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The age of Ruth and Landis : the economics of baseball during the roaring twenties by Surdam, David George

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Fearless : A. Bartlett Giamatti and the battle for fairness in America by Proto, Neil Thomas

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Baseball in America and America in baseball

Table of Contents: “…Nathan -- The profits of Major League Baseball, 1900 to 1956 / Steven A. Riess -- Mapping an empire of baseball : American visions of national pastimes and global influence, 1919 to 1941 / Mark Dyreson -- "Matters involving honor" : region, race, and rank in the violent life of Tyrus Raymond Cobb / Benjamin G. …”
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Teammates by Golenbock, Peter, 1946-

Race and sport : the struggle for equality on and off the field

Table of Contents: “…Shropshire and Scott Brooks -- Fostering community consciousness : the role of women's basketball at Black colleges and universities, 1900-1950 / Rita Liberti -- Major league baseball's separate-and-unequal doctrine : the African American and Latino experience in spring training, 1946-1961 / Michael E. …”
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Here's the pitch : the amazing, true, new, and improved story of baseball and advertising by Newman, Roberta J.

Table of Contents: “…-- Hustlers, hucksters, and snake oil salesmen : two industries emerge -- "It pays to be personal" : baseball and endorsement advertising in the first golden age -- Breakfast of champions : tales of depression era baseball and advertising -- Pitching in black and white : baseball, advertising, and the color line -- Baseball, hotdogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet ... and beer, cigarettes, cat food, and margarine : tales of television advertising -- "Let's just say it works for me" : Major League Baseball, Viagra, and the business of pharmaceutical advertising -- Four things we love : advertising, identity, Big Papi and the image of the Afro-Latino ballplayer -- "Driven" to "RE2PECT" : Derek Jeter and the (re)branding of "all-American" -- Epilogue : pitching in the future game.…”
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Sports economics by Blair, Roger D.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to sports economics -- The business of sports -- Sports leagues and organizations -- Competitive balance -- Pricing decisions -- Advertising in the sports industry -- The market for sports broadcasting rights -- Insuring player talent -- Sports leagues and antitrust policy -- Sports gambling -- Cheating in sports -- Misconduct and discipline -- Steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs -- Competing for sports franchises and events -- Economic impact of sports events -- Financing sports facilities -- Salary determination : Competition and monopsony -- The National Collegiate Athletic Association as a collusive monopsony -- Salary determination : Bidding and bargaining -- Economic value of multiyear contracts -- Final offer arbitration in major league baseball -- Players' unions and collective bargaining -- The role of sports agents -- Should an athlete turn pro "early"? …”