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Minor leagues, major boom : local professional baseball revitalized / Jon C. Stott.

Title
Minor leagues, major boom : local professional baseball revitalized / Jon C. Stott.
Author
Stott, Jon C.
Publication
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2004.

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Description
v, 218 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
  • "In 1990, 25 million people watched minor league baseball games. In 2001, that number had increased to 39 million. Die-hard fans, families, business associates, and church, social and school groups come to eat crab cakes and sushi and drink lattes, watch contests between innings, see entertainers and enjoy post-game fireworks."
  • "This book examines the "new minors." Part One analyzes the changes in the operations of minor league franchises and the shifting relationship between the majors and the members of the National Association. Part Two focuses on the people, places and events of the 2003 season and playoffs, with special attention to the coaches and players, major league player development departments, and the relationships between them.
  • Part Three offers general observations about the future." "The Edmonton Trappers (Pacific Coast League), Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (California League), Billings Mustangs (Pioneer League), El Paso Diablos (Texas League), Lansing Lugnuts (Midwest League), and Mahoning Valley Scrappers (New York-Pennsylvania League) are highlighted."--Jacket.
Subject
Minor league baseball > Economic aspects > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-213) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preface. Rediscovering the minor leagues -- Introduction. 1991-2001 : the coming of age of the "new" minors -- Minor League Baseball's winter of discontent -- The great white North : the Edmonton Trappers of the Pacific Coast League -- At the epicenter of baseball : the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League -- Cincinnati's kids come to Billings : the Mustangs of the Pioneer League -- Down in a West Texas town : the El Paso Diablos of the Texas League -- Turning diamonds into lugnuts : Lansing of the Midwest League -- Scrappers training to become Indians : Mahoning Valley of the New York-Pennsylvania League -- Moving up, moving on, moving out.
ISBN
0786417595 (softcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2004002814
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library