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Wednesday’s Book Review: “Keeping Score: The Economics of Big-Time Sports”

Posted on May 10, 2017 by launiusr

Keeping Score: The Economics of Big-Time Sports. By Richard G. Sheehan. South Bend, IN: Diamond Communications Inc., 1996. Although it is now more than 20 years old and sports have changed significantly since the mid-1990s, there are several important insights in this … Continue reading →

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Wednesday’s Book Review: “A Clever Base-Ballist: The Life and Times of John Ward Montgomery”

Posted on April 12, 2017 by launiusr

A Clever Base-Ballist: The Life and Times of John Ward Montgomery. By Bryan Di Salvatore. New York: Pantheon Books, 1999. Between 1878 and 1894 John Ward Montgomery amazed major league baseball fans on the field and exasperated owners off of … Continue reading →

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Wednesday’s Book Review: “Baseball’s New Frontier: A History of Expansion, 1961-1998”

Posted on February 15, 2017 by launiusr

Baseball’s New Frontier: A History of Expansion, 1961-1998. By Fran Zimniuch. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2013. One of the most significant changes to Major League Baseball (MLB) in the latter half of the twentieth century was its transformation from … Continue reading →

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