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Author Selko, Jamie.

Title Minor League All-Star Teams, 1922-1962 : Rosters, Statistics and Commentary
Published Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (585 pages)
Contents Cover; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations Used; Introduction; The All-Star Teams; Bibliography; Index
Summary Long before strip malls, television and huge retail chains homogenized American culture, minor league baseball clubs represented individual, local ideals. Fans turned out in droves to see their hometown heroes, and teams were sources of civic pride and popular recreation. Gradually, these teams and leagues were either driven under or swallowed up by baseball''s vertical integration, and by 1963 a significant piece of the American landscape had all but disappeared. This heavily researched reference work covers every official minor league All-Star team from 1922 (when the first such team was nam
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Minor league baseball -- North America -- History -- 20th century
Minor league baseball -- North America -- Statistics
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
Minor league baseball
North America
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Statistics
Form Electronic book
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