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Author Mills, Dorothy Seymour.

Title Chasing baseball : our obsession with its history, numbers, people and places / Dorothy Seymour Mills ; foreword by Richard C. Crepeau.

Publication Info. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2010]
©2010

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  796.357 M62    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  796.357 MI    Check Shelf
Description vi, 258 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Part one. A manly pursuit. Our national game -- The amateur spirit -- Our heroes -- The pantheon -- Go figure -- Is baseball the God game? -- Baseball and our other national sport: business -- Brakes on our pursuit -- Part two. A womanly pursuit. Can women be baseball stars? -- Girls and women who excelled -- Girls are children, too -- The courage of baseball women -- What baseball discrimination is like -- Women fans follow their passion -- Baseball women of the future.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-247) and index.
Summary "Deep interest in memorabilia, fantasy baseball, exhibits, and the games themselves indicate the sport is surviving steroid scandals, negative publicity, and the perception that the game is more nostalgia than a part of current popular culture. This book shows that while basketball and football might enjoy wider popularity, no sport elicits the passion that baseball does"--Provided by publisher.
Subject Baseball -- United States.
Baseball -- Social aspects -- United States.
ISBN 9780786442898 softcover alkaline paper
0786442891 softcover alkaline paper
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