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Author Bevis, Charlie, 1954- author.

Title Baseball under the lights : the rise of the night game / Charlie Bevis.

Publication Info. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  796.357 BEVIS    Check Shelf
Description v, 233 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Night games transformed the business of professional baseball, as the smaller, demographically narrower audiences able to attend daytime games gave way to larger, more diversified crowds of nighttime spectators. Many ball club owners were initially conflicted about artificial lighting and later resisted expanding the number of night games during the sport's existential struggle to balance ballpark attendance and television viewership in the 1950s. This first-ever comprehensive history of night baseball examines the factors, obstacles and trends that shaped this dramatic change in both the minor and major leagues between 1930 and 1990"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Stadiums -- Lighting -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Baseball attendance -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Television and baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History.
Baseball. (OCoLC)fst00827904
Baseball fields. (OCoLC)fst00827980
Floodlighting. (OCoLC)fst00927539
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781476680156 paperback
1476680159 paperback
9781476642321 electronic book
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