Title Wins, Losses, and Empty Seats : How Baseball Outlasted the Great Depression.

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Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2011.

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Description	1 online resource (446 pages)
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Contents	Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue: Clash of Titans; Part 1. The Financial Side of the Game; 1. The American Economy and the State of Baseball Profits; 2. Why Did Profits Collapse?: The Revenue Side; 3. Why Did Profits Collapse?: Player Salaries and Other Expenses; 4. Farm Systems; Conclusion of Economic Side; Part 2. The Game on the Field; 5. Competitive Balance; 6. Player Movement; Part 3. Using League Rules to Aid in the Recovery; 7. Helping the Indigent; 8. Manipulating the Schedule to Increase Revenue.
	Part 4. Innovations to Boost Attendance and Profits9. Radio and Baseball; 10. Baseball Under the Lights; 11. Other Innovations; 12. How Effective Were the Innovations?; 13. The Inept and the Restless: Franchise Relocation; Epilogue: The End of an Era; Appendix 1: Radio and Sunday Ball's Effect on Attendance; Appendix 2: Dramatis Personae; Appendix of Tables; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary	An economic history of baseball during the Depression.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject	Major League Baseball (Organization) (OCoLC)fst00645197
	Baseball -- Economic aspects -- United States.
	Baseball.
	Major League Baseball (Organization) -- Finance.
	Major League Baseball (Organization)
	Sport and Recreation.
	SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- Essays & Writings.
	SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- History.
	SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- Statistics.
	Baseball -- Economic aspects. (OCoLC)fst00827920
	Finance. (OCoLC)fst00924349
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Other Form:	Print version: Surdam, David G. Wins, Losses, and Empty Seats : How Baseball Outlasted the Great Depression. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2011 9780803234826
ISBN	9780803235953 (electronic bk.)
	080323595X (electronic bk.)

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