Baseball S Endangered Species
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Baseball S Endangered Species
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Author : Lee Lowenfish
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2023-04
Baseball S Endangered Species written by Lee Lowenfish and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Scouting has been called pro baseball’s personalized way of renewing itself from year to year and a pathway to the game’s past. It takes a very special person to be a baseball scout: normal family life is out of the question because travel is a constant companion. Yet for those with the genuine calling for it, there could be no other life. Hearing the special thwack off the bat that indicates a raw prospect may be the real deal is the dream that keeps true scouts going. Scouts have the difficult task of not only discovering and signing new players but envisioning the trajectory of raw talent into the future. But the place of the traditional scout has become increasingly dire. In 2016 Major League Baseball eliminated the MLB Scouting Bureau that had been created in the 1970s to augment the regular scouting staffs of individual teams. On the eve of the 2017 playoffs that saw the Houston Astros crowned as World Series champions, the team dismissed ten professional scouts and by 2019 halved the number of all their scouts to less than twenty. More and more teams are replacing their experienced talent hunters with people versed in digital video and analytics but who have limited field knowledge of the game, driven by the Moneyball-inspired trend to favor analytics, data, and algorithms over instinct and observation. In Baseball’s Endangered Species Lee Lowenfish explores in-depth how scouting has been affected by the surging use of metrics along with other changes in modern baseball business history: expansion of the Major Leagues in 1961 and 1962, the introduction of the amateur free agent draft in 1965, and the coming of Major League free agency after the 1976 season. With an approach that is part historical, biographical, and oral history, Baseball’s Endangered Species is a comprehensive look at the scouting profession and the tradition of hands-on evaluation. At a time when baseball is drenched with statistics, many of them redundant or of questionable value, Lowenfish explores through the eyes and ears of scouts the vital question of “makeup”: how a player copes with failure, baseball’s essential, painful truth.
Baseball S Endangered Species
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Author : Lee Lowenfish
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2023
Baseball S Endangered Species written by Lee Lowenfish and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Sports & Recreation categories.
"A comprehensive look at professional baseball scouting from post WWII to the present day"--
Baseball Is America
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Author : Victor Alexander Baltov Jr
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2010
Baseball Is America written by Victor Alexander Baltov Jr and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
America's Pastime with its foreign taproot origination evolved into the game as we know it. Baseball is traced from its European roots plus much deeper sources including Adam and Eve (ballplayers) and the Olympic Games (competitive sport). Baseball beats to the rhythm of the American culture, sometimes as its direction and other times, its reflection. The goodness of the game is reflected in both the players serving as role models for America's youth, with the Yankee Clipper leading the charge, plus inducing positive progressive change, including breaking the color barrier in 1947 with Jackie as a Brooklyn Dodger. The shear ugliness of the game bore its soul to the American public during the Synthetic Era as characterized by serpentine type Congressional hearings involving performance-enhancing-drug use. Cultural issues featuring an intellectual history of PEDs, their effects on performance, leakage into the tributaries and evolution of the Promethean Project are well documented.
Baseball Under The Lights
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Author : Charlie Bevis
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2021-04-30
Baseball Under The Lights written by Charlie Bevis and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-30 with Sports & Recreation categories.
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 actually resisted expanding the number of night games during the sport's 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.
Endangered Species Conservation Act Of 1972
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on the Environment
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Endangered Species Conservation Act Of 1972 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on the Environment and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Endangered species categories.
Congressional Record Index
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Congressional Record Index written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Law categories.
Includes history of bills and resolutions.
Tales From The Deadball Era
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Author : Mark S. Halfon
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2014-02-01
Tales From The Deadball Era written by Mark S. Halfon and has been published by Potomac Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The Deadball Era (1901û1920) is a baseball fanÆs dream. Hope and despair, innocence and cynicism, and levity and hostility blended then to create an air of excitement, anticipation, and concern for all who entered the confines of a major league ballpark. Cheating for the sake of victory earned respect, corrupt ballplayers fixed games with impunity, and violence plagued the sport. Spectators stormed the field to attack players and umpires, ballplayers charged the stands to pummel hecklers, and physical battles between opposing clubs occurred regularly in a phenomenon known as ôrowdyism.ö At the same time, endearing practices infused baseball with lightheartedness, kindness, and laughter. Fans ran onto the field with baskets of flowers, loving cups, diamond jewelry, gold watches, and cash for their favorite players in the middle of games. Ballplayers volunteered for ôbenefit contestsö to aid fellow big leaguers and the country in times of need. ôJoke gamesö reduced sport to pure theater as outfielders intentionally dropped fly balls, infielders happily booted easy grounders, hurlers tossed soft pitches over the middle of the plate, and umpires ignored the rules. Winning meant nothing, amusement meant everything, and league officials looked the other way. Mark Halfon looks at life in the major leagues in the early 1900s, the careers of John McGraw, Ty Cobb, and Walter Johnson, and the events that brought about the end of the Deadball Era. He highlights the strategies, underhanded tactics, and bitter battles that defined this storied time in baseball history, while providing detailed insights into the players and teams involved in bringing to a conclusion this remarkable period in baseball history.
Endangered Species Conservation Act Of 1972 Hearings Before The Subcommittee On The Environment 92 2 On S 249 S 3199 And 3818 August 4 And 10 1972
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Endangered Species Conservation Act Of 1972 Hearings Before The Subcommittee On The Environment 92 2 On S 249 S 3199 And 3818 August 4 And 10 1972 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with categories.
Congressional Record
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Author : United States. Congress
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Law categories.
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Jim Palmer Nine Innings To Success
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Author : Jim Palmer
language : en
Publisher: Triumph Books
Release Date : 2016-06-01
Jim Palmer Nine Innings To Success written by Jim Palmer and has been published by Triumph Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Jim Palmer was just 20 years old when he became the youngest pitcher ever to throw a World Series shutout, helping lead the Baltimore Orioles to their first-ever championship, in 1966. Two years later, Palmer's budding career almost ended due to arm problems. Yet, he mounted an inspiring comeback and reached the pinnacle of his profession, becoming the winningest pitcher of the 1970s and the only hurler to win a World Series game in three different decades. With three World Series rings, three Cy Young Awards and six All-Star selections to his name, an exemplary record as a spokesperson for charities and corporations, and his long tenure as a TV baseball analyst, Palmer is an authority on what it takes to succeed on and off of the field. Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer and co-author Alan Maimon take readers inside the clubhouse, broadcast booth, and corporate world to tell the story of a one-of-a-kind career that serves as a how-to guide on succeeding in the workplace. Interspersed with memorable stories from his illustrious career with the Orioles, this book includes baseball wisdom and life-lessons learned from the one-of-a-kind Earl Weaver as well as colorful anecdotes about O's teammates like Cal Ripken, Jr and Rick Dempsey, and broadcast partners Howard Cosell and Al Michaels.