| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 262 pages) |
| Contents |
A long, strange journey to the press box and clubhouse -- Old-time players and scribes -- The baseball beat writer -- Celebrity players or upstanding role models? -- Not baseball's golden children -- LaTroy and Carl as Jekyll and Hyde -- A lot less chewin' the fat with managers -- All the news that's not fit to print -- The red and blue states of baseball journalism -- The politics of baseball media -- Chicago a toddlin', but soft, baseball media town -- No-shows in the press box and clubhouse -- Sports-talk radio -- No more Harry Carays -- Old versus new media |
| Summary |
What sports fans read, watch, and listen to at home often isn't the real story coming out of the locker room or the front office. George Castle should know; he's covered baseball in Chicago for decades and witnessed the widening gulf between the media and the teams they're supposed to cover--and the resulting widespread misinformation about the inner workings of the game. In this book, Castle chronicles from the inside the decline of baseball reporting and shows in clear and practical terms how ill-served today's sports followers are by those they trust for the straight story |
| Notes |
"Bison books"--Page [i] |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Baseball -- Social aspects -- United States
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Mass media and sports -- United States
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- History.
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Baseball -- Social aspects
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Mass media and sports
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780803207387 |
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0803207387 |
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1280705310 |
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9781280705311 |
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