| Description |
1 online resource (896 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Encyclopedia -- The Encyclopedia -- Index |
| Summary |
More than any other sport, baseball has developed its own niche in America's culture and psyche. Some researchers spend years on detailed statistical analyses of minute parts of the game, while others wax poetic about its players and plays. Many trace the beginnings of the civil rights movement in part to the Major Leagues' decision to integrate, and the words and phrases of the game (for example, pinch-hitter and out in left field) have become common in our everyday language. From AARON, HENRY onward, this book covers all of what might be called the cultural aspects of baseball (as opposed to |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Baseball -- Encyclopedias
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Baseball -- Social aspects -- Encyclopedias
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Baseball
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Baseball -- Social aspects
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Baseball
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Wörterbuch
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005001718 |
| ISBN |
9781476617442 |
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1476617449 |
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