Expanding the Strike Zone: Baseball in the Age of Free Agency
Title
Expanding the Strike Zone: Baseball in the Age of Free Agency
Subject
Baseball Baseball players Ichiro Suzuki Safeco Field Kingdome
Description
The roots of free agency: integration and expansion in the baseball world -- A piece of property: the making and meaning of free agency in major league baseball -- Two strikes: star power and solidarity in the United States and Mexico -- On the borders of free agency: Dominican baseball and the rise of the academies -- Constructing Ichiro's home field: Seattle, the Mariners, and the politics of location.
Creator
Gilbert, Daniel A.
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Date
2013
Type
GV880 .G55
Identifier
2003.500.4451