Major league baseball in the 1970s : a modern game emerges /
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| Author / Creator: | Preston, Joseph G., 1959- |
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| Imprint: | Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2004. |
| Description: | viii, 403 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5059175 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction: December 2, 1969
- 1.. Curt Flood, the Man Who Fought the Law
- 2.. From the Literary Corner, Ball Four
- 3.. The Coming of the Sterile Ashtrays
- 4.. The Man Who Gave His Body to Baseball
- 5.. The Angry Men
- 6.. The End of the Age of Innocence
- 7.. The Pride of Westchester High
- 8.. Charlie Finley's Big Happy Family
- 9.. On the Origins of the DH Rule
- 10.. Bobby Bonds and the Ghost of Baseball Future
- 11.. Henry Aaron, Race, and the Record
- 12.. The Ten-Cent Beer Fiasco
- 13.. The End of the Fireballer Epoch
- 14.. Steve Carlton's Sounds of Silence
- 15.. Messersmith and McNally: The Guys Who Fought the Law and Won
- 16.. The Potential Immortality of Marvin Miller
- 17.. The Big Red Machine and the End of an Era
- 18.. Pete Rose in Full Bloom
- 19.. The Rotation Revolution
- 20.. Consistency and Wit in the Shadows
- 21.. The Evolution of the Bullpen
- 22.. The Aborted Sale of Vida Blue
- 23.. A Paradox in Action
- 24.. The Commissioner
- 25.. The Bird
- 26.. George Steinbrenner's New Economics
- 27.. Rod Carew and Ted Williams-Style Greatness
- 28.. Contending on the Cheap
- 29.. Bill Veeck's South-Side Wreck
- 30.. Vern Rapp and Management 101
- 31.. Steve Garvey and the Essence of Fame
- 32.. Being Without a Chair When the Music Stops
- 33.. The Stolen Base Revival
- 34.. Dave Kingman: Master of the Homer and the Big Breeze
- 35.. Power to the Umpires
- 36.. The Roman Umpire
- 37.. Willie Stargell and the Evolution of the African American Player
- Epilogue: August 9, 1979
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
