Final innings
Subtitle: a documentary history of baseball, 1972-2008
By: compiled and edited by Dean A. Sullivan.
Contributors: Sullivan, Dean A., 1963-
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780803259652
Subjects: Baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources; Baseball -- United States -- History -- 21st century -- Sources
Genres: Sources
Description: Culling the most pertinent, newsworthy, and just plain curious stories from newspapers and periodicals, and putting each into context, Sullivan constructs an informative and entertaining account of Major League baseball from 1972 through 2008. The 105 essays cover key topics such as George Steinbrenner's purchase of the Yankees, the first free-agent draft, the coming of lights to Wrigley Field, the cancellation of the World Series in 1994, and the BALCO steroid probe. They also bring to light lesser-known gems like the rise of sabermetrics and the federal injunction against team owners in 1995. This book offers a you-are-there view of the events that made baseball into the game we know today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.