Becoming Big League
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-99252-5 (ISBN)
Becoming Big League is the story of Seattle's relationship with major league baseball from the 1962 World's Fair to the completion of the Kingdome in 1976 and beyond. Bill Mullins focuses on the acquisition and loss, after only one year, of the Seattle Pilots and documents their on-the-field exploits in lively play-by-play sections.
The Pilots' underfunded ownership, led by Seattle's Dewey and Max Soriano and William Daley of Cleveland, struggled to make the team a success. They were savvy baseball men, but they made mistakes and wrangled with the city. By the end of the first season, the team was in bankruptcy. The Pilots were sold to a contingent from Milwaukee led by Bud Selig, who moved the franchise to Wisconsin and rechristened the team the Brewers.
Becoming Big League describes the character of Seattle in the 1960s and 1970s, explains how the operation of a major league baseball franchise fits into the life of a city, charts Seattle's long history of fraught stadium politics, and examines the business of baseball.
Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hwhl5sLoQs&list=UUge4MONgLFncQ1w1C_BnHcw&index=1&feature=plcp
Bill Mullins is professor emeritus of history at Oklahoma Baptist University. He lives in Federal Way, Washington.
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Going Over the Ground Rules
1. Seattle: City of Restraint
2. The Seattle Spirit and a World's Fair
3. For Want of a Stadium
4. Come, and They Will Build It
Play-by-Play: Spring Training 1969
Time Line of Pilots and Stadium Politics
5. Build It, and They Will Come
Play-by-Play: April and May
6. Setting the Course
7. Not Enough Seats, Not Enough Fans
Play-by-Play: June and July
8. "Storm Clouds Gather over Pilots' Port"
Play-by-Play: August and September
9. The Civic Leaders Strike Out
10. Dropping the Pilots
Play-by-Play: Spring Training 1970
11. A Stadium at Last
12. Out-of-Court Settlement: The Mariners
Epilogue: The Box Score
Appendixes
Abbreviations Used in Notes
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.6.2013 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Becoming Big League |
| Zusatzinfo | 30 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Seattle |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 612 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-295-99252-2 / 0295992522 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-295-99252-5 / 9780295992525 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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