This book conveys the essence of the sport--from the sublime (summer nights under the lights cheering for a hometown team) to the ridiculous (racing bagels, cowboy monkeys, garish "alternate" uniforms--by visiting 27 minor league ballparks ... Found insideA New York Times best-selling sportswriter takes readers deep within the secretive inner-workings of the minor leagues through the stories of eight men who are living on the cusp of the dream—some of who have tasted major league success ... Among the many men who endured shocking extremes in pursuit of that diamond-plate dream was first baseman Ed Mickelson. This book relates the entirety of his 11-year struggle against the odds of success. Wild and Outside tells the Northern League's story, from the events that created it through its tumultuous and triumphant second season. This book explores the stories behind the nicknames of 100 baseball teams based on interviews with front-office personnel who chose the names and the designers who created the logos. Before making Major League Baseball, the minor leagues is a key starting point. Author Mark Leinweaver shares this heartfelt collection of the exceptionally good, bad, and unforgettable memories of those who lived the minor league experience while playing, managing, and coaching in small farm towns, bustling blue ... This book tells the fun, quirky, story of a minor league baseball town in Louisiana that was the talk of the baseball world in the 1950s. This is the hilarious inside story of his year with the Provo Angels, Anaheim's minor league affiliate in the heart of Mormon country. This work is the first of its kind that brings to light the full spectrum of the history of minor league baseball in Miami. Throughout the book, Sutera shares his own travels to several minor league stadiums across the U.S., including rich participant observation and interviews with the fans themselves. Found insideAlmost Yankees is a poignant and nostalgic narrative of the lives and travails of Minor League Baseball, focusing on the 1981 championship season of the New York Yankees' Triple-A farm club, the Columbus Clippers. Johnson also describes the dynamics of minor league baseball franchise relocation, the importance of intergovernmental relations to stadium financing, and the organization and business of minor league baseball, including its formal ... This book is essential reading for sociologists, sport sociologists/historians, academics and/or practitioners in the fields of community sociology and psychology, and of course, baseball fans. This book Categories -Minor League Baseball -Business -Mentoring & Coaching -Leadership -Business Writing -Finance -Personal Success -Sports Management -Customer Relations -Hospitality, Travel & Tourism -Sales & Selling -Public Relations ... Clubbie is a hilarious and illuminating memoir about a starry-eyed baseball fan who accidentally became part of the Minor League system that exploited his heroes. "From 1889 to 1964, the Fort Worth Panthers - unofficially nicknamed the "Cats" - represented the essence of baseball in America. Marshall J. Cook delivers a rock-solid novel that will keep readers turning the pages--a story about love, faith in God, and minor league baseball! A minor league pitcher deals with both the lighter and darker sides of a life at the edge of the pro ranks where he refuses to quit and eventually finds himself playing for the league championship. Are you a baseball fan that wants to get closer than ever to the action? These two books pull back the curtain to reveal the true tales from America's national pastime. An illustrated tribute to minor-league baseball features an array of stadium photography as well as interviews with notable major and minor leaguers that offer insight into the allure and unpredictability of small-town baseball, in a volume ... This book Categories -Minor League Baseball -Business -Mentoring & Coaching -Leadership -Business Writing -Finance -Personal Success -Sports Management -Customer Relations -Hospitality, Travel & Tourism -Sales & Selling -Public Relations ... The first book of its kind to fully integrate sabermetrics and scouting, the 2020 Minor League Baseball Analyst provides a distinctive brand of analysis for more than 1,000 minor league baseball players. Howstuffworks, Inc. presents the full text of the article entitled "How Minor League Baseball Teams Work." The article discusses minor league baseball, whose teams are affiliated with a major league team. "In 1993 psychologist and journalist Hank Davis undertook a journey exploring the atmosphere and culture of both minor league baseball and the small towns that embrace it. This is the hilarious inside story of his year with the Provo Angels, Anaheim's minor league affiliate in the heart of Mormon country, as McCarthy navigates the ups and downs of an antic, grueling season, filled with cross-country bus trips ... However, in the mid-1970s Rick Wolff transferred from this major leaguer of academia to baseball's minors, playing for the Detroit Tigers organization. "Part love letter, part snapshot, part history, and all-American...this book should be read by anyone who has yet to savor the sounds and delights of a minor-league baseball game." —New York Times Book Review "Thoroughly engaging." ... Discusses the money-making opportunities in minor league baseball and provides guidelines on how to purchase part of a minor league franchise And nowhere is this truer than in Kentucky, whose rich baseball history continues to play out in the four teams profiled in this book. Deric McKamey's Minor League Baseball Analyst is the first book to fully integrate sabermetrics and scouting. Found insideThe industry's longest-running publication for baseball analysts and fantasy leaguers, Ron Shandler's Baseball Forecaster, published annually since 1986, is the first book to approach prognostication by breaking performance down into its ... From the Coal Sox Nation to the Texarkana Casketmakers, Root for the Home Team brings you the most oddly original team names and the stories behind them. Presents a complete history of minor league baseball from its beginnings in 1877 to the present. Now collectors can trace the careers of Minor League stars from before Ty Cobb to today's starters in the most complete source for Minor League baseball cards ever published. 400 photos. All the diamond heroes of yesterday are remembered in this volume, along with the baseball pioneers and the ballparks that provided the memories for generations of fans in Michigan. This book examines the concept of the “new minors” as it has developed over the past fifteen years. Players are not the only ones to be heard from. Over one hundred and fifty people involved in the game were interviewed for this book. This book is essential reading for sociologists, sport sociologists/historians, academics and/or practitioners in the fields of community sociology and psychology, and of course, baseball fans. 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