| Description |
1 online resource (323 pages, 34 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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text file |
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OldControl:muse9781613760185. |
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Includes index. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Spring Training 2005 -- 1. Crash Davis Territory (Doug Clark) -- 2. Can't Miss (Brad Baker) -- 3. Fluttering Away (Charlie Zink) -- 4. Manny Being Manny (Manny Delcarmen) -- 5. A Dream Deferred (Randy Ruiz) -- Part 2. Opening Day to the All-Star Break -- 6. "It's the Life -- the One Everyone Wants to Live" (Baker) -- 7. Opposites Attract (Delcarmen and Zink) -- 8. Baseballtown (Ruiz) -- 9. "They Got Him!" (Agents and Matt Torra) -- 10. Waiting (on Deck) for Godot (Clark and Torra) -- Part 3. The Second Half -- 11. Suspended Disbelief (Ruiz) -- 12. The Three Hardest Outs in the Game (Baker) -- 13. Goose Bumps (Delcarmen) -- 14. "If You Make It, We Will Come" (Zink) -- 15. At Heaven's Door (Clark) -- Interlude. The Off-Season -- 16. There's Always Next Year, Sometimes -- Part 4. Opening Day 2006 to August 12, 2008 -- 17. Going Home Again (Delcarmen) -- 18. A Giant among Legends (Clark) -- 19. Knockin' after Midnight (Ruiz) -- 20. "Just Hoping to Have It Be Over" (Torra) -- 21. On the Big Screen (Baker) -- 22. "The Path of the Knuckleballer Is Rarely Linear" (Zink). |
| Summary |
The rich slice of Americana found in minor league baseball presents a contradictory culture. On the one hand, the minors are filled with wholesome, family-friendly entertainment-fluffy mascots, kitschy promotions, and earnest young men signing autographs for wide-eyed Little Leaguers. On the other, they comprise a world of cutthroat competition in which a team-mate's failure or injury can be the cause of quiet celebration and 90 percent of all players never play a single inning in the major leagues. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Baseball players -- United States.
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Baseball players. |
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United States. |
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Minor league baseball -- United States.
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Minor league baseball. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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Includes index. |
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Electronic books.
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dobrow, Marty, 1960- Knocking on Heaven's door. Amherst ; Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2010 (DLC) 2010027868 |
| ISBN |
9781613760185 (electronic book) |
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1613760183 (electronic book) |
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9781558498433 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1558498435 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781558498426 (library cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1558498427 (library cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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