Chasing baseball : our obsession with its history, numbers, people and places /

Deep interest in memorabilia, fantasy baseball, exhibits and the games themselves indicate the sport is surviving steroid scandals, negative publicity and the perception that the game is more nostalgia than a part of current popular culture. This book shows that while basketball and football might e...

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Main Author: Mills, Dorothy Seymour
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, [2010]
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