Will Big League Baseball Survive?: Globalization, the End of Television, Youth Sports, and the Future of Major League Baseball
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (587 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0727PCPYS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 210 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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John B. Maschino said A compelling and original analysis of the future of big league baseball. Lincoln Mitchell has crafted a well-researched and highly readable analysis of Major League Baseball’s (MLB) efforts to embrace globalization that will appeal to both casual and seasoned fans alike. Arguing that MLB is at once “an eternal and ever-changing game,” he places the possible scenarios for baseball’s future withi. Excellent Book Asking a Question About the Future of American Culture Alan Metrick Once again, Dr. Mitchell combines scholastic rigor with an eminently readable style, this time asking the question baseball fans have been asking much of my adult life. Dr. Mitchell combines a wealth of detail about the economics of the game, adds telling -- and often humorous -- anecdotes from baseball history, then mixes in tales from his own f. "An informative analysis of the variables big league baseball faces" according to Nicholas R.W. Henning. As Major League Baseball continues to evolve Lincoln Mitchell has constructed a revealing assessment of the past and possible future of big league baseball. The slight reiteration of key points serves to complement a range of assertions and also assists to disentangle a number of conundrums big league baseball faces. The combination of examining
Major League Baseball is a beloved American institution that has been a product of the economic, social, and media structures that have evolved in the United States over the last century. In his shrewd analysis, Will Big League Baseball Survive?, Lincoln Mitchell asks whether the sport will continue in its current form as a huge, lucrative global business that offers a monopoly in North America - and whether those structures are sustainable. He examines how both changes directly related to baseball - including youth sports and the increased globalization of the game - as well as broader societal trends such as developments in media consumption and celebrity culture will impact big league baseball over the next few decades. Mitchell places baseball in the context of the larger, evolving American and global entertainment sector. His book ultimately proposes several possible scenarios for what big league baseball might look like. Will it become more global, smaller, or remain the same, or will it transform into some kind of hybrid of the three? The book is published by Temple University Press.