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In the Ballpark: The Working Lives of Baseball People
Contributor(s): Gmelch, George (Author), Weiner, J. J. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0803271271     ISBN-13: 9780803271272
Publisher: Bison Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2006
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Annotation: "In the Ballpark" is a collection of interviews with twenty-one people who work in all parts of Major and Minor League Baseball: usher and broadcaster, beer vendor and sportswriter, clubhouse attendant and field manager, ticket seller and owner, scout and general manager, mascot and player. Organized by setting--the stands, the field, the press box, and the front office--the accounts yield a wealth of insight into little-known aspects of the game. The new concluding chapter provides updates on the subjects since they were interviewed ten years ago as well as updates on how their jobs and the game itself has changed since "In the Ballpark" was first published.
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BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Baseball - Essays & Writings
- Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History
Dewey: 796.357
LCCN: 2006014976
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.06" W x 9.06" L (0.90 lbs) 288 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
 
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In the Ballpark is a collection of interviews with twenty-one people who work in all parts of Major and Minor League Baseball: usher and broadcaster, beer vendor and sportswriter, clubhouse attendant and field manager, ticket seller and owner, scout and general manager, mascot and player. Organized by setting-the stands, the field, the press box, and the front office-the accounts yield a wealth of insight into little-known aspects of the game. The new concluding chapter provides updates on the subjects since they were interviewed ten years ago as well as updates on how their jobs and the game itself has changed since In the Ballpark was first published. George Gmelch, a former first baseman in the Detroit Tigers farm system, is Roger Thayer Stone Professor of Anthropology at Union College in Schenectady, New York. He is the author of nine books, including Inside Pitch: Life in Professional Baseball, also available in a Bison Books edition, and Baseball without Borders: The International Pastime (Nebraska 2006). J. J. Weiner worked in the front office of the Birmingham Barons and collaborated on this book as an anthropology student.
 
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