Minor League Baseball: Community Building Through Hometown Sports (Contemporary Sports Issues)

Minor League Baseball
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
	Safe at Home
	Minor League Baseball Through Time
	Minor League Basics
	Minor League Reviews
	Play Ball!
Chapter 2. Baseball Coast to Coast
	National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (NAPBL)
	Independent Leagues
	Conclusion
Chapter 3. The Lure of Minor League Baseball
	The Nation Awakens
	Academics Take Notice
	Sociology and Minor League Communities
Chapter 4. The Evolution of Minor League Baseball
	Historical Overview
	Minor League Baseball as a Different Kind of Business
	Franchise Relocation and Name Changes
	Corporate Sponsorship
	Conclusion
Chapter 5. A Tale of Two Minor League Cities
	Baseball as a Maryland Tradition
	Hagerstown, Maryland
	Bowie, Maryland
Chapter 6. The Impact of Minor League Baseball
	Theory Revisited
	Minor League History
	Hagerstown and Bowie: Theory in Action
	Conclusion
Epilogue: A Shelter in the Storm
Appendix A: Minor League Attendance and Number of Teams, by Year and Era, 1947 to 1990
Appendix B: Development of the Data Set
	Hypotheses
	Construction of the Data Set
	Data Used
	Statistical Methods and Models
Notes
Index