Description: Title: Fair Ball: A Fan's Case for Baseball (2000) Author: -Bob Costas From his perspective as a journalist and a true fan, Bob Costas, NBC's award-winning broadcaster, shares his views on the forces that are diminishing the appeal of Major League Baseball and proposes realistic changes that can be made to protect and promote the game's best interests. In this cogent--and provocative--book, Costas examines the growing financial disparities that have resulted in nearly two-thirds of the teams in Major League Baseball having virtually no chance of contending for the World Series. He argues that those who run baseball have missed the crucial difference between mere change and real progress. And he presents a withering critique of the positions of both the owners and players while providing insights on the wild-card system, the designated-hitter rule, and interleague play. Costas answers each problem he cites with an achievable strategy for restoring genuine competition and rescuing fans from the forces that have diluted the sheer joy of the game. From review. Publisher: -New York: Broadway Books, 2000 Hardcover, 179 pgs. Condition: - As new with fine dust jacket International buyers please use Shipping tab. Pay Pal welcome. We combine shipping. Thank you for browsing our listing. eb005852 Specializing in uncommon books and collectibles Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter
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Subject: Sports & Recreation
Book Title: Fair Ball : a Fan's Case for Baseball
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Height: 0.7in.
Item Width: 5.8in.
Author: Bob Costas
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Baseball / General
Publisher: Broadway Books
Publication Year: 2000
Genre: Sports & Recreation
Item Weight: 11.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 192 Pages