No Minor Accomplishment : : The Revival of New Jersey Professional Baseball /

No Minor Accomplishment : : The Revival of New Jersey Professional Baseball / / Bob Golon.

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America's pastime has roots in New Jersey dating back to 1846 when the first baseball game using modern rules was played on Elysian Fields in Hoboken. The sport thrived throughout the state until the 1950s when fans began to turn away from local competition, preferring to watch games broadcast...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Golon, Bob,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.) :; 13 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chronology
  • Introduction
  • 1. Baseball's Early Roots in New Jersey
  • 2. The Decline and Reinvention of the Minor Leagues, Post-1950
  • 3. Baseball Returns to New Jersey in 1994
  • 4. The Trenton Thunder: The Capital of New Jersey Baseball
  • 5. A League of His Own: Frank Boulton and the Atlantic League
  • 6. The Somerset Patriots: Location, Location, Location!
  • 7. Newark and the Bears: Combining the Past and the Present
  • 8. Discovering Camden with the Riversharks
  • 9. The Atlantic City Surf: Searching for a Niche
  • 10. Youth Must Be Served: The Can-Am League in New Jersey
  • 11. Nine Innings with the Lakewood BlueClaws
  • 12. Conclusion: The Community of New Jersey Baseball
  • Notes
  • Index

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