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Fair Ball : A Fan's Case for Baseball by Bob Costas (2000, Hardcover)

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ISBN: 0767904656. Author: Costas, Bob. Fair Ball: A Fan's Case for Baseball. Release Date: 2000-04-04. Condition: New.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBroadway Books

ISBN-100767904656

ISBN-139780767904650

eBay Product ID (ePID)1653185

Product Key Features

Book TitleFair Ball : a Fan's Case for Baseball

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicBaseball / General

Publication Year2000

GenreSports & Recreation

AuthorBob Costas

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight11.6 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN99-087992

Reviews"Costas is that rare hybrid in sportscasting with converging wit, erudition and superb communication skills." --Los Angeles Times "Costas comes out of a tradition of gentle baseball eloquence." --New York Times "He is as good a pure broadcaster as I've ever seen." --Charlie Rose "Intelligent, witty, good-natured, he is the very antithesis of the shills who dominate most sports programming." --People "With his unique ability to weave intellect into a typically anti-intellectual medium, he's the best in the business." --P.O.V.

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal796.357/0973

SynopsisFrom his perspective as a journalist and a true fan, Bob Costas, NBC's award-winning broadcaster, shares his unflinching 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 often innovative, always achievable strategy for restoring genuine competition and rescuing fans from the forces that have diluted the sheer joy of the game. Balanced by Costas's unbridled appreciation for what he calls the "moments of authenticity" that can still make baseball inspiring, Fair Ball offers a vision of our national pastime as it can be, a game that retains its traditional appeal while initiating thoughtful changes that will allow it to thrive into the next century.

LC Classification NumberGV880.C68 2000