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Center Field Shot
James R. Walker
Robert V. Bellamy
其他書名
A History of Baseball on Television
出版
U of Nebraska Press
, 2008-06-01
主題
Sports & Recreation / Baseball / History
Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism
Performing Arts / Television / History & Criticism
ISBN
9780803248250
0803248253
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=6kPQhpS-X8YC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
In
Baseball Weekly
?s list of things that most affected baseball in the twentieth century, television ranked second?behind only the signing of Jackie Robinson. The new medium of television exposed baseball to a genuinely national audience; altered the financial picture for teams, owners, and players; and changed the way Americans followed the game.
Center Field Shot
explores these changes?all even more prominent in the first few years of the twenty-first century?and makes sense of their meaning for America?s pastime.
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Center Field Shot
traces a sometimes contentious but mutually beneficial relationship from the first televised game in 1939 to the new era of Internet broadcasts, satellite radio, and high-definition TV, considered from the perspective of businessmen collecting merchandising fees and advertising rights, franchise owners with ever more money to spend on talent, and broadcasters trying to present a game long considered ?unfriendly? to television. Ultimately the association of baseball with television emerges as a reflection of?perhaps even a central feature of?American culture at large.