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Bill Giles and Baseball
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Bill Giles oversaw one of the greatest eras of winning that the Philadelphia Phillies ever enjoyed. In Bill Giles and Baseball, John Lord chronicles Giles' remarkable career--which includes 44 year...
Bill Giles oversaw one of the greatest eras of winning that the Philadelphia Phillies ever enjoyed. In Bill Giles and Baseball, John Lord chronicles Giles' remarkable career--which includes 44 years with the Phillies--to provide an insider's view of the business of the sport, which takes place off the field. Based on extensive interviews, Bill Giles and Baseball spans Giles' life from his childhood growing up in the game to the tumultuous years he spent as the president and managing partner of the Phillies. Purchasing the team in 1981,
Details
- Creator
- John B. Lord
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
- ©2014
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1439907889, 9781439907863, 9781439907887, 1439907862
- OCLC
- ocn871224316
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- A rapid-fire exposition of the business of baseball from the beginning to 1981 -- Bill Giles and MLB's network TV deals -- Collusion -- The rise and fall of Fay Vincent -- Era of unrest: the strike of 1994 and the 1996 collective bargaining agreement -- Expansion, realignment, and interleague play: bringing baseball into the '90s -- The evolution of baseball's governance system -- Toward a new era of labor peace: the 2002 CBA -- Bill Giles and his baseball team -- Bill Giles and his ballparks -- From the depths of 2002 to the heights of 2012: nine reasons why baseball is booming
Subjects
- Baseball team owners -- United States -- Biography.
- Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball team)
- Giles, Bill, 1934-
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