Wins, Losses, and Empty Seats How Baseball Outlasted the Great Depression - Surdam, David G. (University of Nebraska Press, 2011)
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue: Clash of Titans; Part 1. The Financial Side of the Game; 1. The American Economy and the State of Baseball Profits; 2. Why Did Profits Collapse?: The Revenue Side; 3. Why Did Profits Collapse?: Player Salaries and Other Expenses; 4. Farm Systems; Conclusion of Economic Side; Part 2. The Game on the Field; 5. Competitive Balance; 6. Player Movement; Part 3. Using League Rules to Aid in the Recovery; 7. Helping the Indigent; 8. Manipulating the Schedule to Increase Revenue
Part 4. Innovations to Boost Attendance and Profits9. Radio and Baseball; 10. Baseball Under the Lights; 11. Other Innovations; 12. How Effective Were the Innovations?; 13. The Inept and the Restless: Franchise Relocation; Epilogue: The End of an Era; Appendix 1: Radio and Sunday Ball's Effect on Attendance; Appendix 2: Dramatis Personae; Appendix of Tables; Notes; Bibliography; Index
An economic history of baseball during the Depression