Center field shot :: a history of baseball on television /

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 rig...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walker, James R.
Other Authors: Bellamy, Robert V.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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 ofperhaps even a central feature ofAmerican culture at large
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 379 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780803217652
080321765X

There is no print copy available.

Get full text