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Description for Lights on!
Hardback. Chronicles the rise of night baseball. David Pietrusza balances precise research with an eye for intriguing anecdotal material. Series: American Sports History Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Lights On! chronicles the rise of night baseball. David Pietrusza balances precise research with an eye for intriguing anecdotal material. From the first night game at Nantasket Beach between two department store teams to the experiments of barnstorming teams, to the eventual conversion of the major league clubs, Pietrusza offers insight on this fascinating phase of baseball history. He concludes with an analysis of the effects of nighttime play on the sport. Lights On! will appeal to baseball fans and students of sports history alike. Foreword by Hall of Famer Enos "Country" Slaughter. Includes 13 black and white photographs.
Lights On! chronicles the rise of night baseball. David Pietrusza balances precise research with an eye for intriguing anecdotal material. From the first night game at Nantasket Beach between two department store teams to the experiments of barnstorming teams, to the eventual conversion of the major league clubs, Pietrusza offers insight on this fascinating phase of baseball history. He concludes with an analysis of the effects of nighttime play on the sport. Lights On! will appeal to baseball fans and students of sports history alike. Foreword by Hall of Famer Enos "Country" Slaughter. Includes 13 black and white photographs.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
American Sports History Series
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810833074
SKU
V9780810833074
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About David Pietrusza
David Pietrusza served as President of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) from 1993 through 1997. He is co-editor of Total Baseball, the official encyclopedia of Major League Baseball, a columnist for OldTyme Baseball News, the author of four other books on baseball, two juvenile books on basketball, and the managing editor of Total Football, the official encyclopedia ... Read more
Reviews for Lights on!
...[a] highly original book...
Sports Collectors Digest
Pietrusza has provided us with useful documentation of a relatively underemphasized aspect of baseball's history.
Journal of Sport History
Wow, talk about exhaustive research...[a] definitive work on the history of night baseball. What an excellent work Lights On! is. After a brief history on the use of outdoor artificial ... Read more
Sports Collectors Digest
Pietrusza has provided us with useful documentation of a relatively underemphasized aspect of baseball's history.
Journal of Sport History
Wow, talk about exhaustive research...[a] definitive work on the history of night baseball. What an excellent work Lights On! is. After a brief history on the use of outdoor artificial ... Read more