Written in a style accessible to discerning fans, Scully's The Business of Major League Baseball identifies the many economic pressures exerted on the game today and measures their effects both on the field and in the ticket office. Illustrated.
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Business management professor Scully dissects big league baseball--its rules, player contracts, franchises, and tax accounting. Scully comments strongly on free agency, profitability, team performance, and racial discrimination. He concludes that blacks are mostly outfielders; Earl Weaver was the most effective manager; and teams are more profitable than is generally admitted. This is more detailed and baseball oriented than Joseph Durso's The All-American Dollar (LJ 3/1/72. o.p.) and John Underwood's Spoiled Sport ( LJ 11/15/84. o.p.), but heavy use of mathematics and statistical analysis make it more suitable for academic and research collections than for popular reading ones.
- Morey Berger, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Manalapan, N.J.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Morey Berger, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Manalapan, N.J.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Oh, Academics,
This review is from: The Business of Major League Baseball (Hardcover)
Wonderful book, but it's always embarassing for an academic writer when you refer to Wade Boggs as "Wayne" Boggs, like Scully does on page 164.
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