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Author_Charlie Bevis
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minor league baseball
New England
regional economy
Product details
- ISBN 9780786431595
- Weight: 404g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 14 Dec 2007
- Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book delves deep into the history of the New England League, whose years of operation spanned six decades during the pivotal early years of minor league baseball. Author Charlie Bevis, an expert on New England's baseball past, explores the complex ties to the regional economy, especially to the textile industry, and discusses the pioneering experiments with playoffs, night baseball, and integration.
Charlie Bevis, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, is a retired adjunct professor of English at Rivier University. He has written for Nine, The Cooperstown Symposium, The National Pastime and Base Ball, and is the author of several baseball books. He lives in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
