Baseball on the Brink: The Crisis of 1968

by William J Ryczek

Major League Baseball was in crisis in 1968. The commissioner was inept, professional football was challenging the sport's popularity and the game on the field was boring, with pitchers dominating hitters in a succession of dull, low-scoring games. The major league expanded for the 1969 season but the muddled process by which new franchises were selected highlighted the ineffective management of the sport.

This book describes how baseball...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476668485
• ISBN13: 9781476668482
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher