01756nam a22003614a 4500 ebr10210277 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060120s2006 ctu sb 001 0 eng 2006001945 GBA664354 bnb 013516903 Uk 0300110456 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780300110456 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)614480617 GV880 .K54 2006eb 331.88/11796357 22 Klein, Alan M., 1946- Growing the game [electronic resource] : the globalization of major league baseball / Alan M. Klein. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006. viii, 279 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-274) and index. Introduction -- The crisis at the core -- The Kansas City Royals : shopping without a credit card -- The Los Angeles Dodgers : bright lights, big market -- The Dominican Republic : fishing where the fish are -- Japan : emerging from the feudal eclipse -- Italy, Germany, and the United Kingdom : the European backwater -- South Africa : baseball and the new politics -- When will there be a real world series? Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Baseball Economic aspects. Globalization. Sports and globalization. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10210277 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 124231 124231