Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Safe at Home
• Minor League Baseball Through Time
• Minor League Basics
• Minor League Reviews
• Play Ball!
• Chapter 2. Baseball Coast to Coast
• National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (NAPBL)
• Independent Leagues
• Conclusion
• Chapter 3. The Lure of Minor League Baseball
• The National Awakens
• Academics Take Notice
• Sociology of Minor League Communities
• Chapter 4. The Evolution of Minor League Baseball
• Historical Overview
• Minor League Baseball As a Different Kind of Business
• Franchise Relocation and Name Changes
• Corporate Sponsorship
• Conclusion
• Chapter 5. A Tale of Two Minor League Cities
• Baseball As a Maryland Tradition
• Hagerstown, Maryland
• Bowie, Maryland
• Chapter 6. The Impact of Minor League Baseball
• Theory Revisited
• Minor League History
• Hagerstown and Bowie: Theory in Action
• Conclusions
• Epilogue: A Shelter in the Storm
• Appendix A: Minor League Attendance and Number of Teams, by Year and Era, 1947 to 1990
• Appendix B: Development of the Data Set
• Hypotheses
• Construction of the Data Set
• Data Used
• Statistical Methods and Models
• Notes
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

About the Author

Frank Hoffmann, Rebecca S Kraus, Martin J Manning