Bill Giles and Baseball.

By:

Lord, John B [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781439907887

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

GV865 .B555 2014

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Subject: Bill Giles oversaw one of the greatest eras of winning that the Philadelphia Phillies ever enjoyed. In Bill Giles and Baseball, John Lord chronicles Giles' remarkable career--which includes 44 years with the Phillies--to provide an insider's view of the business of the sport, which takes place off the field. Based on extensive interviews, Bill Giles and Baseball spans Giles' life from his childhood growing up in the game to the tumultuous years he spent as the president and managing partner of the Phillies. Purchasing the team in 1981.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	GV865.56 .67 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn871224316

Includes bibliographies and index.

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Rapid-Fire Exposition of the Business of Baseball from the Beginning to 1981; 2. Bill Giles and Major League Baseball's Network TV Deals, 1983-1995; 3. Collusion; 4. The Rise and Fall of Fay Vincent; 5. Era of Unrest: The Strike of 1994 and the 1996 Collective Bargaining Agreement; 6. Expansion, Realignment, and Interleague Play: Bringing Baseball into the 1990s; 7. The Evolution of Baseball's Governance System; 8. Toward a New Era of Labor Peace: The 2002 Collective Bargaining Agreement; 9. Bill Giles and His Baseball Team.

10. Bill Giles and His Ballparks11. From the Depths of 2002 to the Heights of 2012: Nine Reasons Why Baseball Is Booming; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Bill Giles oversaw one of the greatest eras of winning that the Philadelphia Phillies ever enjoyed. In Bill Giles and Baseball, John Lord chronicles Giles' remarkable career--which includes 44 years with the Phillies--to provide an insider's view of the business of the sport, which takes place off the field. Based on extensive interviews, Bill Giles and Baseball spans Giles' life from his childhood growing up in the game to the tumultuous years he spent as the president and managing partner of the Phillies. Purchasing the team in 1981.

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