{"product_id":"crack-of-the-bat-9780803245006","title":"Crack of the Bat","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvides a balanced, nuanced, and carefully documented look at radio and baseball over the past one hundred years, focusing on the interaction between team owners, local and national media, and government and business interests, with extensive coverage of the television and Internet ages, when baseball on the radio had to make critical adjustments to stay viable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCrack of the Bat\u003c\/i\u003e will give you insight into the nostalgic power of baseball on the radio, and make you realize what you missed.\"—Hunter M. Hampton, \u003ci\u003eSport in American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eCrack of the Bat\u003c\/i\u003e is] a valuable resource for sport and media scholars alike that should encourage more work on sports radio's woefully under examined history.\"—Travis Vogan, \u003ci\u003eHistorical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Informed by the literature on the subject and the beneficiary of deep research in archival sources and oral histories, this book is based on sound scholarship, engages the general reader's interest, and will enlighten scholars in their study of the symbiotic relationship between radio and baseball.\"—John E. Miller, \u003ci\u003eJournal of the Illinois State Historical Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well researched, and equally well written and footnoted, \u003ci\u003eCrack of the Bat\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a welcome addition to electronic media research but would make an excellent addition to a history of sports in the media classroom.\"—Roger Heinrich, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCrack of the Bat\u003c\/i\u003e deserves to be on the reading list for courses in broadcast history and mass communication history.\"—Dave Ogden,\u003ci\u003e Journalism \u0026amp; Mass Communication Educator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Once upon a time you had to go to a ballpark to experience a ball game. Today most of us enjoy baseball across several media, and almost always alone. A game on radio—or via television or Internet or news account—is not as good as being part of the crowd at the ballpark, but what is? This book. James Walker traces the history of baseball on the radio with unmatched love and erudition.”\u003cbr\u003e—John Thorn, official historian of Major League Baseball and author of \u003ci\u003eBaseball in the Garden of Eden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: A Game in Words and Sound\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Formative Years, 1920–36\u003cbr\u003e 1. Early World Series Coverage\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Local Game Begins\u003cbr\u003e 3. Inventing a New Craft\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Baseball-Radio War\u003cbr\u003e 5. The World Series Triggers a National Obsession\u003cbr\u003e 6. Advertisers Expand Baseball Coverage\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Age of Acceptance, 1937–60\u003cbr\u003e 7. Re-Creating Baseball\u003cbr\u003e 8. Baseball Reluctantly Embraces Radio\u003cbr\u003e 9. An Explosion in National Coverage\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Television Years, 1961–Present\u003cbr\u003e 10. Radio in the Age of Television\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Modern Baseball Announcer\u003cbr\u003e 12. Baseball Broadcasts in the Digital Era\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Number of Team Radio Stations by Year, 1936–2001\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405257056599,"sku":"9780803245006","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803245006.jpg?v=1730489306","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/crack-of-the-bat-9780803245006","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}