Center field shot : a history of baseball on television / James R. Walker and Robert V. Bellamy Jr.

"Center Field Shot traces a sometimes contentious but mutually beneficial relationship from the first televised game in 1939 to the new era of Internet broadcasts, satellite radio, and high-definition TV, considered from the perspective of businessmen collecting merchandising fees and advertisi...

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Main Author: Walker, James R.
Other Authors: Bellamy, Robert V.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.
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