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Big League, Big Time: The Birth of the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Billion-Dollar Business of Sports, and the Power of the Media in America
by Len Sherman
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671003437
- ISBN 13
- 9780671003432
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1998 Pocket Books, New York. 1998. Hardcover. First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: VG+; bumping of cover at heel; manufacturing defect in the plastic wrap on the DJ; wrinkle in plastic 1/2 inch from bottom from edge to edge; otherwise Near Fine. Blue boards with black overlay on spine with bright silver lettering on spine. 335 pp. On 31 March 1998 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix was the occasion of Major League Baseball's newest expansion team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. This book chronicles the birth of a major-league baseball franchise from conception to opening day. A look inside the dugout and the corporate suite to examine the billion dollar business of baseball and it enormous impact on our culture. A clean and very presentable copy in Brodart mylar.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002935
- Title
- Big League, Big Time: The Birth of the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Billion-Dollar Business of Sports, and the Power of the Media in America
- Author
- Len Sherman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0671003437
- ISBN 13
- 9780671003432
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, EXPANSION BASEBALL TEAMS, AS A BUSINESS, JERRY COLANGELO, MARKETING, DRAFT, FRANCHISES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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