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Finding America in a Minor League Ballpark : A Season Hosting for the Durham ...

Description: Finding America in a Minor League Ballpark : A Season Hosting for the Durham Bulls, Hardcover by Cooper, Harris, ISBN 1510778608, ISBN-13 9781510778603, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Over forty million people attend minor league baseball games each season. Who are they? Why do they come? Let’s find out!   Noted social scientist Harris Cooper took a job as a Seating Bowl Host for the most famous minor league baseball team, the Durham Bulls. As a host, he helped fans find seats and other stadium amenities, made sure everyone was safe, took pictures, and chased kids from the aisles. He got to talk with a wide-ranging assortment of people, from regular attendees to those at their very first baseball game, from retired judges to middle school students.   Minor league baseball games draw a broader array of Americans than any sport. The fleeting moments spent talking baseball with the fan sitting next to you or with a ballpark employee disguise the remarkable variety of people who call themselves “baseball fans.” Dr. Cooper brings these people to life.   In addition, th presents a brief history of minor league baseball, the Bulls, and the city of Durham, so typical of small American cities. It profiles the ballplayers, focusing not on their on-field statistics but on who they are and where they come from. Th also profiles twelve baseball movies, all of which focus on baseball not played in the major leagues.   Throughout th, Dr. Cooper draws on his knowledge of social science to extract from his experiences a description of the inhabitants and goings-on at a ballpark. It illuminates not just baseball writ large, but also provides a compelling portrait of Americans as a people and their shared love of our national pastime.

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Book Title: Finding America in a Minor League Ballpark : a Season Hosting for the Durham Bulls

Number of Pages: 208 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated

Item Height: 1 in

Topic: Baseball / History, Baseball / Essays & Writings, Sociology / General, Baseball / General, Popular Culture

Publication Year: 2024

Genre: Sports & Recreation, Social Science

Item Weight: 26.8 Oz

Author: Harris Cooper

Item Length: 10 in

Item Width: 8.5 in

Format: Hardcover

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