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An economic history of baseball during the Depression.

Baseball --- Economic aspects --- Major League Baseball (Organization) --- American League of Professional Baseball Clubs --- National League of Professional Baseball Clubs --- MLB (Major League Baseball) --- Béisbol de Grandes Ligas (Organization) --- Мейджър Лийг Бейзбол (Organization) --- Meĭdzhŭr Liĭg Beĭzbol (Organization) --- Grandes Ligas de Béisbol (Organization) --- Grandaj Ligoj de Basbalo (Organization) --- Beisbol Liga Handiak (Organization) --- Beisbol Liga Nagusiak (Organization) --- Ligue majeure de baseball (Organization) --- מייג'ור ליג בייסבול (Organization) --- Meyg'or Lig Beysbol (Organization) --- Augstākā beisbola līga (Organization) --- メジャーリーグベースボール (Organization) --- Mejā Rīgu Bēsubōru (Organization) --- Mejārīgubēsubōru (Organization) --- Главная лига бейсбола (Organization) --- Glavnai︠a︡ liga beĭsbola (Organization) --- МЛБ --- Главна лига бејзбола (Organization) --- Glavna liga bejzbola (Organization) --- Головна бейсбольна ліга (Organization) --- Holovna beĭsbolʹna liha (Organization) --- ГБЛ --- HBL (Holovna beĭsbolʹna liha) --- 美國職業棒球大聯盟 (Organization) --- Meiguo zhi ye bang qiu da lian meng (Organization) --- Finance.

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While some Latin American superstars have overcome a history of discrimination to strike gold in baseball's big leagues, there are thousands more who never make it to 'The Show'. Stealing Lives focuses on the plight of one Venezuelan teenager and documents the abuses that take place as baseball becomes a globalized business. The authors reveal that in their efforts to secure cheap labor, Major League teams often violate basic human rights.

Discrimination in sports --- Baseball players --- Baseballers --- Players, Baseball --- Athletes --- Abuse of --- Recruiting --- Quiroz, Alexis. --- Major League Baseball (Organization) --- American League of Professional Baseball Clubs --- National League of Professional Baseball Clubs --- MLB (Major League Baseball) --- Béisbol de Grandes Ligas (Organization) --- Мейджър Лийг Бейзбол (Organization) --- Meĭdzhŭr Liĭg Beĭzbol (Organization) --- Grandes Ligas de Béisbol (Organization) --- Grandaj Ligoj de Basbalo (Organization) --- Beisbol Liga Handiak (Organization) --- Beisbol Liga Nagusiak (Organization) --- Ligue majeure de baseball (Organization) --- מייג'ור ליג בייסבול (Organization) --- Meyg'or Lig Beysbol (Organization) --- Augstākā beisbola līga (Organization) --- メジャーリーグベースボール (Organization) --- Mejā Rīgu Bēsubōru (Organization) --- Mejārīgubēsubōru (Organization) --- Главная лига бейсбола (Organization) --- Glavnai︠a︡ liga beĭsbola (Organization) --- МЛБ --- Главна лига бејзбола (Organization) --- Glavna liga bejzbola (Organization) --- Головна бейсбольна ліга (Organization) --- Holovna beĭsbolʹna liha (Organization) --- ГБЛ --- HBL (Holovna beĭsbolʹna liha) --- 美國職業棒球大聯盟 (Organization) --- Meiguo zhi ye bang qiu da lian meng (Organization) --- Corrupt practices.

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Baseball managers --- Robinson, Eddie, --- Robinson, William Edward, --- Major League Baseball (Organization) --- MLB (Major League Baseball) --- Béisbol de Grandes Ligas (Organization) --- Мейджър Лийг Бейзбол (Organization) --- Meĭdzhŭr Liĭg Beĭzbol (Organization) --- Grandes Ligas de Béisbol (Organization) --- Grandaj Ligoj de Basbalo (Organization) --- Beisbol Liga Handiak (Organization) --- Beisbol Liga Nagusiak (Organization) --- Ligue majeure de baseball (Organization) --- מייג'ור ליג בייסבול (Organization) --- Meyg'or Lig Beysbol (Organization) --- Augstākā beisbola līga (Organization) --- メジャーリーグベースボール (Organization) --- Mejā Rīgu Bēsubōru (Organization) --- Mejārīgubēsubōru (Organization) --- Главная лига бейсбола (Organization) --- Glavnai︠a︡ liga beĭsbola (Organization) --- МЛБ --- Главна лига бејзбола (Organization) --- Glavna liga bejzbola (Organization) --- Головна бейсбольна ліга (Organization) --- Holovna beĭsbolʹna liha (Organization) --- ГБЛ --- HBL (Holovna beĭsbolʹna liha) --- 美國職業棒球大聯盟 (Organization) --- Meiguo zhi ye bang qiu da lian meng (Organization) --- American League of Professional Baseball Clubs --- National League of Professional Baseball Clubs --- History

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"This book project turns on its head popular memories of Babe Ruth--perhaps the most influential sports figure of the past century. Virtually every biographical treatment depicts Ruth the same way: a man tall on athletic talent and personality--yet short on intellectual acumen and good sense. This perception results directly from a two-decade war waged against Ruth by major league baseball. Burdened by labor strife, challenges from "outlaw" leagues, gambling, and violence on and off the field, the baseball establishment pined for stability and profitability as it dragged itself out of the World War I era. Beginning in 1920, Babe Ruth emerged the singular answer to baseball's afflictions: a player so popular and thrilling that he drove up profits and interest in the game around the country--diverting attention from the serious problems plaguing baseball. In Ruth, however, the game's leadership class found a problematic savior. The Babe's independent streak, his volatile (although quick passing) temper, his assertiveness, and his obvious sympathy for player rights deeply unnerved management. Thus began an organized campaign both to exploit and to contain the superstar"-- "Rather than as a Falstaffian figure of limited intellect, Edmund Wehrle reveals Babe Ruth as an ambitious, independent operator, one not afraid to challenge baseball's draconian labor system. To the baseball establishment, Ruth's immense popularity represented opportunity, but his rebelliousness and potential to overturn the status quo presented a threat. After a decades-long campaign waged by baseball to contain and discredit him, the Babe, frustrated and struggling with injuries and illness, grew more acquiescent, but the image of Ruth that baseball perpetuated still informs how many people remember him to this day. This new perspective, approaching Ruth more seriously and placing his life in fuller context, is long overdue"--

SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History. --- Baseball players --- Baseball --- History --- Ruth, Babe, --- Major League Baseball (Organization) --- MLB (Major League Baseball) --- Béisbol de Grandes Ligas (Organization) --- Мейджър Лийг Бейзбол (Organization) --- Meĭdzhŭr Liĭg Beĭzbol (Organization) --- Grandes Ligas de Béisbol (Organization) --- Grandaj Ligoj de Basbalo (Organization) --- Beisbol Liga Handiak (Organization) --- Beisbol Liga Nagusiak (Organization) --- Ligue majeure de baseball (Organization) --- מייג'ור ליג בייסבול (Organization) --- Meyg'or Lig Beysbol (Organization) --- Augstākā beisbola līga (Organization) --- メジャーリーグベースボール (Organization) --- Mejā Rīgu Bēsubōru (Organization) --- Mejārīgubēsubōru (Organization) --- Главная лига бейсбола (Organization) --- Glavnai︠a︡ liga beĭsbola (Organization) --- МЛБ --- Главна лига бејзбола (Organization) --- Glavna liga bejzbola (Organization) --- Головна бейсбольна ліга (Organization) --- Holovna beĭsbolʹna liha (Organization) --- ГБЛ --- HBL (Holovna beĭsbolʹna liha) --- 美國職業棒球大聯盟 (Organization) --- Meiguo zhi ye bang qiu da lian meng (Organization) --- American League of Professional Baseball Clubs --- National League of Professional Baseball Clubs

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This book focuses on the application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to Major League Baseball (MLB). DEA is a nonparametric linear programming model that is used across academic disciplines. In sports economics, authors have applied the technique primarily to assess team and/or managerial efficiency. The basis for performance analysis is economic production theory, where it is assumed that baseball can be viewed as a production process whereby inputs (player quality measures) are transformed into outputs (wins, attendance). The primary advantage that DEA has over more traditional regression based approaches is the ability to handle multiple inputs and multiple outputs. Further, the approach is nonparametric and hence, does not require a priori specification of the production function. The book develops the theory of DEA in the context of a production environment. A focal point is the assessment of technical and cost efficiency of MLB teams. It is shown that previous frontier applications that measure efficiency provide biased results given that the outcome of a game is zero-sum. If a team loses a game due to inefficiency, another team wins a lost game. A corrected frontier is presented to overcome this problem. Free agent salary arbitration is analyzed using a dual DEA model. Each free agent's contract zone is identified. The upper and lower bounds, representing the player's and team's perspective of value, respectively, are estimated. Player performance is estimated using a modified DEA model to rank order players based on multiple attributes. This model will be used to evaluate current Hall of Fame players. We provide arguments for other players who are deserving of membership. We also use our measure of performance and evaluate age-performance profilers for many ball players. Regression analysis is used to identify the age of peak performance. The method is used to evaluate some of the all-time greats. We also use the method to analyze admitted and implicated steroid users. The results clearly show that performance was enhanced. This book will provide appropriate theoretical models with methodological considerations and interesting empirical analyses and is intended to serve academics and practitioners interested in applying DEA to baseball as well as other sports or production processes.

Baseball --United States --Management --Statistical methods. --- Data envelopment analysis. --- Major League Baseball (Organization). --- Data envelopment analysis --- Baseball --- Social Sciences --- Business & Economics --- Economic Theory --- Statistics - General --- Recreation & Sports --- Management --- Statistical methods --- Baseball. --- Base-ball --- Management. --- Operations research. --- Decision making. --- Economics. --- Management science. --- Economic policy. --- Economic Policy. --- Economics, general. --- Operation Research/Decision Theory. --- Ball games --- Operations Research/Decision Theory. --- Operational analysis --- Operational research --- Industrial engineering --- Management science --- Research --- System theory --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Deciding --- Decision (Psychology) --- Decision analysis --- Decision processes --- Making decisions --- Management decisions --- Choice (Psychology) --- Problem solving --- Quantitative business analysis --- Operations research --- Statistical decision --- Decision making --- Major League Baseball (Organization) --- MLB (Major League Baseball) --- Béisbol de Grandes Ligas (Organization) --- Мейджър Лийг Бейзбол (Organization) --- Meĭdzhŭr Liĭg Beĭzbol (Organization) --- Grandes Ligas de Béisbol (Organization) --- Grandaj Ligoj de Basbalo (Organization) --- Beisbol Liga Handiak (Organization) --- Beisbol Liga Nagusiak (Organization) --- Ligue majeure de baseball (Organization) --- מייג'ור ליג בייסבול (Organization) --- Meyg'or Lig Beysbol (Organization) --- Augstākā beisbola līga (Organization) --- メジャーリーグベースボール (Organization) --- Mejā Rīgu Bēsubōru (Organization) --- Mejārīgubēsubōru (Organization) --- Главная лига бейсбола (Organization) --- Glavnai︠a︡ liga beĭsbola (Organization) --- МЛБ --- Главна лига бејзбола (Organization) --- Glavna liga bejzbola (Organization) --- Головна бейсбольна ліга (Organization) --- Holovna beĭsbolʹna liha (Organization) --- ГБЛ --- HBL (Holovna beĭsbolʹna liha) --- 美國職業棒球大聯盟 (Organization) --- Meiguo zhi ye bang qiu da lian meng (Organization) --- American League of Professional Baseball Clubs --- National League of Professional Baseball Clubs