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02239aam a2200289 i 4500 001 17EE16140BB311EC90E870E940ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210902010025 008 210406s2021 ncua e b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021013592 020 $a 1476680159 020 $a 9781476680156 035 $a (OCoLC)1198893279 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d PAU $d OCL $d IGP $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Bevis, Charlie, $d 1954- $e author. 245 10 $a Baseball under the lights : $b the rise of the night game / $c Charlie Bevis. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2021] 300 $a v, 233 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 26 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $g 16. $t Maximizing Night Baseball. $g 2. $t Premodern Night Baseball -- $g 3. $t Boosterism and Baseball -- $g 4. $t Night Games by Cahill's Arc Lights -- $g 5. $t Attendance Decline at Weekday Games -- $g 6. $t Birth of Modern Night Baseball -- $g 7. $t Minor League Introduction -- $g 8. $t Divergent Views -- $g 9. $t National League Adoption -- $g 10. $t American League Adoption -- $g 11. $t The War Years -- $g 12. $t Postwar Expansion -- $g 13. $t Twi-Night Doubleheaders -- $g 14. $t Boosting Night Games in the 1950s -- $g 15. $t Pushing Boundaries -- $g 16. $t Maximizing Night Baseball. 520 $a "Night games transformed the business of professional baseball, as the smaller, demographically narrower audiences able to attend daytime games gave way to larger, more diversified crowds of nighttime spectators. Many ball club owners were initially conflicted about artificial lighting and later resisted expanding the number of night games during the sport's existential struggle to balance ballpark attendance and television viewership in the 1950s. This first-ever comprehensive history of night baseball examines the factors, obstacles and trends that shaped this dramatic change in both the minor and major leagues between 1930 and 1990"-- $c Provided by publisher. 941 $a 3 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010024217.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20221004015736.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20210902011117.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=17EE16140BB311EC90E870E940ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search