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Ford Frick: Baseball's Third Commissioner and His Four Decades of Shaping the Game

Ford Frick: Baseball's Third Commissioner and His Four Decades of Shaping the Game - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Dave BohmerPublish date:4/1/2026Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496243492ISBN-10:1496243498UPC:9781496243492Book Category:Sports & Recreation, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Baseball, Sports, BusinessBook Topic:HistorySize:9.34 x 6.35 x 1.53 inchesWeight:1.6513Product ID:SCTEGAET3K

Ford Frick: Baseball's Third Commissioner and His Four Decades of Shaping the Game

Many baseball observers have viewed Ford Frick as an ineffective commissioner of Major League Baseball, largely manipulated by the league's owners, and more of an observer than a changemaker during his tenure from 1951 to 1965. Dave Bohmer challenges this perception, presenting Frick as a key figure in some of the massive changes baseball underwent during his thirty-one years as an executive of...

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496243492ISBN-10:1496243498UPC:9781496243492Book Category:Sports & Recreation, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Baseball, Sports, BusinessBook Topic:HistorySize:9.34 x 6.35 x 1.53 inchesWeight:1.6513Product ID:SCTEGAET3K

Dave Bohmer is director emeritus of the Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media and Media Fellows Program at DePauw University.


Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

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Dave Bohmer

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