Cap In Hand

Author : Bruce Dowbiggin
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1773052381
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cap in Hand written by Bruce Dowbiggin and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iconic baseball writer Bill James, in 1987, frustrated with MLB’s labor stoppages and the decline of the minor leagues, wrote that the minors “were an abomination … if you’re selling a sport and the players don’t care about winning, that’s not a sport. That’s a fraud … an exhibition masquerading as a contest.” Bill imagined a better model and proposed that, as opposed to limiting the number of teams in MLB to protect parity, a free market was capable of sustaining many more franchises — hundreds, even — if we would just allow it to sort out the level at which those cities might best compete. Cap in Hand goes a step further, arguing that a free market in sports teams and athletes once existed and could work again if the monopolists of MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL would simply relent from salary-restraint schemes and reserve-clause models that result in elite talent being spread as thinly as possible and mediocrity being rewarded via amateur drafts and equalization payments. In fact, the model for this exists and may be the most wildly popular and monetarily successful of all professional sports: European football. Cap In Hand asks: what if the four major North American pro sports move beyond the restrictive covenants of the franchise model? The product sold to fans today is a pale copy of what it might be if the market could guide the best players to the best teams, whose ingenuity and innovation would inspire everyone to do better and put on a better show.

Author : Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1538 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Phrase and Fable written by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 1538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gail Picco
Publisher : Hilborn Civil Sector Press
ISBN 13 : 9781927375419
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cap in Hand written by Gail Picco and published by Hilborn Civil Sector Press. This book was released on 2017-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on more than 25 years of experience working at the highest level of the sector, Picco has produced an insightful book that is essential reading for anyone who gives to charities, is trying to make charity more impactful or is concerned about the effect affect charity is having on the people who need its help the most. Picco interviewed cancer researchers, hospital foundation chieftains, humanitarian aid veterans and sector observers, and used data from tax filings, charity audits, international reports and policy analysis to give us a full view of charity in Canada. It is a compelling and meticulously researched work that will generate a much-needed debate about modern-day charity.

Author : Jim Lilliefors
Publisher : Clerisy Press
ISBN 13 : 1578604117
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ball Cap Nation written by Jim Lilliefors and published by Clerisy Press. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the country grows increasingly diverse and complicated, Americans seek, and occasionally find, a common thread to unite them. And, as Jim Lilliefors reveals in his new book, that common thread is what the baseball cap is made of -- indeed, what has transformed it into America's National Hat. As fads go, it's no longer even a fad, but a part of the national identity that, for better or worse, is a symbol of America. It feeds an illusion that Americans cherish -- that despite their differences, and no matter what position they play -- when wearing a baseball cap, they're all part of the same team. Exploring every aspect of caps and their culture -- including the history, manufacturing, and evolution of baseball caps; collecting and caring for caps; cap etiquette; and even cap urban legends -- and packed with photos throughout, Ball Cap Nation is a delightful look at a uniquely American phenomenon.

Author : Aberdeen Ecclesiological Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transactions of the Aberdeen Ecclesiological Society and of the Glasgow Ecclesiological Society written by Aberdeen Ecclesiological Society and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Ayto
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019954378X
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms written by John Ayto and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-07-08 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers entries for over six thousand idioms, including seven hundred new to this edition, and provides background information, additional cross-references, and national variants.

Author : Horace Howard Furness
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3382130742
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare written by Horace Howard Furness and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-03-10 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Othello written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Bellenden Ker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases written by John Bellenden Ker and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : afterwards KER GAWLER (John Bellenden)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Essay on the archaiology of popular English phrases and nursery rhymes written by afterwards KER GAWLER (John Bellenden) and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: