KIN 249: Lecture 4.2
Table of Contents
- Lecture 4.2: Baseball
- Objectives
- Mandelbaum's Three Questions
- Thomas Edison's Film (1898)
- The Traditional Game
- Is Baseball a Modern Sport?
- Is Baseball a Modern Sport?, cont.
- So What is Baseball?
- Sports Illustrated
- In the wake of 9/11
- "A Break in the Action"
- SI Flashback cont.
- Sports Return
- Mike Piazza on post-9/11 play
- Wrap-up
- Sources
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Mandelbaum's Three Questions
- What human purposes are served by organized athletic competitions?
- What accounts for the rise of organized team sports in late 19th century America?
- Why did the U.S. develop its own distinctive set of team sports (baseball, football, and basketball)?
Source: Mandelbaum, pg xv