Here's the pitch : the amazing, true, new, and improved story of baseball and advertising / Roberta J. Newman.

Author/creator Newman, Roberta J. author.
Format Book
PublicationLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
Descriptionxvii, 319 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction : here's the pitch! -- Hustlers, hucksters, and snake oil salesmen : two industries emerge -- "It pays to be personal" : baseball and endorsement advertising in the first golden age -- Breakfast of champions : tales of depression era baseball and advertising -- Pitching in black and white : baseball, advertising, and the color line -- Baseball, hotdogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet...and beer, cigarettes, cat food, and margarine : tales of television advertising -- "Let's just say it works for me" : Major League Baseball, Viagra, and the business of pharmaceutical advertising -- Four things we love : advertising, identity, Big Papi and the image of the Afro-Latino ballplayer -- "Driven" to "RE2PECT" : Derek Jeter and the (re)branding of "all-American" -- Epilogue : pitching in the future game.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2018023752
ISBN9780803278479 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN0803278470 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book