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100	1		_aFetter, Henry D.
245	1	0	_aTaking on the Yankees : _bWinning and losing in the business of baseball, 1903-2003 / _cFetter, Henry D
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York, N.Y. : _bW.W. Norton & Company, _c2003.
300			_axi, 461 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 401-439) and index.
520			_a"Based on extensive research in original sources, Taking on the Yankees focuses on the off-field circumstances - the management strategies, economic forces, social changes, and political and legal pressures - that played a decisive role in the Yankees' success on the diamond. The continuing contest for baseball supremacy is, in turn, placed in the context of the sport's own struggle to respond to a succession of social, economic, and legal challenges mounted by an ever-changing society." "The result is a perspective on baseball's past century and an unconventional examination of the often-misunderstood relationship between business and sports
650		0	_aNew York Yankees.
650		0	_aBaseball.
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