{"product_id":"americas-game-in-the-wild-card-bryan-soderholm-difatte-9781538145937","title":"America's Game in the Wild-Card Era: From Strike to Pandemic","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 2022 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Baseball fans actively following the sport in the 1990s and 2000s will greatly appreciate this fantastic book and its detailed insight.\" --Library Journal\u003cp\u003eMajor League Baseball has had a long and storied history, but perhaps no era has been as competitive and unpredictable as the past 25 years, with an expanded postseason making for an unexpected and entertaining end to each season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn America's Game in the Wild-Card Era: From Strike to Pandemic, Bryan Soderholm-Difatte provides a compelling examination of Major League Baseball since the 1994 players' strike. He reveals how the last quarter century has been the most dynamic in MLB history and argues that bringing wild-card teams and the division-series round into the postseason mix have fundamentally changed how dynasties should be perceived. Following the major storylines for all 30 teams, along with the division races and state of dynasties over the past 25 years, America's Game in the Wild-Card Era is a captivating look into a new age of baseball. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica's Game in the Wild-Card Era, together with Soderholm-Difatte's America's Game, Tumultuous Times in America's Game, and The Reshaping of America's Game, form the author's complete, definitive history of Major League Baseball.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bryan Soderholm-Difatte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1538145936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538145937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2021 pg. 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2022","brand":"Bryan Soderholm-Difatte","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048668590335,"sku":"9781538145937","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fc6d7fa2-12b8-44c9-9379-d78652e7c8d2.jpg?v=1684997121","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/americas-game-in-the-wild-card-bryan-soderholm-difatte-9781538145937","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}