Our normal theme of baseball as American History. But in specifically today were going to focus on what ive called the years of ballyhoo or baseball during the Great Depression. This will incorporate a lot of things weve been dealing with throughout the semester. One of my motto for this class is that everything you need to know about American History, you can learn by watching baseball. And were going to see that in action today so let me start with some of the goals for this lecture today. Were looking at the age of ballyhoo in baseball and im going to explain what ballyhoo means in a little bit if thats an unfamiliar word for you. Were gonna start by extending some of the origins of fortune elizabeth and other media. Thats going to be a key part of whats happening in a sports during the Great Depression. The role of media. And theres going to be kind of a symbiotic relationship emerging during this time period between baseball and the media. Weve already seen some of the origins of
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