15 minutes. Professor waugh this is for my lecture baseball becomes professional. It wasnt too long ago that , if youre controversial can can imagine. Sports and consumerism wasnt important enough. It would have raised eyebrows. Sports, Department Stores buying stuff, will not anymore. Sports and consumer culture our research and written about, made during like every other topic by historians. Now theyre even professors of sports history. Why . Because professors have found that we cannot ignore sports. Why . Because it represents money and big our, big big power, big business. Its also cultural and emotional. There is this tension between professionalism, big business, and the emotional ties that is exemplified by this letter, written by a baseball fan and published in a newspaper sports section. Let me read a quote. Care modern ballplayers about nothing but money. They dont care about their team , or their city, with their fans. In my day, things were different. That sounds familiar.
Baseball in particular grew to be a National Pastime and big business. She describes the efforts of Baseball Club owners to modify the rules of the game, establish a National League, and attract a broad middle class audience. The class is about an hour and 15 minutes. Professor waugh good morning ucla students. Good to see you for my lecture baseball becomes professional. It wasnt too long ago that these subjects were controversial, if you can can imagine. Sports and consumerism, they werent important enough. It would have raised eyebrows. Like i am raising my eyebrows now. Sports, Department Stores buying stuff, will not anymore. Sports and consumer culture our research and written about, made boring like every other topic by historians. Now theyre even professors of sports history. Why . Because professors have found that we cannot ignore sports. Why . Because it represents money and big power, big business. We cant ignore sports for another reason. Its also cultural and emotional. T
The class is about an hour and 15 minutes. Professor waugh good morning ucla students. Good to see you for my lecture baseball becomes professional. It wasnt too long ago that these subjects were controversial, if you can can imagine. Sports and consumerism, they werent important enough. It would have raised eyebrows. Like i am raising my eyebrows now. Sports, Department Stores buying stuff, will not anymore. Sports and consumer culture our research and written about, made boring like every other topic by historians. Now theyre even professors of sports history. Why . Because professors have found that we cannot ignore sports. Why . Because it represents money and big power, big business. We cant ignore sports for another reason. Its also cultural and emotional. There is this tension between professionalism, big business, and the emotional tie that is exemplified by this letter, written by a baseball fan and published in a newspaper sports section. Let me read a quote. These modern bal