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Contents List of Tables ix Foreword xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1 The Sports Franchise Game 7 2 Impact Studies and Other Quantitative Analyses: Inconclusive Conclusions 13 3 The Philadelphia v. Camden Story 20 4 Shifts in the Bay Area, Part 1: San Francisco 27 5 Shifts in the Bay Area, Part 2: Oakland 36 6 The Field-of-Dreams Approach: Baltimore and Indianapolis 46 7 Washington, D.C.: Longing for the Senators 52 8 Putting the Pursuit into Perspective: The Value of Sports 61 Notes 73 Index 97 This page intentionally left blank ...

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