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Take Me Out to the Ball Game: The Business and Culture of Major League Baseball

March 7-12, 2010

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Spring training is the season when expectations, hot dogs, and pennant hopes are still fresh and tempting. Major league baseball is both the nexus of stratospheric fortunes—for players, management, and cities that woo home teams with state-of-the art ballparks—and an intimate and cherished American pastime. Fans from all walks of life love it and continue to cheer their favorite hitters and boo the umpires. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin attributes her early love of history to the detailed reports that, as a little girl, she gave her father every evening about the game their beloved Brooklyn Dodgers had played that afternoon.

Next March, CAU will head off to spring training with Walter LaFeber, professor emeritus of history and devoted Cubs fan, and Glenn Altschuler, the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies and dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. Walter and Glenn, both extraordinary lecturers and prized hitters for CAU, will take us to three terrific games of Arizona's flourishing Cactus League, where twelve major-league teams prepare for the season. We'll stay at the beautifully renovated Millennium Resort in Scottsdale. Each day we'll enjoy lectures about baseball history and culture. In addition, we will meet with Peter Wilhelm, CFO of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Cornell alum Jon Daniels, GM of the Texas Rangers, who will show us how baseball operates behind the scenes. Then it's off to the ballparks, where we'll soak in the excitement and the sun. Don't forget to bring your glove.

Double occupancy:	$2,995
Single supplement:	$420
Fitness scale:	Easy. Walking is generally over level ground for short distances. May require ability to climb stairs or to stand for periods of time.

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