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About the Editor | |
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Contributors | |
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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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The American Fan | |
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A Distinct Sense of Belonging | |
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Home Base: A Survey of Backyard Baseball Diamonds | |
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On Fenway, Faith, and Fandom: A Red Sox Fan Reflects | |
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Baseball Memorabilia | |
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Baseball Inclusivity | |
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From Jackie to Elvis, from Selma to St. Petersburg: The Desegregation of Spring Training | |
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Creating Home with the Ball Field: The Dynamics of Baseball and Civic Inclusivity for Germans, Irishmen, and Blacks During the Late Nineteenth Century | |
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The Internet and the Popularization of the Negro Leagues | |
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Baseball and Blacks: A Loss of Affinity, a Loss of Community | |
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The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: Accomplishing Great Things in a Dangerous World | |
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Globalization of Baseball in Popular Culture | |
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Money, Managing, and Myth | |
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Here's the Pitch: Baseball and Advertising | |
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From John McGraw to Joe Torre: Industrial Management Styles Applied Throughout the History of Major League Baseball | |
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The Hall of Fame and the American Mythology | |
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Baseball and the Arts | |
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Politics, Patriotism, and Baseball On-Screen | |
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Writing Their Way Home: American Writers and Baseball | |
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Baseball As a Second Language: The Impenetrability of Our National Pastime | |
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Baseball Poetry: Society's Overlooked and Underestimated Literary Art Form | |
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Eiron Men, "You Know Me, Alazons," and Pixies: Baseball Humor As American Humor | |
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Baseball and Resolution of Conflict | |
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Baseball Labor Relations: Is It Safe to Go Back to the Ballpark? | |
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God and the Diamond: The "Born-Again" Baseball Autobiography | |
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The Winter Meetings, the King of Baseball, and the Conscience of the Game | |
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Control Problems: The Limitations of Baseball As Metaphor | |
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Boys of Summer, Suicides of Winter: An Introduction to Baseball Suicides | |
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Index | |