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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Our National Spirit | |
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| From God's Country and Mine, 1954 | |
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| Baseball is our game, 1888 | |
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| To the Patriotic Lovers of America's Game, 1913 | |
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| Spalding's Commission | |
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| Baseball in Japan: The National Pastime Beyond National Character | |
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| The Rise of the World Series | |
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| Letter from Military Prison, 1864 | |
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| Green Light Letter, 1942 | |
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| The Front Lines to the Backyard | |
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| Baseball in a Time of Crisis | |
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| Ideals and Injustices | |
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| From History of Colored Baseball, 1907 | |
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| This Morning, 1939 | |
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| Letter of Invitation, 1945 | |
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| It Didn't Happen Overnight | |
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| Baseball and Ethnicity | |
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| From My Baseball Years, 1973 | |
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| Induction Speech, 1966 | |
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| World Series Speech, 1972 | |
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| Roberto Clemente: Activist and Pioneer | |
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| Baseball Migrants: Dreaming in Dominican | |
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| Enjoying It Hugely, 1866 | |
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| Diamonds for Girls, 1974 | |
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| Muscle in the Bud | |
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| Rooting for the Team | |
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| From The Natural, 1952 | |
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| Obituary of Elizabeth Dooley, 2000 | |
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| Music of the Sphere | |
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| Fathers Eating Hot Dogs with Sons | |
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| Leave the Plate at Home | |
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| A Gift, 1991 | |
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| Why the Minnesota Twins Have Such Big Heads | |
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| From Raising Demons, 1953 | |
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| Growing up with the Game | |
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| Our National Pastime, 1996 | |
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| The Minors: Touching the American Heart | |
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| We Never Called Them Bums | |
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| The Language of Numbers | |
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| You, Too, Can Be a General Manager! | |
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| Enterprise and Opportunity | |
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| Never Far from the Counting House | |
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| A Ball, a Bat, and a Bet | |
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| The Peculiar Business of Baseball | |
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| Leveling the Playing Field | |
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| From Standing the Gaff, 1935 | |
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| Umpires and Rules | |
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| A Can of Beer, a Slice of Cake - and Thou, Eddie Gaedel from Veeck as in Wreck, 1962 | |
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| Beyond the Bleachers: Enhancing the Fan Experience | |
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| Baubles, Bangles, and Bubble Gum: Baseball Collectibles | |
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| Fighting the Reserve Clause, 1969 | |
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| Sharing a Common Culture | |
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| Casey at the Bat | |
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| The Big Show on the Big Screen | |
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| Reflections on The Natural | |
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| A League of Our Own | |
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| Baseball as Art: The American Vernacular | |
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| Charlie Brown: American Baseball Icon | |
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| On the Air | |
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| Invention and Ingenuity | |
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| About Second Basemen, 1890 | |
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| Pitching and Hitting Curveballs | |
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| The Home Run | |
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| What Wood You Rather Use? | |
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| Communicating Baseball | |
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| Weaving Myths | |
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| From Shoeless Joe, 1982 | |
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| American Diamonds | |
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| Farewell, 1964 | |
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| There Used to Be a Ballpark, 1973 | |
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| The Silent Superstar, 1999 | |
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| Nobody Will Ever Play Baseball, 1960 | |
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| The Mythopoetics of Place and Memory | |
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| From Shoeless Joe, 1982 | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Selections from the Collection of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum | |
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| Baseball As American Sponsor Statement | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Selected Bibliography and Suggested Readings | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index | |
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| Copyright | |