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Tables of Contents for Baseball As America
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
15
2
Introduction
17
10
OUR NATIONAL SPIRIT
27
42
From God's Country and Mine, 1954
35
2
Baseball is our game, 1888
37
1
To the Potriotic Lovers of America's Game, 1913
38
3
Spalding's Commission
41
6
Baseball in Japan: The National Pastime Beyond National Character
47
6
The Rise of the World Series
53
5
Letter from Military Prison, 1864
58
2
Green Light Letter, 1942
60
3
The Front Lines to the Backyard
63
3
Baseball in a Time of Crisis
66
3
IDEALS AND INJUSTICES
69
50
From History of Colored Baseball, 1907
76
3
This Morning, 1939
79
5
Letter of Invitation, 1945
84
2
It Didn't Happen Overnight
86
2
Baseball and Ethnicity
88
6
From My Baseball Years, 1973
94
3
Induction Speech, 1966
97
1
World Series Speech, 1972
98
3
Roberto Clemente: Activist and Pioneer
101
3
Baseball Migrants: Dreaming in Dominican
104
5
Enjoying It Hugely, 1866
109
1
Diamonds for Girls, 1974
110
3
Muscle in the Bud
113
6
ROOTING FOR THE TEAM
119
52
From The Natural, 1952
124
2
Obituary of Elizabeth Dooley, 2000
126
5
Music of the Sphere
131
3
Fathers Eating Hot Dogs with Sons
134
4
Leave the Plate at Home
138
3
A Gift, 1991
141
3
Why the Minnesota Twins Have Such Big Heads
144
2
From Raising Demons, 1953
146
2
Growing up with the Game
148
6
Our National Pastime, 1996
154
2
The Minors: Touching the American Heart
156
4
We Never Called Them Bums
160
3
The Language of Numbers
163
3
You, Too, Can Be a General Manager!
166
5
ENTERPRISE AND OPPORTUNITY
171
46
Never Far from the Counting House
178
5
A Ball, a Bat, and a Bet
183
4
The Peculiar Business of Baseball
187
3
Leveling the Playing Field
190
2
From Standing the Gaff, 1935
192
3
Umpires and Rules
195
10
A Can of Beer, a Slice of Cake---and Thou, Eddie Gaedel from Veeck as in Wreck, 1962
205
3
Beyond the Bleachers: Enhancing the Fan Experience
208
3
Baubles, Bangles, and Bubble Gum: Baseball Collectibles
211
3
Fighting the Reserve Clause, 1969
214
3
SHARING A COMMON CULTURE
217
28
Casey at the Bat
224
3
The Big Show on the Big Screen
227
1
Reflections on The Natural
228
4
A League of Our Own
232
3
Baseball as Art: The American Vernacular
235
6
Charlie Brown: American Baseball Icon
241
1
On the Air
242
3
INVENTION AND INGENUITY
245
24
About Second Basemen, 1890
250
2
Pitching and Hitting Curveballs
252
4
The Home Run
256
4
What Wood You Rather Use?
260
3
Communicating Baseball
263
6
WEAVING MYTHS
269
31
From Shoeless Joe, 1982
272
3
American Diamonds
275
6
Farewell, 1964
281
1
There Used to Be a Ballpark, 1973
282
3
The Silent Superstar, 1999
285
5
Nobody Will Ever Play Baseball, 1960
290
3
The Mythopoetics of Place and Memory
293
3
From Shoeless Joe, 1982
296
4
Contributors
300
4
Selections from the Collection of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
304
6
Baseball As America Sponsor Statement
310
1
Acknowledgments
311
1
Selected Bibliography and Suggested Readings
312
1
Credits
313
1
Index
314
6
Copyright
320