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ARTICLES
Baseball and Community: From Pittsburgh's Hill to San Pedro's Canefields
Rob Ruck
On Umpires: Historical Perspectives, Contemporary Observations
Larry Gerlach
Three Stikes, You're Out—The Baseball Bat and Violence, or What Have They Done to My Louisville Slugger?
Bob Klein
Cal Ripken and the Condition of Freedom: Theme and Variation on the American Work Ethic
Carol J. Pierman
Fair or Foul: The Claims of Oral History on the 1925 World Series
Richard F. Peterson
TRIPLE PLAY REVIEWS
The Detroit Tigers: Club and Community 1945 - 1995
reviewed by Anthony J. Papalas
The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball
reviewed by Bob Boynton
A Brave New World: The Summer of 1943
Guy Waterman
BOOK REVIEWS
Once Around the Bases: Bittersweet Memories of Only One Game in the Majors
reviewed by Jean Hastings Ardell
Baseball's Biggest Blunder: The Bonus Rule of 1953-1957
revewed by Terence Malley
Going, Going, Gone: Music and Memories from Broadcast Baseball
reviewed by Ron Kaplan
The Ripening of Pinstripes: Called Shots on the New York Yankees
reveiwed by Matthew Brennan
Small Town Heroes: Images of Minor League Baseball
reviewed by Jon C. Stott
Remember When: A Nostalgic Look at America's National Pastime
reviewed by John E. Findling
The Dutiful Dozen
reveiwed by Mary A. Hums
Umpires: Classic Baseball Stories from the Men Who Make the Calls
reviewed by Chris Lamb
A House of Cards: Baseball Card Collecting and Popular Culture
reviewed by Jay C. Ziemann
Lefty O'Doul, The Legend that Baseball Nearly Forgot (The Story of the Hall of Fame's Missing Star)
reviewed by John Pastier
You're Out and You're Ugly Too! Confessions of an Umpire with Attitude
reviewed by Brant E. Ducey
Jackie Robinson: A Biography
reviewed by Patrick Henry
Voices from the Negro Leagues
reviewed by Jerry Malloy
Windy City Chronicles: The Chicago Cubs Encylopedia and The White Sox Encyclopedia
reviewed by Larry Gerlach
TALES FROM THE DUGOUT
Day of Reckoning
David Shiner
ELYSIAN FIELDS
Diamond Oases in Urban Deserts: A Minor League Archetype
Jon C. Stott
Charlie Metro, Raelee Frazier, and the 'Hitters' Hands' Project
Charlie Metro with Tom Altherr
ORAL HISTORY
Art McKennan, Announcer, Pittsburgh Pirates
George Gmelch
RESEARCH
Americans of Japanese Ancestry (AJA) Baseball: Ethnic Pride and Tradition Exhibit, Honolulu
Frank Ardolino
Baseball on the Web
Dr. Robert E. Kraft