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ARTICLES
The National Game
Jules Tygiel
Chris Von der Ahe: Baseball's Pioneering Huckster
Richard Egeniether
Sex and Baseball. Work and Play: The Unity of Metaphysics and Pragmatism in Bull Durham
Elisabeth Brooke
Baseball in Translation: The Italian Professional League
Peter Carino
Silk Gowns and Gold Gloves: The Forgotten History of Chinese Bat Ball
Joseph A. Reaves
The Origins of Baseball Chapel and teh Era of the Cristian Athlete, 1973-1990
William C. Kashatus
Bowie Kuhn: Toward a Reassessment
Steve Gietschier
TRIPLE PLAY REVIEWS
Nolan Ryan and the Cy Young Award
Patrick Henry
A Double Play of Underground Baseball Novellas: A Baseball Classic and Praying for Rain
reviewed by Peter Carino
Fleet Walker's Divided Heart: The Life of Baseball's First Black Major Leaguer
reviewed by Lee Lowenfish
POETRY
Mickey Mantle's Nightmare
Matthew Brennan
Ty Cobb's Shadow (for Dan)
Matthew Brennan
BOOK REVIEWS
Viva Baseball: Latin Major Leaguers and their Special Hunger
reviewed by Rob Ruck
Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir
reviewed by Ron Briley
They Tasted Glory: Among the Missing at the Baseball Hall of Fame
reviewed by Guy Waterman
RED—A Baseball Life
reviewed by George Goodman
Mickey Cochrane: The Life of a Baseball Hall of Fame Catcher
reviewed by Ron Kaplan
Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train
reviewed by Jay Ziemann
Man on Spikes
reviewed by Ernest J. Green
It's Where you Played the Game: How Youth Baseball Determines the Personality of the American Male
reviewed by Mike Emeigh
A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti
reviewed by Gary Land
My Greatest Day in Baseball, 1946 - 1997: Baseball's Legends Recount Their Epic Moments
reviewed by Norman P. Bolotin
Jimmie Foxx: The Pride of Sudlersville
reviewed by william C. Kashatus
Cooperstown to Dyersville: A Geography of Baseball Nostalgia
reviewed by Thomas R. Mueller
ORAL HISTORY
Interview with Sparky Anderson
Ron Kaplan