NINE 19:1

NINE 19:1

Edited by Trey Strecker

Table Of Contents

Diamond Quotes

Articles

War Games: The Business of Major League Baseball during World War II
Jeff Obermeyer 

Commissioner A. B. "Happy" Chandler and the Integration of Major League Baseball: A Reassessment
John Paul Hill 

Danny Gardella and Baseball's Reserve Clause: A Working-Class Stiff Blacklisted in Cold War America
Ron Briley

1970s Baseball Diplomacy between Cuba and the United States
Justin W. R. Turner

Ronald Reagan, Peter Ueberroth, and the 1980s
Steve Treder 

Triple Play

Recessional
Robert A. Moss 

The Boys of Brooklyn Never Had a Problem: Sandlot Ball in the Age of Jackie Robinson
Andrew Paul Mele 

Fiction

For the Good of the Game, 1923
Steve Steinberg  

Poetry

Catching Baseballs and Poems
Earl J. Wilcox   

5, 10, 90 Feet
Gustavo Adolfo Aybar   

Book Reviews

Under the March Sun: The Story of Spring Training
Douglas K. Lehman

The Wizard of Waxahachie: Paul Richards and the End of Baseball as We Knew It
Daniel R. Levitt 

Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee
Roberta Newman   

Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain
Steve Gietschier 

The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series: The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds
Mark Armour

The 1976 Cincinnati Reds: Last Hurrah for the Big Red Machine and Bob Howsam and the Cincinnati Reds of the 1970s: Making the Big Red Machine
Alar Lipping     

Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators: The Last Winning Season and A Whole New Ballgame: The 1969 Washington Senators
Ron Briley 

Iron Man McGinnity: A Baseball Biography
David Shiner     

Ray Schalk: A Baseball Biography
Rick Huhn  

The Early Image of Black Baseball: Race and Representation in the Popular Press, 1871-1890
Todd Peterson    

Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
Bob Gorman 

The Black Barons of Birmingham: The South's Greatest Negro League Team and Its Players
Joel Nathan Rosen

Baseball Fiends and Flying Machines: The Many Lives and Outrageous Times of George and Alfred Lawson
Benjamin James Dettmar 

John Henry Moss: Baseball's Miracle Man
William E. Akin  

No Minor Accomplishment: The Revival of New Jersey Professional Baseball
Kenneth R. Fenster     

The American Association Almanac: A Baseball History Journal, 1902-1952
Kenneth R. Fenster     

Baseball in Palau: Passion for the Game from 1925-2007
Robert K. Fitts  

Film Review

Ted Williams: There Goes the Greatest Hitter That Ever Lived
Frank Ardolino