Volume 24, Numbers 1 & 2 (Spring-Fall 2015-16)
Contents Diamond Quotes
Articles Tension in the Union of Art and Sport: Competition for Ownership of the Baseball Statuary and its Influence upon Design
Christopher Stride and Ffion Thomas
"Uncle Sam Needs Only to Call": Baseball and the United States' Peacetime Military Draft, 1940–42
Steven P. Gietschier
Baseball Cinema Challenges the Hollywood Blacklist: Robert Aldrich's
Big Leaguer (1953)
Ron Briley
On the Necessity of Spitballs
Al Piacente
The Jackie Robinson Story vs.
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson vs.
42: Hollywood's Representations of Jackie Robinson's Legacy
Lisa Doris Alexander
Legitimate Black Heroes: The Negro Leagues, Jackie Robinson, and the National Pastime in African American Literature
Robert C. Nowatzki
"We Need to Get the Good Old USA on Board": The 2009 World Baseball Classic, Corporate Nationalism, and Constructions of "American" Identity
Dain TePoel
A Higher Order: A Developmental Approach to Conflict on the Baseball Diamond
Michele Millard, David C. Ogden, and Kevin Warneke
Triple PlayPersonal Reviews, Op-ed Pieces, and Polemics from Outside the Purview of the Umpires Going Back to Kansas City: An Interview with Ira McKnight
Emily R. Rutter
The Québec Provincial League: A Memoir
George Gmelch
Keynote Address to the Twenty-Third Annual NINE Spring Training Conference, March 12, 2016
Rob Edelman
Father of the Boys of Summer
Robert A. Moss
Book ReviewsTim Keefe: A Biography of the Hall of Fame Pitcher and Players-Rights Advocate Frank G. Houdek
Willie Keeler: From the Playgrounds of Brooklyn to the Hall of Fame Robert A. Moss
War on the Basepaths: The Definitive Biography of Ty Cobb C. Paul Rogers III
The Set-Up Men: Race, Culture and Resistance in Black Baseball Roberta J. Newman
Our Bums: The Brooklyn Dodgers in History, Memory, and Popular Culture Rob Edelman
The Tigers and Yankees in '61: A Pennant Race for the Ages, the Babe's Record Broken, and Stormin' Norman's Greatest Season Jan Finkel
Baseball's Power Shift: How the Players, the Fans, and the Media Shaped American Sports Culture Jordan Max-Ryan Englekirk
The Pine Tar Game: The Kansas City Royals, the New York Yankees, and Baseball's Most Absurd and Entertaining Controversy Robert A. Moss
Split Season, 1981 Michael Haupert
Baseball Maverick: How Sandy Alderson Revolutionized Baseball and Revived the Mets Steven P. Gietschier
Minnesota Twins Baseball: Hardball History on the Prairie William Harris Ressler
Still Throwing Heat: Strikeouts, the Streets, and a Second Chance Ron Briley
Heart of the Order Robert A. Moss
Baseball in Territorial Arizona: A History, 1863–1912 Joseph L. Price
The Haymakers, Unions and Trojans of Troy, New York: Big-Time Baseball in the Collar City, 1860–1883 Charlie Bevis
Before Wrigley Became Wrigley: The Inside Story of the First Years of the Cubs' Home Field Douglas K. Lehman
The Grand Old Man of Baseball: Connie Mack in His Final Years, 1932–1956 Jim Overmyer
Bobo Newsom: Baseball's Traveling Man Lee Kluck
Hank Greenberg in 1938: Hatred and Home Runs in the Shadow of War Amy Essington
Greatness in the Shadows: Larry Doby and the Integration of the American League Amy Essington
A Calculus of Color: The Integration of Baseball's American League Thomas Mueller
J. L. Wilkinson and the Kansas City Monarchs J. L. Steele
Integrating the Orioles, Baseball and Race in Baltimore J. L. Steele
Frick*: Baseball's Third Commissioner Tim Morris
Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life Robert A. Moss
Dodgerland: Decadent Los Angeles and the 1977–78 Dodgers and The Last Innocents: The Collision of the Turbulent Sixties and the Los Angeles Dodgers Andy McCue
One Nation Under Baseball: How the 1960s Collided with the National Pastime Paul Hensler
Playing with Tigers: A Minor League Chronicle of the Sixties Ron Briley
Hairs vs. Squares: The Mustache Gang, the Big Red Machine, and the Tumultuous Season of '72 Paul Hensler
Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius Michael Haupert
The Eighth Wonder of the World: The Life of Houston's Iconic Astrodome Frank G. Houdek
Macho Row: The 1993 Phillies and Baseball's Unwritten Code Mitchell Nathanson
The Life and Trials of Roger Clemens: Baseball's Rocket Man and the Questionable Case Against Him David Lucander
Of Tribes and Tribulations: The Early Decades of the Cleveland Indians William Harris Ressler
Plié Ball! Baseball Meets Dance on Stage and Screen Rob Edelman
Poetry
Negro Leagues Béisbol: A Shared Legacy
Gustavo Adolfo Aybar
The Ace Pitcher
Gustavo Adolfo Aybar
Leroy “Satchel” Paige: Baseball Player
Gustavo Adolfo Aybar
