Volume 26, Nos. 1&2, Fall-Spring 2017-2018 Diamond Quotes
Articles
Pitching Patriotism: Fourth of July Baseball in the Late Nineteenth Century
Adam J. Criblez
The First Japanese Professionals: Guy Green’s 1906 Japanese Base Ball Team
Robert K. Fitts
Orval Overall: A Forgotten Pitcher from the Cubs’ Dynastic Past
Jason Cannon
Finding the “Real” in 1922: Dixon, Lardner, Broun, and the “Great Cultural Divide”
Scott D. Peterson
Carl Yastrzemski: Baseball’s White Rabbit
Zach Sanzone
Baseball’s Blues: An Analysis of the Recommendations of the Blue-Ribbon Panel
Michael J. Haupert and Kenneth Winter
The Utilization of Statistical Data by the Chicago White Sox Organization: An Historical Analysis
Alan S. Kornspan
Béisbol as Part of “
Una Vida en Común en la Frontera”: The Career and Significance of Eduardo Ortega, the
Voz of the San Diego Padres
Jorge Iber
Philip Roth, Trick E. Dixon, and Curt Flood: Baseball as Satire in the Tradition of Jonathan Swift
Ron Briley
Triple Play
Baseball and America’s Founding Fathers: Thomas Jefferson and “Games Played With the Ball”
Alan H. Levy
Sam Nahem: The Right-Handed Lefty Who Integrated Military Baseball in World War II
Peter Dreier
My Year in the Big Leagues
Rob Sheinkopf
Fake History? Charles Leerhsen and the Redemption of Ty Cobb
Steven Elliott Tripp
Poetry
I Don’t Care If I Never Get Back
Earl J. Wilcox
Book Reviews
The Page Fence Giants: A History of Black Baseball’s Pioneering Champions Jim Overmyer
The Age of Ruth and Landis: The Economics of Baseball during the Roaring Twenties Steven P. Gietschier
Babe Ruth and the Creation of the Celebrity Athlete Frank G. Houdek
The Integration of the Pacific Coast League: Race and Baseball on the West Coast David Lucander
A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle Ron Briley
God Almighty Hisself: The Life and Legacy of Dick Allen Michael Haupert
Baseball and American Culture Justin W. R. Turner
Pastime Lost: The Humble, Original, and Now Completely Forgotten Game of English Baseball Jason Cannon
They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen—The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Frank G. Houdek
Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher Lynn Griffith
Almost Yankees: The Summer of ’81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You’ve Never Heard Of Willie Steele
Reclaiming 42: Public Memory and the Reframing of Jackie Robinson’s Radical Legacy Thomas Wolf
Home Team: The Turbulent History of the San Francisco Giants Paul K. Howard
Here’s the Pitch: The Amazing, True, New, and Improved Story of Baseball and Advertising Mark McGee
Here’s the Catch: A Memoir of the Miracle Mets and More George Skornickel
The MVP Machine: How Baseball’s New Nonconformists are Using Data to Build Better Players Allison R. Levin
From the Dugouts to the Trenches: Baseball During the Great War Ed Edmonds