Vol. 29, Nos. 1-2 (Fall-Spring 2020-21) Contents
The Cheap Seats: A Note from the Editor
Willie Steele
Diamond Quotes
Poems Five Poems
Walter Biskupski
Triple Play The Throes of My Addiction
Rick Burton
Black Baseball History Matters
Brian Carroll
Baseball Connections
John Shorey
It’s About The Moments: What Baseball Means to Me
J. David Pincus
The Enigma of Being a Cleveland Indians Fan
Timothy J. Jurkovac
Quarantining With(out) the Houston Astros, Part 2: Astrodome Addition/Edition
Phillip Luke Sinitiere
Spring Training at the End of the World
Richard Black
My Friends Bobby Brown and Eddie Robinson
C. Paul Rogers III
Articles Have to Write a Baseball Story Sometime: Hemingway, the Busher, and
The Old Man and the Sea Scott D. Peterson
The Universal Language: Baseball in
The Twilight Zone Robert M. Gorman
Games about the Game: A History of Tabletop Baseball
Adam Criblez
This is the Way: The Baltimore Orioles, the Oriole Way, and the Influence of Harry Dalton from 1969 to 1971
Lee Kluck
Taking Your LUMPs: Major League Baseball’s History of Pitchers Failing to Retire a Single Batter in an Outing
Josh Chetwynd
Rules for Baseball Radicals: How Jim Bouton and
Ball Four Changed the Narrative of Baseball
Mitchell Nathanson
ReviewsEddie Cicotte: The Life and Career of the Banned White Sox Pitcher David Bohmer
Wits, Flakes, and Clowns: The Colorful Characters of Baseball Paul Hensler
50 at 50: The Fifty Most Important Contributions to the Game David Pegram
¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and in the Big Leagues/En Los Barrios y Las Grandes Ligas Jorge Iber
A Year of Playing Catch: What a Simple Daily Experiment Taught Me About Life Anna R. Newton
The Baseball Bat: From Trees to the Major Leagues, 19th Century to Today Jennifer Asenas and Kevin Johnson
The Spaceman Chronicles: The Life of the Earthling Named Bill Lee R. Zachary Sanzone
The National Baseball Hall of Fame Collection: Celebrating the Game’s Greatest Players Aaron Burtch
How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed Mark McGee
The Hall Ball: One Fan’s Journey to Unite Cooperstown Immortals with a Single Baseball Mark Jent
Negro Leaguers and the Hall of Fame: The Case for Inducting 24 Overlooked Ballplayers Chad S. Wise
The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Willie Steele