"Baseball is much more than a game. As the American national pastime, it has reflected the political and cultural concerns of US society for over 200 years, and generates passions and loyalties unique in American society. This Companion examines baseball in culture, baseball as …
"Baseball is much more than a game. As the American national pastime, it has reflected the political and cultural concerns of US society for over 200 years, and generates passions and loyalties unique in American society. This Companion examines baseball in culture, baseball as …
"Baseball is much more than a game. As the American national pastime, it has reflected the political and cultural concerns of US society for over 200 years, and generates passions and loyalties unique in American society. This Companion examines baseball in culture, baseball as …
"This work focuses on the baseball movie genre in the years following World War II, beginning with the 1948 biopic The Babe Ruth Story and ending with the 1962 Mickey Mantle-Roger Maris vehicle Safe at Home!, when consensus was that conflict should be limited in American society…
"This reference work, updated since the 1997 edition, provides comprehensive information on the major professional leagues in North America--baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer. Arranged chronologically, the entries for each league in each sport include individual …
In 1910 auto magnate Hugh Chalmers offered an automobile to the baseball player with the highest batting average that season. What followed was a batting race unlike any before or since, between the greatest but most despised hitter, Detroit?s Ty Cobb, and the American League?s …
In 1910 auto magnate Hugh Chalmers offered an automobile to the baseball player with the highest batting average that season. What followed was a batting race unlike any before or since, between the greatest but most despised hitter, Detroit's Ty Cobb, and the American League's …
Learn basic baseball first baseman skills and techniques, then meet other famous first basemen.
This volume in the Popular Culture and Philosophy series delves into the tragic and redemptive history of the Boston Red Sox baseball franchise. Drawing on philosophers from Aristotle to Sartre, chapters range from issues of faith and spirituality to tragedy, irony, existentiali…
The legendary baseball manager takes readers behind the scenes of the St. Louis Cardinals' 2011 season, detailing a journey that resulted in one of the most dramatic World Series of all time.
The legendary baseball manager discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 2011 season, detailing the journey that resulted in one of the most dramatic World Series of all time.
After thirty-three seasons managing in Major League Baseball, Tony La Russa thought he had seen it all, that is, until the 2011 Cardinals. Down ten and a half games with little more than a month to play, the Cardinals had been ruled out as serious postseason contenders. Yet in t…
The legendary baseball manager discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 2011 season, detailing the journey that resulted in one of the most dramatic World Series of all time.
Preface Baseball has always had a fascination with statistics. Schwarz (2005) docu- ments the quantitative measurements of teams and players since the begin- ning of professional baseball history in the 19th century. Since the foundation of the Society of Baseball Research in 19…
