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Aaron, Henry (Hank), xix, xxi , 39, 73 , 76 , Cuban Stars, 65 134 , 194 Cuban X-Giants, 63 Abbott, George Dayton Marcos, 66 Damn Yankees! , 121 Detroit Stars, 65 Addams, Jane, 129 , 135 Eastern Cuban Stars, 65 African American baseball, xviii , 3 , 61–74 Hilldale Daisies, 65 East–West Classic, xviii, 67, 73–74 Homestead Grays, 61 , 66–67 , 69–70 leagues, xx , 3 , 21 , 62 , 64–68, 71–74 , House of David, 71 144 Indianapolis ABCs, 65 Eastern Colored League (ECL), 65–66, Jacksonville Red Caps, 70 74 Kansas City Monarchs, xviii , 61, 65–67 , East–West League, 66 69–70 League of Colored Baseballists, 62 Leland Giants, 64 National Negro Baseball League, 64 Lord Baltimores, 62 Negro American League (NAL), 67–68 Louisville Fall Citys, 62 Negro National League (NNL), xvii, Memphis Red Sox, 67 64–68, 74 New York Black Yankees, 68 Negro Southern League (NSL), 65 New York Gorhams, 62 United States League (USL), 72 New York Lincoln Giants, 65 Negro Leagues World Series, 65 , 67 , 69 , 73 Newark Eagles, 67–69 , 71 , 74 teams, xviii , 61–74 Philadelphia Excelsiors, 62 Acme Colored Giants, 63 Philadelphia Giants, 62 , 64 American Giants, 65 Philadelphia Pythians, 61–63 Bacharach Giants, 65 Pittsburgh Crawfords, 66–69 Baltimore Black Sox, 65 , 70 Pittsburgh Keystones, 62 Baltimore Elite Giants, 70 St. Louis Giants, 65 Baltimore Giants, 69 St. Louis Stars, 70 Birmingham Black Barons, xviii , 65, 73 Troy Haymakers, 62 Boston Resolutes, 62 Washington Capital Citys, 62 Brooklyn Brown Dodgers, 72 Washington Potomacs, 70 Brooklyn Royal Giants, 65 Winston-Salem Pond Fence Giants, 70 Chicago American Giants, 65 Zulu Cannibal Giants, 71 Chicago Giants, 65 African American communities, 49 , 61 , 63, Chicago Unions, 63 67–68 , 70–71 , 73 , 173 Cincinnati Browns, 62 Freedman’s Bureau, 61 Cleveland Buckeyes, 73 Jim Crow laws, 62 Cleveland Giants, 67 Kansas City, 65 , 70–71 Cuban Giants, 62 Plessy vs. Ferguson , 64

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Akin, Marjorie, 140 Bagby, George, see Stein, Aaron Marc Alamillo, José, 57–58 Baker, Newton, 82 Alderson, Sandy, 180–182 Ball Four , see Bouton, Jim Aldrich, Adell ballparks, 83 , 92 , 144–147 , 238 Kid from Left Field , The , 119 African American, 62 , 64 , 66–67 Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 82 Astrodome, xx , 145–146 All American Girls Baseball League , 223 Camden Yards, xxii All-American Girls Professional Baseball Candlestick Park, 97 League (AAGPBL), 88 , 112 Comiskey Park, 67 , 186 Allen, Dick (Richie), 76–79 County Stadium, 95–96 , 101 Allen, Mel, 221, 224 , 226 , 230 , 232 Crosley Field, xviii, 146 All-Star Game, xviii , 67 , 86–87, 163 , 179 , Dodger Stadium, 31 , 99–101, 109 , 224 , 226 , 231–232 , 234–235 145 Allyn, Arthur, 233 Ebbets Field, 76 , 78 , 97–98 , 102 , 131 , Alou, Moises, 133 145 , 225 American Association (AA), xvi , 18, 63, 142 , Fenway Park, 113, 118 , 131 , 147 , 238 202 Forbes Field, xvii , 144–145 , 223 American Dream, 1 , 21 , 111 Joe Robbie Stadium, 102 American League (AL), xvi , 15–16, 18, 39 , Koshien Stadium, 158–159 73 , 83 , 86 , 202 , 208 League Park, 223 Anderson, Sam, 100 Memorial Coliseum, 100 , 109 , 227 Anderson, Sparky, 189 Minute Maid Park, 146 Angell, Kate Polo Grounds, xvii , 21 , 29–31 , 83 , Squeeze Play , 25 96, 223 Angell, Roger, 129–130 , 133 Ruppert Stadium, 148 “Early Innings,” 134–135 Shea Stadium, 92, 99 , 101 Game Time , 131–132 Shibe Park, 97 Angels in the Outfi eld (fi lm), see Dear, Sportsman’s Park, 222 William Three Rivers Stadium, 101 , 103 Anson, Cap, 62 Wrigley Field, 112 , 133 antitrust, xvii , 4 , 19 , 78 , 98 , 101 , 204–206 , Yankee Stadium, xvii, xviii–xix , 83, 86 , 92 , 216 96 , 102, 127 , 135 , 141 , 144–145 , Sherman Antitrust Act, 204 , 206 148 , 222 , 229 Aparicio, Luis, xix Baltimore Orioles, xvi , xix, xxii, 96 Arledge, Roone, 232 Bamberger, George, 186 Arlin, Harold, 223 Bando, Sal, 218 assimilation, 4 , 51 , 54–58 , 169 , 221 Bang the Drum Slowly (fi lm), see Hancock, Astrodome, see ballparks John D. Auch, M. J. Banks, Ernie, 73 , 90 One-Handed Catch , 30 Barber, Walter Lanier “Red,” 88 , 225–227 Auster, Paul, 25 Bartman, Steve, 133–134 Squeeze Play , 25 Baseball Digest , see media Baseball Joe series, see Chadwick, Lester Baade, Robert A., 103–104 Baseball Magazine , see media Babe Ruth Story , The (fi lm), see Del Ruth, Baseball Stars , see media Roy Bates, Albert, 155 Bacon, Lloyd Beadle’s Dime Base-Ball Player , see media It Happens Every Spring , 119 Beane, Billy, 36 Bad News Bears , The (fi lm), see Ritchie, Beaumont, Gerald Michael “Tin Can Tommy,” 24 Badham, John Beckley, Jake, 185–186 Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Beeston, Paul, 210 Kings , 117 Bell, James Thomas “Cool Papa,” 70 , 73

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Belle, Albert, xxii business, 1 , 3 , 6 , 17–18 , 93, 101 , 105 , 107– Bendix, William, 116 108 , 141 , 143 , see also antitrust ; Berenger, Tom, 114 franchises ; luxury tax ; revenue Berg, Moe, 84 sharing ; salaries Berra, Yogi, 149 Butler, Dick, 77 Binder, Mike The Upside of Anger , 114 Camden Yards, see ballparks Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Campanella, Roy, 73 , 227 Kings , The (fi lm), see Badham, John Campanis, Al, 218 Bissinger, Buzz, 132 Canel, Buck, 235 3 Nights in August , 126 Canseco, Jose, 40 Black Sox scandal, see cheating Juiced , xxiii , 6 black(s), see African American Caray, Harry, 139 , 227 , 231 Black, Joe, 73 Caribbean, xix, 49, 51 , 71 , 83 , 144, 213 Blagojevich, Rod, 134 Caribbean Series, xix , 174 , 183 Blair, Leslie, 152 Carmichael, John Blasingame, Don, 161 “The Barber Shop,” 222 Blue, Vida, 217 , 219 Carolina League, 77 Bolden, Ed, 65 Cartwright, Alexander Joy Jr., 10, 142 Bonds, Barry, xxi , xxiii , 39–42, 74, 192 , Caywood, Betty, 127 194 , 210 Chadwick, Henry, 9–10 , 35 Boston Americans, xvi Chadwick, Lester Boston Red Sox, xx , 3 , 24, 28 , 36 , 72–73 , Baseball Joe (series), 22–23 82 , 96, 104 , 131 , 163 , 211 , 216 , Baseball Joe Saving the League , 23 218–219 , 224 , 232 , 235 , 237 Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team , 23 see also fans Baseball Joe, Champion of the League , 23 Boston Red Stockings, xv Baseball Joe, Home Run King , 22 Boswell, Thomas, 185 Charleston, Oscar, 70 Bourdieu, Pierre, 2 cheating, 42 , 140 , 185–195 Boutlier, Brother Matthias, 45 “Black Sox” scandal, xvii , 3 , 6 , 23 , 26–27 , Bouton, Jim 40, 83, 122 , 197 , 205 Ball Four , xxi, 4–6 “hippodroming,” 17–18 Branca, Ralph, 226 corking, 186, 188 Braves (Boston/Milwaukee/Atlanta), 95–96 gambling, xxi , 6 , 17–18 , 28 , 162 , 197 , 199 Brescia, Dick, 232 performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), Brock, Lou, 76 179–180 , 185, 195 , 199 , 213 Broeg, Bob, 222 steroids, xxiii , 6 , 40 , 42 , 44 , 141 , 179 , Brooklyn, 100, 107 185 , 213 Brooklyn Dodgers, see Dodgers Chicago White Sox, xvii , xxii , 40, 123 , 180 , Brooks, Peter, 197 , 199 see also cheating: “Black Sox” Broun, Heywood, 23 , 222 scandal Brown, Kevin, xxiii Chicago White Stockings, 18 , 62 , 143 Buck, Jack, 227 , 232 children, 9–10 , 29 , 45 , 140, 152 , Buck, Joe, 235 see also literature, baseball in: Buckner, Bill, 233 juvenile Bull Durham (fi lm), see Shelton, Ron in Latin America, 175–182 Bumbry, Al, 91 China, 165 , 236 Burdick, Jefferson, 147–149 , 152 Chirkinian, Frank, 229 American Card Catalog , 153 Cincinnati Red Stockings, 61 Card Collectors Bulletin /American Card Cincinnati Reds, xviii, 90 , 225 Catalog , 147 Clarke, William Burley, Dan, 71 Boy’s Own Book, The , 10 buscones , 176 , 179–182 Clemens, Roger, xxi , 194

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Clemente, Roberto, xix , xxi, 168–169 , 174 Del Ruth, Roy Cleveland Indians, xix , 36 , 73 , 86 , 96 Babe Ruth Story , The , 120 Cobb (fi lm), see Shelton, Ron Delgado, Carlos, 93 Cobb, Ty, xvi, xviii, xxi , 3 , 24, 38 , 82 , 121 , DeLillo, Don 148, 185 , 191 , 203–204 Underworld , 30–31 Cold War, 89–90 , 93 , 116 DePodesta, Paul, 36 Coleman, Jerry, 232 designated hitter, see rules of play Colombia, 175 Deutsch, Jordan, 119 Comiskey Park, see ballparks Dewey, Donald Comiskey, Charles, 24 10th Man , The , 125 , 127 Complete Baseball , see media Diaz, Porfi rio, 56 contracts, xvii, xviii, xxi–xxiii , 18–19 , 35 , Dihigo, Martin, 70 63 , 66–67 , 74 , 140–141 , 148 , 163 , DiMaggio, Joe, xviii , 3 , 89 , 139–140 , 149 , 174 , 176–178 , 181 , 202 , 204–205 , 193 , 234 208 , 216–220 , 228 , see also reserve Doak, Bill, 143 clause xv, xvii Doby, Larry, xix, 73 , 76 Uniform Minor League Players Contract Doctorow, E. L. (UMLPC), 177 Ragtime , 21 Cooper, Gary, xviii, 113 , 115 Dodger Stadium, see ballparks Cooperstown, see under New York, Hall of Dodgers Fame Brooklyn, xix–xx , 30 , 61 , 72 , 74, 76, 78 , Coover, Robert 95–99 , 107 , 126–127 , 144 , 225 , Universal Baseball Association , The , 27 , 227–228 , 230 , see also Robinson, 120 Jackie Cosell, Howard, 232 televised, xviii Costas, Bob, 230 , 233–234 World Series, xix, 227 Fair Ball , 126–127 franchise relocation, 97–101 , 107 Costner, Kevin, 114 Los Angeles, xx, xxi, xxiii , 100 , 109 , 144 , Couturié, Bill 163 , 174 , 218–219 , 236 Ed , 119 Dominican Republic Covington, Aaron, 77 baseball in, xix , 171–182 , 213 Covington, Wes, 77 Donaldson, John, 64 Cowan, Tommy, 223 Doubleday, Abner, 3 , 9–10 , 19, 85, 141 Coyle, Harry, 232, 238 Douglas, Paul, 121 Crawford, Sam, 185–186 Douglass, Frederick, 79 Creamer, Robert, 46 Dowd, John M., 198–199 Creighton, Jim, 13 Dreyfuss, Barney, 145 Crosley Field, see ballparks Dupuy, Bob, 212 Cuba, 165 , 174 baseball in, xv , 71 , 173–174 Eastman, George, 223 leagues, xviii Ebbets Field, see ballparks Cuban League, xvi Eckert, William, 90 , 231 teams Ed (fi lm), see Couturié, Bill All Cubans, xvi Edmunds, Murrell Behold, Thy Brother , 25 Damn Yankees! (fi lm), see Abbott, George Elias Sports Bureau, 35 Dandridge, Ray, 70 Elson, Bob, 224 Daniel, Dan, 86 , 222 Emmet, Robert, 87 Dapper, Cliff, 228 Entertainment Sports Programming De Niro, Robert, 113 Network, see media (ESPN) Dean, Dizzy, 70, 229 Epstein, Theo, 36 Dear, William equipment, 85 , 87 , 92 , 138–139 , 141–144 Angels in the Outfi eld , 121 balls, 13 , 138, 141–142

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bats, 10 , 13 , 77 , 138 , 141–143 relocation, 4 , 73 , 95–105 , see also chest protectors, 14 , 138 Dodgers gloves, 143 Franco, John, 132 helmets, 16 , 138 Fraternity of the Professional Baseball masks, 14 , 138 , 235 Players of America, 203–204, 215 uniforms, caps, 143–144 Frazee, Harry, 104 ESPN, see media free agency, xxi , 4–5, 19, 70 , 76 , 79 , Evans, David M. 174–175 , 207–208 , 214 , 218–219 , Sandlot , The , 121 see also reserve clause Evers, Johnny, 83 Freedman, William More Than a Pastime , 126 Fainaru-Wada, Mark Frick, Ford, 90 Game of Shadows , xxiii, 40 Fuji Athletic Club, 51 fans, i, 2–4 , 6 , 9 , 11 , 17 , 25, 29, 35–41 , Fukuda, Frank, 52–54 49 , 58 , 61, 63–64, 67–71 , 76–77, Fultz, David, 204–205 86–88, 91–93 , 95 , 97 , 99–100, 102 , Furillo, Carl, 127–128 104–105 , 108–109 , 118 , 121 , 125– 135 , 139–140 , 143 , 146 , 163–165 , Gaedel, Eddie, 3 186–188 , 190–191 , 193–194 , 198 , Gakko, Kaitakushi, 155 201 , 203–204 , 206 , 210–211 , 213 , Galvin, Pud, 185 , 194 222 , 229–230 gambling, see cheating “Red Sox Nation,” 104 , 126 , 129 Game of Shadows , see Fainaru-Wada, Farrell, Frank, 96 Mark Faubus, Orval, 78 Game of the Week , see media Fear Strikes Out (fi lm), see Mulligan, Robert Garagiola, Joe, 233 Federal League (FL), xvi, 3 , 24 , 204–205 Gardella, Danny, 79 Fehr, Don, 208 Gatewood, Big Bill, 63 Feller, Bob, 70, 86–87 , 90 Gehrig, Lou, xviii , 26 , 38 , 84 , 113 , 115 , 139 , Fenway Park, see ballparks 159 , 223 Fetter, Henry D., 98 Giamatti, Bart, 198 Field of Dreams , see Robinson, Phil Alden Gibson, Bob, 74, 76–77 , 79 Fielder, Prince, 74 Gibson, Josh, xviii, 69 , 71 , 73 Fingers, Rollie, 218–219 Gibson, Kirk, 233 Finley, Charlie, 127 , 207 , 216–217 , 219 Gidwitz, Mike, 153 Fisk, Carlton, 129–130 , 232 Giles, Bill, 108 Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 23 , 235 Glanville, Doug Great Gatsby , The , 21 Game from Where I Stand, The , 130–131 Fitzsimmons, Cortland Glavin, Bill, 229 Death on the Diamond , 24 Goldberg, Gary David, 229 Flanagan, Pat, 224 Goltz, Dave, 91 Flood, Curt, xx , xxi, 74–79 , 207 , 217 Gompers, Samuel, 205 Flood v. Kuhn , 78 Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 4 , 132 Florida, 87 , 102–103 Wait Till Next Year , 131 For Love of the Game (fi lm), see Gowdy, Curt, 231–233 Raimi, Sam Gowdy, Hank, 83 Forbes Field, see ballparks Grant, Charlie, 63 Foster, Andrew (Rube), 63–66, 70 , 74 Grant, Eddie, 83 Fowler, Bud, 63 Grant, Frank, 64 Foxx, Jimmie, 38 Grant, M. Donald, 97 franchises, 18 , 65–66, 95 , 101–105 , 109 , Gratz, Alan 158 , 160 , 206 , 212 Brooklyn Nine , The , 29 expansion, xvi , xix–xxii , 101–102 , 206 , Gray, Pete, 88 228 Great Depression, xviii , 1 , 46, 65, 69 , 88

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Green, Alfred E. home runs, xvii , xx , xxi, xxii–xxiii , 5 , 16 , 22 , Jackie Robinson Story , The , 116–117, 119 26 , 30 , 35 , 38–40 , 42 , 45–46 , 67 , Green, Pumpsie, 73 69–70 , 114 , 129 , 134 , 141 , 145 , Greenberg, Eric Rolfe 191 , 193–194 , 232 , 236 Celebrant , The , 27–29 , 120 Hornsby, Rogers, xvii, 38 , 142 , 185 Greenberg, Hank, xix, 85–86 , 185 Horton, Willie, 118 Greenberg, Steve, 207 Housman, A.E. Greenlee, Gus, 66–68, 74 “To An Athlete Dying Young,” 115 Greenwald, Hank, 227–228 Houston Astros, xxi Gretzky, Wayne, 153 Houston Colt .45s, xx Grew, Joseph, 160 Houston, T.L., 83 Griffey, Ken Jr., xxii Huizenga, Wayne, 102 Griffi th, Clark, 83 , 85–86 Hulbert, William, 18 , 201–202 Grimsley, Jason, 186 Hunter, Catfi sh, 217 Gross, Milton, 99 Hunter, Torii, 173 Grove, Lefty, 159 Hurst, Tim, 185 Gruber, John, 152–153 Gutman, Dan, 30 Iraq War, 92–93 Honus & Me , 30 Irvin, Monte, 73–74 , 76 Gutsmuths, Johann, 10 Isaacs, Stan, 98 Isaminger, James Hahn, Kenneth, 98 “Tips From the Sporting Ticker,” 222 Halberstam, David, 76 It Happens Every Spring (fi lm), see Bacon, Hall of Fame, xviii , xxi, 10 , 41–42, 55 , 64 , Lloyd 70 , 93 , 141 , 149 , 168 Hall, Donald, 21 , 134 Jackie Robinson Story , The , see Green, Halper, Barry, 147–150 Alfred E. Hamill, Pete, 99 Jackson, “Shoeless” Joe, 27 , 83 , 122–123 , Hamilton, Milo, 227 198–199 Hammett, Dashiell Jackson, Darrin, 235 Maltese Falcon , The , 21 Jackson, Reggie, 217 , 219 Hancock, John D. James, Bill, 34 , 36 , 42 , 140 , 192–193 Bang the Drum Slowly , 113 Politics of Glory , 41 Harmon, Merle, 230 The Bill James Baseball Abstract , 34 Harrelson, Ken, 216 Jamieson, Dave, 147 Harridge, Will, 86 Japan, 2 , 51 , 53 , 55 , 87 , 144 , 155–165 , 213, Harris, Lou, 231 236 Harris, Mark, 122 baseball in, xv , xviii, xxiii , 38 , 51–52 Bang the Drum Slowly , 26 leagues, 163 , 174 Southpaw , The , 26 Central League, 161–162 Harwell, Ernie, 223 , 225–228 , 232 , Japanese Baseball League, xviii , 160 235–237 Pacifi c League, 161 Henrich, Tommy, 227 Tokyo Big 6 Intercollegiate Baseball Herbert, Tom, 83 League, 157 Hernandez, Keith, 188 teams, 158–160, 163 Pure Baseball , 125–126 , 129 Nankai Hawks, 162 Heydler, John, 35 Orix Blue Wave, 169 Hill, John Preston “Pete,” 64 Tokyo Giants, 160 Hillman, Trey, 162 Yomiuri Giants, 162 Hiraoka, Hiroshi, 156 World War II, 46, 84 Hirooka, Tatsuro, 162 Pearl Harbor, 55 Hodgkin, G.B., 57 Japanese players, xxii , 55 , 83 , 156 , 158 , Hofheinz, Roy, 146 162–164 , 169–170

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Maddux, Greg, xxi, 194 magazines Major League (fi lm), see Ward, David S. Baseball Digest , 227 Major League Baseball (MLB), xvi, xvii , Baseball Magazine , 85 , 222 xviii, xix, 16, 19 , 76 , 78–79 , 81 , Baseball Stars , 226 89 , 102 , 143–144 , 163 , 165 , 169 , Collier’s , 222 171–182 , 192 , 198 , 201 , 213 Complete Baseball , 226 Major League Baseball Players Association Saturday Evening Post , 222 (MLBPA), xix , 19, 90, 182 Sports Illustrated , 78, 133 , 148 , 223 , Malamud, Bernard 226–227 , 230 , 233 , 235, 237 Natural , The , xix , 25–26 , 29, 120 , 122 TIME , 225 Mandak League, 73 newspapers, 140, 152, 221–223 Manfred, Rob, 210 Asahi Shinbun , 157 , 159 Manley, Abe, 68 Chicago Broad Ax , 64 Manley, Effa, 67 , 71, 74 Chicago Daily News , 156 , 222 Manning, Tom, 223 Chicago Tribune , 178 Mantle, Elvin, 139 El Heraldo , 57 Mantle, Mickey, xix , 3 , 5 , 39 , 139–140 , 149 , Japanese American Courier , 54–55 194 , 198 Mainichi Shinbun , 157–159 , 161 Manuel, Charlie, 161 New York Herald-Tribune , 222 Maraniss, David, 168 New York Post , 99 Marcus, Kenneth H., 129 New York Times , 130 , 149 , 169 , 221 Maris, Roger, xx , xxii, 39 , 194 , 236 Seattle Post-Intelligencer , 52 Marshall, Penny, 112 Sporting Life , 222 League of Their Own , A , xxii , 88 , 112 Sporting News , xv, 83–85 , 90 , 135 , 142 , Martinez, Pedro, 194 147–148 , 223–224 Matheson, Victor A., 103–104 St. Louis Post Dispatch , 222 Mathewson, Christy, xvi , xviii , 22, 28, Village Voice , 71 82 , see also Chadwick, Lester ; Wall Street Journal , 148 , 230 , 237 Greenberg, Eric Rolf Washington Post , 179 , 185 , 221 , 230 Matsui, Hideki, 158 , 164 Yomiuri Shinbun , 159 , 161–162 Matsuzaka, Daisuke, 163 radio, xvii , 58 , 114 , 127 , 130 , 139–140 , Matthews, Dell, 63 146 , 148 , 157 , 221 , 223–228 Matthews, Gary, 235 Game of the Day , 228 Mayoral, Luis, 168 Game of the Week , 232 Mays, Willie, xix , 1 , 7 , 73 television, 139–140 , 225 , 238 Mazeroski, Bill, 229 CBS, 234 McCarthy, Eugene, 237 ESPN, xxi , 229 , 232 , 234–236 McCarthy, Joe, 223 Fox, 235 McCoskey, Barney, 148 Game of the Week , xix, 229–230 , McGraw, John, xvi, 22, 24 , 62–63 , 186 233–235 , 238 McGwire, Mark, xxii–xxiii , 39–42, 141, Monday Night Baseball , 232 190 , 192–193 , 210 , 236 NBC, 225–232 , 234–235 , 237 McLain, Denny, 114 TBS, 233 , 236 McLendon, Gordon, 228 This Week in Baseball , 232–233, McNall, Bruce, 153 235 McNally, Dave, xxi, 19 , 79 , 207 , 218 Worldwide Web, 35 , 133 , 140 , 236 McNamee, Graham, 224 Major League Baseball Advanced Media McPhee, Bid, 143 (MLBAM), 212 , 213 McReynolds, Kevin, 118 memorabilia, 140–141 , 147–150 media, 27 , 46 , 49 , 81 , 99 , 140 , 149 , 153 , autographs, 139–140, 148 , 198 158, 163 , 197 , 202 , 211 , 213 , 238 cards, xv , 139–140 , 147–148 Beadle’s Dime Base-Ball Player , 139 American Tobacco Company (ATC), Famous Sluggers Yearbook , 223 147 , 152 , 221

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Piedmont Tobacco Company, 152 National Commission, 203–205 T-206 Honus Wagner, 30 , 141 , 148 , National League (NL), xv, xvi , 15 , 18, 30, 152–153 35 , 78 , 86, 95, 102 , 142 , 163 , 192 , Mendez, Jose, 66 201 , 208–209 Merkle, Fred (“Merkle’s Boner”), 26, 28 National League of Professional Baseball Messersmith, Andy, xxi , 19 , 79 , 207 , 217–219 Clubs, see National League (NL) Mexican American baseball, 50, 55–59 national pastime, i , xvii , 2 , 49–51 , 54 , 57 , teams 59 , 61 , 72 , 81–82 , 85 , 92 , 95 , 101, Corona Athletics Baseball Club, 58 111 , 139 , 168 , 171 , 199–200 , 202 El Paso Shoe Store, 57 patriotism, 58 , 81–82 , 84–87 , 90–91 , 93 , El Porvenir Grocery, 57 231 Ortiz New Fords, 57 Natural , The (fi lm), see Levinson, Barry Mexican American communities, 4 , 49 , Navin, Frank, 204 56–58, 145 Negro Leagues, see African American League of United Latin American Citizens baseball leagues (LULAC), 56 Nelson, Lindsey, 226–229 , 231 Los Angeles, 55 , 57 New York, 92 Texas, 56 Cooperstown, 9 , 41 , 55 , 70, 111 , 141 , Mexico, 57 235 baseball in, xix , 56–57 , 71 , 173 , 175 New York Giants, xvi, xvii , xx , 22 , 26 , Michaels, Al, 232 96–97 , 161 , 186 , see also San Milland, Ray, 119 Francisco Giants Miller, Marvin, xx–xxi , 210 , 216 , 218–219 New York Mets, xx , 92 , 97 , 99 , 102 , 104 , Milwaukee Brewers, xxii , 207 , 211 118 , 126 , 131–132 , 183 , 188 , 217 , Ming, Yao, 165 231 , 233 monopoly, xvii, 18, 142 , 162 , 203–204 , 206 , New York Yankees, xvi, xvii , xviii–xix, xxi, 214 , 230 , see also antitrust 4 , 6 , 26 , 49 , 74 , 96–97 , 102 , 104 , Monroy, Douglas, 57 121 , 144 , 159 , 161 , 164 , 206 , Montreal Expos, xx , xxiii , 101 216–217 , 219 , 221 , 223 , 225 , Montville, Leigh, 45 227–228 , 232–233 , 235 , 237 Moore, Marianne, 21 , 128, 133 Newfi eld, Jack, 99 “Baseball and Writing,” 128 , 134 Nixon, Richard, 90, 149 , 217 Morgan, Connie, 71 Nomo, Hideo, xxii, 163 Moseley, Beauregard, 64 Nomura, Gail, 55 Moses, Robert, 98–99 Nuxhall, Joe, 88 Mr. Baseball (fi lm), see Schepisi, Fred Mulcahy, Hugh, 86 O’Rourke, Frank Mulligan, Robert Flashing Spikes , 25 Fear Strikes Out , 113 Team , The , 25 Mullin, Willard, 226 Oakland, 52 Murakami, Masanori, 162–163 Obata, Zoruku, 51 Murphy, Jack, 230 O’Doul, Frank (Lefty), 84 , 166 Murphy, Tom, 103 , 105 Oh, Sadaharu, 162 Musial, Stan, 222 Olympics, xxii , 165 O’Malley, Walter, 96–101 , 105 , 107–109 Nagashima, Shigeo, 162 Ott, Mel, 38 National Agreement, xv, xvi , xvii , 18, 203 , Owens, Jesse, 71 205 National Association of Base Ball Players Pacifi c Coast League, 97, 160 (NABBP), xv, 17–18 Paige, Satchel, xviii, xxi, 69–71 , 73 National Association of Professional Base Panama, 175 Ball Players (NAPBBP), xv, 18 , 61, baseball in, 173 201 Parrott, Harold, 225

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Pastis, Stephan Reagan, Ronald, 146 , 225 “Pearls Before Swine,” 1 , 7 Redford, Robert, 113 , 122 Pataki, George, 179 Renteria, Edgar, 235 Patrick, Van, 228 reserve clause, xv , xvii , xx–xxi , 18–19 , Pearson, Bruce, 113 74 , 76 , 79, 140 , 174 , 203–204 , Pennock, Herb, 78 206–207 , 216–219 performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), revenue sharing, 208–211 see cheating Reynolds, Harold, 235 Perini, Lou, 95–96 Rhubarb (fi lm), see Lubin, Arthur Perkins, Anthony, 113 Rice, Grantland, 223 Petroskey, Dale, 93 Tumult and the Shouting , The , 222 Philadelphia Athletics, 96 Rickey, Branch, xvii , xviii, 36 , 72–73 , 76 , 78, Philadelphia Phillies, 77–79 , 86, 109 , 161 , 83 , 107 211–212 , 236 Riess, Steven A., 144 Piersall, Jimmy, 3 , 113 Ripken, Cal, 210 Pincus, J. David, 126 Ritchie, Michael Pinsky, Robert, 21 Bad News Bears , The , 117 Pittsburgh Pirates, xvi , 103 , 105 , 121 , 134 , Robbins, Tim, 114 145 , 152 , 168 , 176–178 , 227 , 229 Robeson, Paul, 116 Plimpton, George, 132–133 Robinson, Frank, 77 PNC Park, 103–104 Robinson, Jackie, xviii , xix, 3 , 29 , 37 , 61 , Pollock, Syd, 66 72–73 , 76–79 , 116, 118 , 144 , 234 Posey, Cum, 66–67 Robinson, Phil Alden Poulson, Norris, 98 Field of Dreams , 112 , 114 , 118 , 122–123 , Pride of the Yankees , The , see Wood, Sam 236 Prince, Bob, 227 Rodman, Edmon J. Professional Baseball Players of America, xvi Nomo: The Tornado Who Took America Prown, Jules D., 138 by Storm , 163 Puerto Rico, 168–169 , 236 Rodney, Lester, 71 baseball in, xix , 173–175 Rodriguez, Alex, xxii–xxiii, 49 Pulliam, Harry, 203 Rogan, Bullet, 66 Roogie’s Bump (fi lm), see Young, Harold race, see African American; Cuba; Rookie of the Year (fi lm), see Stern, Daniel Dominican Republic; Japan; Roosevelt, Franklin, 86 , 224 Japanese American; Mexico; Rose, Pete, xx, xxi, 197–200 Mexican American; Puerto Rico; My Prison Without Bars , 198 Venezuela Ross, Murray, 1 integration, xix, xx , 3–4 , 25, 62, 67 , Roth, Allan, 36 71–73 , 76–79 , 88–89, 206 Roth, Philip segregation, xvi, 2–3, 5 , 17 , 49 , 61–64 , 70, “My Baseball Years,” 134–135 76–79 , 89 American Pastoral , 29 Radbourn, Charles “Old Hoss,” 194 rounders, see rules of play Radcliffe, “Double Duty,” 70 Rozelle, Pete, 230 Radcliffe, Alec, 67 Rudi, Joe, 218–219 Rader, Benjamin, 50 rules of play, xvi, see also cheating Raimi, Sam batting, 10 , 12 , 15 For Love of the Game , 114 designated hitter, 16 , 20 Ramirez, Felo, 235 fi eld dimensions, 11–12 Ramirez, Manny, xxiii Knickerbocker rules, 10 , 13 Ravitch, Dick, 208–209 pitching, 10 , 12–15 Rawlings, George H., 138 overhand, xv Rawls, John, 195 spitballs, xvii, 15, 186 Reach, Al, 141 rounders, 9

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Runyon, Damon, 222 Snipes, Wesley, 114 Ruth, Babe, xvii–xviii, xx, xxi, 2 , 33–43, Society for American Baseball Research 45–46, 49, 82–84 , 104 , 115–116 , (SABR), 34 , 91 , 140 121 , 134 , 139 , 141–142 , 145 , 148 , Sosa, Sammy, 192 , 210 159–160 , 191 , 193–194 , 222 Sotomayor, Sonya, 209 Ryan, Nolan, xx , xxi, 64 Spalding, Albert G., 57 , 138 , 141–143 , 156 Spalding, Keith, 57 Sacramento, 52 Spencer, Daryl, 161 Sakamoto, Jimmy, 54 Spink, Taylor, 222 salaries, xvii , xx , 5 , 71, 88, 92 , 201–212 , St Louis Browns, 96 217 , 219–220 stadiums, see ballparks African American players, 66 Stargell, Willie, 76 salary cap, 209 , 214 Stark, Abe, 98 Sally League, 77 statistics, 34–43 , 45 , 193–194 Salsinger, Harry G. Negro Leagues, 69 “The Umpire,” 222 Stearnes, Turkey, 70 Salt Lake City, 97 Stein, Aaron Marc San Francisco, 52 , 97 Twin Killing , 24 San Francisco Giants, 97 , 162 , see also New Stein, Barney, 226 York Giants Stein, Fred San Jose, 52 History of the Baseball Fan , A , 125 Sandlot , The (fi lm), see Evans, David M. Steinbrenner, George, 216–217, 219 Santop, Louis “Big Top,” 64 Stengel, Casey, 3 Saperstein, Abe, 71 Stern, Bill, 225 Sarandon, Susan, 114 Stern, Daniel Scheinman, Andrew Rookie of the Year , 117 , 119 Little Big League , 119 steroids, see cheating Schepisi, Fred Stone, Toni, 71 Mr. Baseball , 114 Stoneham, Horace, 96–97 Scherick, Edgar, 229 Stout, Rex Schwarz, Alan, 36 “This Won’t Kill You,” 24 Numbers Game , The , 119 Stovey, George, 62–63 Scully, Vin, xix , 227–228 , 230 , 233 , 235 Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 34 , 43 Seitz, Peter, xxi , 4 , 207 , 217 Uncle Tom’s Cabin , 33 , 37 Selig, Bud, xx , xxii , 180, 198 , 207 , 209–212 , Street & Smith’s Baseball Yearbook , 227 214 , 234 , 237 Street & Smith’s Sports Business Daily , 236 Selleck, Tom, 114 Strong, Nat, 66 Seymour, Harold, 50 Suo, Takeo, 50 Shapiro, Michael, 98–99 Suttles, Mule, 67 , 73 Sheehy, Pete, 139 Sutton, Don, 186 Sheen, Charlie, 114 Suzuki, Ichiro, xxiii , 163 , 169–170 Sheffi eld, Gary, 173 Sylvester, Johnny, 45 Shelton, Ron, 38 Symington, Stuart, 216 Bull Durham , 114 Cobb , 121 Taft, William Howard, 221 Shibazaki, Ryoichi, 52–53 Taglioni, Marie, 37 Sisler, George, 82 Taiwan Skinner, Bob, 79 baseball in, 164 Skolnik, Richard Taylor, C.I., 65–66 Baseball and the Pursuit of Innocence , Terry, Ralph, 229 133–134 Thomas, Frank, 193 Smith, Red, 108 Thompson, Frank, 62 Smith, Wendell, 71 Thomson, Bobby, 30–31 , 226 , 228

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