In this Issue

Table of Contents

Diamond Quotes

pp. ix-x
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0014
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Pitching Patriotism: Fourth of July Baseball in the Late Nineteenth Century

Adam J. Criblez
pp. 1-8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0015
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The First Japanese Professionals: Guy Green's 1906 Japanese Base Ball Team

Robert K. Fitts
pp. 9-32
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0016
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Orval Overall: A Forgotten Pitcher from the Cubs' Dynastic Past

Jason Cannon
pp. 33-50
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0017
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Finding the "Real" in 1922: Dixon, Lardner, Broun, and the "Great Cultural Divide"

Scott D. Peterson
pp. 51-67
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0018
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Carl Yastrzemski: Baseball's White Rabbit

Zach Sanzone
pp. 68-83
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0019
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Baseball's Blues: An Analysis of the Recommendations of the Blue-Ribbon Panel

Michael J. Haupert, Kenneth Winter
pp. 84-100
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0020
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The Utilization of Statistical Data by the Chicago White Sox Organization: A Historical Analysis

Alan S. Kornspan
pp. 101-124
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0021
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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
pp. 125-141
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0022
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Philip Roth, Trick E. Dixon, and Curt Flood: Baseball as Satire in the Tradition of Jonathan Swift

Ron Briley
pp. 142-161
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0023
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Baseball and America's Founding Fathers: Thomas Jefferson and "Games Played with the Ball"

Alan H. Levy
pp. 162-183
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0024
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Sam Nahem: The Right-Handed Lefty Who Integrated Military Baseball in World War II

Peter Dreier
pp. 184-215
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0025
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My Year in the Big Leagues

Rob Sheinkopf
pp. 216-225
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0026
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Fake History? Charles Leerhsen and the Redemption of Ty Cobb

Steven Elliott Tripp
pp. 226-238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0027
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I Don't Care If I Never Get Back

Earl J. Wilcox
pp. 239-240
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0028
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The Page Fence Giants: A History of Black Baseball's Pioneering Champions by Mitch Lutzke (review)

Jim Overmyer
pp. 241-243
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0029
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The Age of Ruth and Landis: The Economics of Baseball during the Roaring Twenties by David George Surdam and Michael J. Haupert (review)

Steven P. Gietschier
pp. 243-245
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0030
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Babe Ruth and the Creation of the Celebrity Athlete by Thomas Barthel (review)

Frank G. Houdek
pp. 245-248
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0031
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The Integration of the Pacific Coast League: Race and Baseball on the West Coast by Amy Essington (review)

David Lucander
pp. 248-249
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0000
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A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle by Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith (review)

Ron Briley
pp. 250-252
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0001
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God Almighty Hisself: The Life and Legacy of Dick Allen by Mitchell Nathanson (review)

Michael Haupert
pp. 252-254
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0002
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Baseball and American Culture: A History by John P. Rossi (review)

Justin W. R. Turner
pp. 255-258
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0003
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Pastime Lost: The Humble, Original, and Now Completely Forgotten Game of English Baseball by David Block (review)

Jason Cannon
pp. 258-260
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0004
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They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen—The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers by Jason Turbow (review)

Frank G. Houdek
pp. 260-262
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0005
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Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher by David Cone and Jack Curry (review)

Lynn Griffith
pp. 263-264
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0006
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Almost Yankees: The Summer of '81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You've Never Heard Of by J. David Herman (review)

Willie Steele
pp. 265-267
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0007
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Reclaiming 42: Public Memory and the Reframing of Jackie Robinson's Radical Legacy by David Naze (review)

Thomas Wolf
pp. 267-269
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0008
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Home Team: The Turbulent History of the San Francisco Giants by Robert F. Garratt (review)

Paul K. Howard
pp. 269-271
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0009
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Here's the Pitch: The Amazing, True, New, and Improved Story of Baseball and Advertising by Roberta J. Newman (review)

Mark McGee
pp. 271-273
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0010
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Here's the Catch: A Memoir of the Miracle Mets and More by Ron Swoboda (review)

George Skornickel
pp. 273-274
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0011
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The MVP Machine: How Baseball's New Nonconformists are Using Data to Build Better Players by Ben Lindbergh and Travis Sawchik (review)

Allison R. Levin
pp. 275-277
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0012
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From the Dugouts to the Trenches: Baseball During the Great War by Jim Leeke (review)

Ed Edmonds
pp. 277-279
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nin.2017.0013
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