{"product_id":"extra-bases-9780803294479","title":"Extra Bases","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIlluminates significant events and issues in the history of baseball.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Especially useful. . . . is a review of 'Baseball History in the 1980s,' which provides an excellent guide to the baseball literature of that decade.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Virginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Compelling. . . . A splendid job\"—Mark Brazaitis, \u003ci\u003eAethlon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction; Part 1. Reflections on Jackie Robinson; 1. Introduction to The Jackie Robinson Reader (1997); 2. The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1984); 3. Jackie Robinson's Signing: The Untold Story (1988); 4. Afterword to Baseball's Great Experiment (1997); Part 2. Reflections on Race and Baseball; 5. Black Ball: The Jim Crow Years (1989, 2001); 6. Unreconciled Strivings: Baseball in Jim Crow America (2); 7. Introduction to It's Good to Be Alive (1995); 8. Black Ball: The Integrated Game (1989, 2001); Part 3. Reflections on Baseball History; 9. Playing by the Book: Baseball History in the 1980s (1986); 10. Sports from a Sofa (1985); 11. Ken Burns Meets Jackie Robinson (1996); 12. The Polo Grounds (2); 13. Salaries Are Escalating, but They Don't Guarantee Winning (2); Acknowledgments","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405297099095,"sku":"9780803294479","price":13.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803294479.jpg?v=1730489615","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/extra-bases-9780803294479","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}