{"product_id":"the-cooperstown-symposium-on-baseball-and-american-culture-2019-and-2021-9781476678382","title":"The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Selected from the two most recent proceedings of the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture (2019 and 2021), this collection of essays explores subject matter centered both inside and beyond the ballpark. Fifteen contributors offer critical commentary on a range of topics, including controversial decisions on the field and in Hall of Fame elections; baseball''s historical role as a rite of passage for boys; two worthy catchers who never received their due; the genesis and development of the minor leagues; and baseball''s place in popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\t\u003cbr\u003eWilliam M. Simons\u003cbr\u003ePart I. Missed Calls—Umpires and Electors\u003cbr\u003e\"Nobody's Perfect\": Armando Galarraga's (Im)Perfect Game \u003cbr\u003eand Instant Replay\u003cbr\u003eTodd F. McDorman and Donovan Bisbee\u003cbr\u003eRigged Elections: The Baseball Hall of Fame's Blacklisting \u003cbr\u003eof Marvin Miller\u003cbr\u003ePeter Dreier\u003cbr\u003ePart II. Coming of\u003cbr\u003eJosephine Morhard: The First Lady of Boys' Baseball\u003cbr\u003eRuth Hanford Morhard\u003cbr\u003eThe First Game as a Rite of Passage: Implications for \u003cbr\u003eAmerican Culture\u003cbr\u003eMark L. Pelesh\u003cbr\u003ePart III. Baseball in the Hinterlands\u003cbr\u003eBecoming New Englanders: Immigrants, Sports, and \u003cbr\u003eConnecticut Yankees in Mid–Twentieth Century America\u003cbr\u003eR.A.R. Edwards\u003cbr\u003eBringing Canadian Baseball Out of Hockey's Shadow\u003cbr\u003eRobert Elias\u003cbr\u003ePart IV. The Catchers—Masked\u003cbr\u003eBlackball's \"Ironman\": Catcher Larry Brown\u003cbr\u003eKeith B. Wood\u003cbr\u003eMoe Berg and the Media: Competing Interpretations \u003cbr\u003eof the Enigmatic ­Catcher-Spy\u003cbr\u003eWilliam M. Simons\u003cbr\u003ePart V. The Minor Leagues—Past and Present\u003cbr\u003eEconomics of Minor League Baseball, 1876–1900\u003cbr\u003eDaniel R. Levitt\u003cbr\u003eAn Age and Place as Golden as Any Other: The 1930s \u003cbr\u003eand 1940s Newark Bears and Eagles\u003cbr\u003eCurt Smith\u003cbr\u003e­MLB-Atlantic League Agreement Rule Changes: Tinker, \u003cbr\u003eNot Evers, No Chance\u003cbr\u003eWayne Patterson\u003cbr\u003ePart VI. The Game in Poetry, Prose, and Music\u003cbr\u003eShubert to Ziegfeld to White: Baseball in Broadway \u003cbr\u003eMusical Revues, 1908–1922\u003cbr\u003eJeffrey M. Katz\u003cbr\u003eJack Kerouac and Fantasy Baseball\u003cbr\u003eThomas Wolf\u003cbr\u003e\"A Great Slow Contraption\": Baseball in the Writings \u003cbr\u003eof Michael Chabon\u003cbr\u003eRichard J. Puerzer\u003cbr\u003eBirds on the Bat and Squirrels on the Field: \u003cbr\u003eThe St. Louis Cardinals in the Postseason\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Stanton\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040461160791,"sku":"9781476678382","price":42.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-cooperstown-symposium-on-baseball-and-american-culture-2019-and-2021-9781476678382","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}