Contents
Diamond Quotes
Articles
The Changing Seasons of Mark Harris's It Looked Like Forever: Henry Wiggen as Athlete and Everyman
Peter Carino
One-Hit Wonders: A Study of Contract-Year Performance among Impending Free Agents in Major League Baseball
Jason A. Martin, Trey M. Eggleston, Victoria A. Seymour, and Carrie W. LeCrom
How the Shaughnessy Plan Redefined Success in Sports
Charlie Bevis
The Jackie Robinson Story: A Reflection of Its Era
Rob Edelman
There's Something about Barry: Media Representations of a Home Run King
Matt Ventresca
Fan Perceptions of Latino Baseball Players and Their Influence on Overall Fan Satisfaction with Major League Baseball
Jason Sosa and Jacqueline McDowell
English- and Spanish-Speaking Minor League Baseball Players' Perspectives on Community Service and the Psychosocial Benefit of Helping Children
William Harris Ressler, Sebastian Itman Bocchi, and Patricia Rodríguez María
Triple Play
Personal Reviews, Op-ed Pieces, and Polemics from Outside the Purview of the Umpires
An Interview with Marc Simont
David Wilk
Book Reviews
Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game
Debra A. Shattuck
Swinging Away: How Cricket and Baseball Connect
Joe Gray
Early Black Baseball in Minnesota: The St. Paul Gophers, Minneapolis Keystones and Other Barnstorming Teams of the Deadball Era
Dennis Pajot
New Mexico Baseball: Miners, Outlaws, Indians and Isotopes: 1880 to the Present
Ron Briley
Rickwood Field: A Century in America's Oldest Ballpark
Kenneth R. Fenster
Edd Roush: A Biography of the Cincinnati Reds Star
Douglas K. Lehman
Carl Hubbell: A Biography of the Screwball King
Jesse Draper
Beyond DiMaggio: Italian Americans in Baseball
Peter Carino
Dixie Walker of the Dodgers: The People's Choice
Steve Gietschier
Campy: The Two Lives of Roy Campanella
Robert A. Moss
Raceball: How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game
Adrian Burgos Jr.
Integrating Cleveland Baseball: Media Activism, the Integration of the Indians and the Demise of the Negro League Buckeyes
Douglas K. Lehman
The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood
Mark Armour
Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman
Jesse Draper
Knocking on Heaven's Door: Six Minor Leaguers in Search of the Baseball Dream
Shawn O'Hare
Hot Stove Economics: Understanding Baseball's Second Season
Andrew Cleary
Wrigley Regulars: Finding Community in the Bleachers
P. J. Dragseth
Colonial Project, National Game: A History of Baseball in Taiwan
Joel S. Franks
Film Review
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Frank Ardolino
Errors
Contributors