Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed.
More than any other sport, baseball has developed its own niche in America''s culture and psyche. Some researchers spend years on detailed statistical analyses of minute parts of the game, while others wax poetic about its players and plays. Many trace the beginnings of the civil rights movement in part to the Major Leagues'' decision to integrate, and the words and phrases of the game (for exa...
More than any other sport, baseball has developed its own niche in America''s culture and psyche. Some researchers spend years on detailed statistical analyses of minute parts of the game, while others wax poetic about its players and plays. Many trace the beginnings of the civil rights movement in part to the Major Leagues'' decision to integrate, and the words and phrases of the game (for exa...
