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Generally acknowledged as the preeminent gathering of baseball scholars, the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture has made significant contributions to baseball research and pedagogy.

Mathematics is often challenging for students majoring in nontechnical fields.

Baseball fans may know the story of the Brooklyn Dodgers, but they don't know the whole story.

The Troy Haymakers were a pioneer baseball team legendary for exploits on and off the field.

The story of the "e;Miracle"e; Braves is one of the most memorable in baseball history, but less well known is what the club did after that spectacular season.

For three decades, Louis Norman "e;Bobo"e; Newsom (1907-1962) was one of the most well-known pitchers in baseball.

Forgotten today, Sam Thompson (1860-1922) was one of the most dominant five skills players of his era.

A new type of player is stepping into the batter's box--the on-base specialist.

The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates were a special team--team being the operative word.

The small and midsized cities of western Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia reached their peaks of population and prosperity in the second quarter of the 20th century.

Arguably the greatest ball club in National League history, the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers recorded some staggering statistics.

When the members of the first baseball players' union formed their own league in open revolt against the reserve clause and other restrictive practices of the National League, baseball journalism became less of a "e;curiosity shop"e; phenomenon and moved into the mainstream.

Many in baseball consider the scout to be the most important figure in any organization: It is the scout's work in the high school and college bleachers that unearths future legends.

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The study of baseball history and culture shows the national pastime to be a forum of debate where issues of sport, labor, race, character and the ethics of work and play are decided.

Honus Wagner's spectacular baseball career spanned 21 seasons from 1897 through 1917.

This is the previously untold story of the London Tecumsehs, an 1870s baseball team that rose to the top ranks of pro ball.

In 1947, as the integration of Major League Baseball began, the once-daring American League had grown reactionary, unwilling to confront postwar challenges--population shifts, labor issues and, above all, racial integration.

Born in Austin, Texas, in 1899, Bibb August Falk was the classic stereotype of a Texan, standing six feet.

Long before strip malls, television and huge retail chains homogenized American culture, minor league baseball clubs represented individual, local ideals.

Though baseball would eventually come to embody the American spirit, in the nineteenth century onlookers regarded the game with some ambivalence.

BACK ISSUE Base Ball is a peer-reviewed book series published annually.

BACK ISSUE Under the guidance of Leslie Heaphy and an editorial board of leading historians, this peer-reviewed, annual book series offers new, authoritative research on all subjects related to black baseball, including the Negro major and minor leagues, teams, and players; pre-Negro League organization and play; barnstorming; segregation and integration; class, gender, and ethnicity; the business of black baseball; and the arts.

More than any other sport, baseball has developed its own niche in America's culture and psyche.

The Negro Southern League was a baseball minor league that operated off and on from 1920 to 1951.

This the story of the seven baseball-playing Boyer brothers from western Missouri who signed professional contracts in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

The position of catcher in baseball requires a broad set of physical and mental skills.

When Babe Ruth was sold by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees at the beginning of the Roaring Twenties, the stage was set for one of baseball's greatest dynasties.

The Giants' accomplishments took place against an historical backdrop of a change in the African-American experience.

Over their first four decades in the American League, the Cleveland Indians were known more for great players than consistently great play.

Frank Robinson was one of the greatest baseball players of the 20th century.

The crack of the bat, the cheering of fans and the agility and athleticism of the players are all characteristics that many people fondly associate with Major League Baseball.

This is a history of the New York Yankees over a decade which saw them at the top of the American League and at the bottom.

The 1970s were both successful and tragic for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

One of the oldest and most celebrated franchises in baseball history, the Cincinnati Reds have left an indelible mark on the national pastime.

This is one of the most important baseball books to be published in a long time, taking a comprehensive look at black participation in the national pastime from 1858 through 1900.

This book is an examination of cultural resistance to segregation in the world of black baseball through an analysis of editorial art, folktales, nicknames, "e;manhood"e; and the art of clowning.

This book chronicles the history of the Philadelphia Athletics, the first real dynasty in Major League Baseball.

By the mid-1870s, gambling in baseball threatened the public's confidence in the sport and its very existence as a professional enterprise.

This chronologically organized book is the first to provide comprehensive coverage of forfeits and successful protests of major league baseball games, educating the reader on the rules and prevailing styles of play at the time that each of the games was played.

Chronicling the 1902-1960 rivalry between the Minneapolis Millers and St.

The book chronicles almost 300 in-season changes of managers in the major leagues since 1900.

Most baseball fans know Tom Candiotti as a knuckleballer but he began his career as a conventional pitcher in 1983--after becoming just the second player to appear in the major leagues following Tommy John surgery, at a time when only Tommy John himself had ever come back from the operation.

The exemplar of the major league slugging shortstop before either Honus Wagner or Lou Boudreau, Ed McKean spent a dozen seasons as a high-profile contributor to the Cleveland Spiders, leading his team to three playoff berths and the 1895 Temple Cup championship.

This account of the four baseball seasons of 1900 through 1903 seeks to capture the flavor of the period by providing yearly overviews from the standpoint of each team and by focusing more deeply on 30 or more players of the era--not only such legendary stars as Cy Young and Willie Keeler, but also relative unknowns such as Bill Keister and Kip Selbach.

Baseball has had many outstanding Latin American pitchers since the early 20th century.

"e;A gentleman when the game was hard-bitten, played by rough-and-ready lads out to win whatever the cost.

For more than a century Johnny Evers has been conjoined with Chicago Cubs teammates Frank Chance and Joe Tinker, thanks to eight lines of verse by a New York columnist.

After many years of being an also-ran in the National league, the Pittsburgh Pirates' fortunes changed dramatically following the 1899 season after a monumental deal with the Louisville Colonels.

BACK ISSUE Base Ball is a peer-reviewed book series published annually.