William M. Simons is professor of history at the State University of New York–Oneonta.

“excellent...useful and engaging...essential”—Journal of Sport History.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      IntroductionWilliam M. Simons      PART I: BASEBALL AS CULTURE: DANCE, LITERATURE, NATIONAL CHARACTER, AND MYTHPlié Ball! Baseball in American DanceJeff Katz      On the Brink: Babe Ruth in Dennis Lehane’s The Given DayPatricia L. Bryan and Thomas Wolf      The Golem, the Rabbi, and “That Long-Sought Hebrew Star”: Jews in 1920s BaseballWilliam M. Simons      “The crowd began to shout ‘Atta boy,’ with a Lancashire accent”: The English Response to Baseball Exhibition Games in the Early 20th CenturyBeth Hise      The Little Lefty: Southpaw Perceptions and RealityWayne Patterson      PART II: CONSTRUCTING BASEBALL HEROESTy Cobb and the Culture of HonorSteve Tripp      The Sinner and the Saint: National Magazine Coverage of Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson, 1900–1928Amber Roessner      The Making of Charlie Hustle: Pete Rose and the American Dream, 1963–1985Todd F. McDorman      PART III: BLACKS IN BASEBALL: FROM SEGREGATION TO CONFLICTED INTEGRATIONThe East-West Game: All-Stars and Negro League FinancesKenneth Winter and Michael J. Haupert      Playing in the Gray Area: Black Baseball and Its Jewish “Middleman” EconomyRoberta J. Newman and Joel Nathan Rosen      A Calculus of Color: The Slow Integration of the American League, 1947–1959Robert Kuhn McGregor      “The Plantation Owner” and “Brother Vida Blue”: Charlie Finley, Vida Blue, and the Politics of Race in OaklandRon Briley      PART IV: THE ENTERPRISE OF BASEBALL: ECONOMICS AND ENTREPRENEURSHow World War I Nearly Brought Down Professional BaseballCharles DeMotte      Babe Ruth vs. Baby Ruth: The Quest for a CandyCharles A. Poekel, Jr.      Branch Rickey Versus Larry MacPhail: How a Rivalry Turned Feud Impacted Major League Baseball on the Eve of Racial IntegrationLee Lowenfish and William Marshall      PART V: THE GENESIS AND LEGACY OF BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIPUsing BaseballDorothy Seymour Mills      Index

William M. Simons is professor of history at the State University of New York–Oneonta.

“excellent...useful and engaging...essential”—Journal of Sport History.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      IntroductionWilliam M. Simons      PART I: BASEBALL AS CULTURE: DANCE, LITERATURE, NATIONAL CHARACTER, AND MYTHPlié Ball! Baseball in American DanceJeff Katz      On the Brink: Babe Ruth in Dennis Lehane’s The Given DayPatricia L. Bryan and Thomas Wolf      The Golem, the Rabbi, and “That Long-Sought Hebrew Star”: Jews in 1920s BaseballWilliam M. Simons      “The crowd began to shout ‘Atta boy,’ with a Lancashire accent”: The English Response to Baseball Exhibition Games in the Early 20th CenturyBeth Hise      The Little Lefty: Southpaw Perceptions and RealityWayne Patterson      PART II: CONSTRUCTING BASEBALL HEROESTy Cobb and the Culture of HonorSteve Tripp      The Sinner and the Saint: National Magazine Coverage of Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson, 1900–1928Amber Roessner      The Making of Charlie Hustle: Pete Rose and the American Dream, 1963–1985Todd F. McDorman      PART III: BLACKS IN BASEBALL: FROM SEGREGATION TO CONFLICTED INTEGRATIONThe East-West Game: All-Stars and Negro League FinancesKenneth Winter and Michael J. Haupert      Playing in the Gray Area: Black Baseball and Its Jewish “Middleman” EconomyRoberta J. Newman and Joel Nathan Rosen      A Calculus of Color: The Slow Integration of the American League, 1947–1959Robert Kuhn McGregor      “The Plantation Owner” and “Brother Vida Blue”: Charlie Finley, Vida Blue, and the Politics of Race in OaklandRon Briley      PART IV: THE ENTERPRISE OF BASEBALL: ECONOMICS AND ENTREPRENEURSHow World War I Nearly Brought Down Professional BaseballCharles DeMotte      Babe Ruth vs. Baby Ruth: The Quest for a CandyCharles A. Poekel, Jr.      Branch Rickey Versus Larry MacPhail: How a Rivalry Turned Feud Impacted Major League Baseball on the Eve of Racial IntegrationLee Lowenfish and William Marshall      PART V: THE GENESIS AND LEGACY OF BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIPUsing BaseballDorothy Seymour Mills      Index

William M. Simons is professor of history at the State University of New York–Oneonta.

“excellent...useful and engaging...essential”—Journal of Sport History.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      IntroductionWilliam M. Simons      PART I: BASEBALL AS CULTURE: DANCE, LITERATURE, NATIONAL CHARACTER, AND MYTHPlié Ball! Baseball in American DanceJeff Katz      On the Brink: Babe Ruth in Dennis Lehane’s The Given DayPatricia L. Bryan and Thomas Wolf      The Golem, the Rabbi, and “That Long-Sought Hebrew Star”: Jews in 1920s BaseballWilliam M. Simons      “The crowd began to shout ‘Atta boy,’ with a Lancashire accent”: The English Response to Baseball Exhibition Games in the Early 20th CenturyBeth Hise      The Little Lefty: Southpaw Perceptions and RealityWayne Patterson      PART II: CONSTRUCTING BASEBALL HEROESTy Cobb and the Culture of HonorSteve Tripp      The Sinner and the Saint: National Magazine Coverage of Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson, 1900–1928Amber Roessner      The Making of Charlie Hustle: Pete Rose and the American Dream, 1963–1985Todd F. McDorman      PART III: BLACKS IN BASEBALL: FROM SEGREGATION TO CONFLICTED INTEGRATIONThe East-West Game: All-Stars and Negro League FinancesKenneth Winter and Michael J. Haupert      Playing in the Gray Area: Black Baseball and Its Jewish “Middleman” EconomyRoberta J. Newman and Joel Nathan Rosen      A Calculus of Color: The Slow Integration of the American League, 1947–1959Robert Kuhn McGregor      “The Plantation Owner” and “Brother Vida Blue”: Charlie Finley, Vida Blue, and the Politics of Race in OaklandRon Briley      PART IV: THE ENTERPRISE OF BASEBALL: ECONOMICS AND ENTREPRENEURSHow World War I Nearly Brought Down Professional BaseballCharles DeMotte      Babe Ruth vs. Baby Ruth: The Quest for a CandyCharles A. Poekel, Jr.      Branch Rickey Versus Larry MacPhail: How a Rivalry Turned Feud Impacted Major League Baseball on the Eve of Racial IntegrationLee Lowenfish and William Marshall      PART V: THE GENESIS AND LEGACY OF BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIPUsing BaseballDorothy Seymour Mills      Index