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

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction (William M. Simons)Part I. Biography: From Mythology to Authenticity Finding George: The Unique Challenge of Writing Sports Biography (Jane Leavy) Seeking a More Authentic Jackie Robinson (Sarah Burns) Part II. Gender and GenerationsSkirting the Game VI: A Conversation with Jane Leavy and Janet Marie Smith (Jean Hastings Ardell) Play, Play, Gone Away, Come Again Another Day: My Father’s Reflections on His Youth Baseball Experience… and Why It Matters(Jay C. Kimiecik)Your Father’s Field: What the National Pastime Tells Us About Dads, Their Children and the Relationships Between Them (Rick Ginsberg)“The Mo’ Things Change…”: Exceptionalism in Girls’ Baseball in the United States (Jennifer Ring) Part III. Race and Ethnicity on the Base Paths Baseball as a Bridge on the Border: Baseball as a Driving Force for Desegregation in Baltimore (Jacob R. Levin)Chasing Baseball Dreams: Curating Jewish American Identity (William M. Simons)Part IV. Ballparks Abandoned and EnvisionedThe ­O’Malley and the City: The Connection of the Stadium to Postwar Urban Renewal (Andrew Lang)The Braves’ Plan to Desert Turner Field and Move Again: Public Funding for a New Stadium in the Suburbs (Patricia L. Bryan)The Social Construction of Baseball Stadiums as Cathedrals of Consumption (Michael Friedman)Part V. Baseball CinemaBlown Saves: The Fate of Baseball’s Silent Cinema (Marshall G. Most) “I’m a Goddamn Peach”: Feminine Force and Narrative Friction in Penny Marshall’s A League of Their Own (Robert Repici) Part VI. Business, Law and the GameReshaping Baseball: The Positive Impact of Commissioner Ford Frick (David A. Bohmer)Major League Baseball’s Next Expansion Team: A Case Problem for University Students (Daniel Gutch and Samuel Marshall—with faculty advisors Lawrence J. Gramling and Steven K. Wisensale) Index

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

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction (William M. Simons)Part I. Biography: From Mythology to Authenticity Finding George: The Unique Challenge of Writing Sports Biography (Jane Leavy) Seeking a More Authentic Jackie Robinson (Sarah Burns) Part II. Gender and GenerationsSkirting the Game VI: A Conversation with Jane Leavy and Janet Marie Smith (Jean Hastings Ardell) Play, Play, Gone Away, Come Again Another Day: My Father’s Reflections on His Youth Baseball Experience… and Why It Matters(Jay C. Kimiecik)Your Father’s Field: What the National Pastime Tells Us About Dads, Their Children and the Relationships Between Them (Rick Ginsberg)“The Mo’ Things Change…”: Exceptionalism in Girls’ Baseball in the United States (Jennifer Ring) Part III. Race and Ethnicity on the Base Paths Baseball as a Bridge on the Border: Baseball as a Driving Force for Desegregation in Baltimore (Jacob R. Levin)Chasing Baseball Dreams: Curating Jewish American Identity (William M. Simons)Part IV. Ballparks Abandoned and EnvisionedThe ­O’Malley and the City: The Connection of the Stadium to Postwar Urban Renewal (Andrew Lang)The Braves’ Plan to Desert Turner Field and Move Again: Public Funding for a New Stadium in the Suburbs (Patricia L. Bryan)The Social Construction of Baseball Stadiums as Cathedrals of Consumption (Michael Friedman)Part V. Baseball CinemaBlown Saves: The Fate of Baseball’s Silent Cinema (Marshall G. Most) “I’m a Goddamn Peach”: Feminine Force and Narrative Friction in Penny Marshall’s A League of Their Own (Robert Repici) Part VI. Business, Law and the GameReshaping Baseball: The Positive Impact of Commissioner Ford Frick (David A. Bohmer)Major League Baseball’s Next Expansion Team: A Case Problem for University Students (Daniel Gutch and Samuel Marshall—with faculty advisors Lawrence J. Gramling and Steven K. Wisensale) Index

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

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction (William M. Simons)Part I. Biography: From Mythology to Authenticity Finding George: The Unique Challenge of Writing Sports Biography (Jane Leavy) Seeking a More Authentic Jackie Robinson (Sarah Burns) Part II. Gender and GenerationsSkirting the Game VI: A Conversation with Jane Leavy and Janet Marie Smith (Jean Hastings Ardell) Play, Play, Gone Away, Come Again Another Day: My Father’s Reflections on His Youth Baseball Experience… and Why It Matters(Jay C. Kimiecik)Your Father’s Field: What the National Pastime Tells Us About Dads, Their Children and the Relationships Between Them (Rick Ginsberg)“The Mo’ Things Change…”: Exceptionalism in Girls’ Baseball in the United States (Jennifer Ring) Part III. Race and Ethnicity on the Base Paths Baseball as a Bridge on the Border: Baseball as a Driving Force for Desegregation in Baltimore (Jacob R. Levin)Chasing Baseball Dreams: Curating Jewish American Identity (William M. Simons)Part IV. Ballparks Abandoned and EnvisionedThe ­O’Malley and the City: The Connection of the Stadium to Postwar Urban Renewal (Andrew Lang)The Braves’ Plan to Desert Turner Field and Move Again: Public Funding for a New Stadium in the Suburbs (Patricia L. Bryan)The Social Construction of Baseball Stadiums as Cathedrals of Consumption (Michael Friedman)Part V. Baseball CinemaBlown Saves: The Fate of Baseball’s Silent Cinema (Marshall G. Most) “I’m a Goddamn Peach”: Feminine Force and Narrative Friction in Penny Marshall’s A League of Their Own (Robert Repici) Part VI. Business, Law and the GameReshaping Baseball: The Positive Impact of Commissioner Ford Frick (David A. Bohmer)Major League Baseball’s Next Expansion Team: A Case Problem for University Students (Daniel Gutch and Samuel Marshall—with faculty advisors Lawrence J. Gramling and Steven K. Wisensale) Index