Baseball : an encyclopedia of popular culture / Edward J. Rielly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rielly, Edward J.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball--Social aspects--United States.

Baseball.

Baseball--Social aspects.

United States.

Popular culture--United States.

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

xvii, 371 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2000.

Summary:

Everything every baseball fan needs to know. Filled with baseball legends, sports facts and firsts, important milestones, and observations about daily life and popular culture.

Baseball has brought us great players, great writers, and some really rotten calls. Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture looks at American society through the prism of its favorite pastime, discussing not only the game but also such issues as race relations, writing, drug abuse, entertainment, gambling, and movies.-- Includes coverage of fascinating and little-known topics such as the 1943 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League-- Chronicles the impact of television on the game-- Contains information regarding the Negro National League and other developments for minorities in the sport

Contents:

Aaron, Henry Louis (Hank, Hammerin' Hank) (1934- ) 1

African Americans 4

Alexander, Grover Cleveland (Old Pete, Alex the Great) (1887-1950) 6

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 7

Allen, Mel (1913-1996) 9

All-Star Games 11

American Legion Baseball 12

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease) 12

Anson, Adrian Constantine (Cap, Pop) (1852-1922) 13

Antitrust Exemption 15

Art 16

Artificial Turf 18

Australian Baseball 18

Autographs 19

Autry, Orvon Gene (1907-1998) 19

Babe Ruth League 21

Baker, John Franklin (Home Run) (1886-1963) 21

Ballparks 23

Banks, Ernest (Ernie, Mr. Cub) (1931- ) 25

Barber, Walter Lanier (Red) (1908-1992) 26

The Baseball Encyclopedia 27

Bauman, Joe Willis (1922- ) 28

Bell, James Thomas (Cool Papa) (1903-1991) 28

Berra, Lawrence Peter (Yogi) (1925- ) 29

Black Sox Scandal 30

Bouton, James Alan (Jim) (1939- ) 33

Brickhouse, John Beasley (Jack) (1916-1998) 34

Brooklyn Dodgers 34

Brown, Mordecai Peter Centennial (Three Finger, Brownie) (1876-1948) 37

Business 38

Campanella, Roy (Campy) (1921-1993) 43

Canadian Baseball 44

Cancer 45

Caray, Harry (ca. 1914-1998) 46

Cards, Baseball 47

Cartwright, Alexander Joy (1820-1892) 49

"Casey at the Bat," 50

Castro, Fidel (1927- ) 52

Chadwick, Henry (1824-1908) 53

Chandler, Albert Benjamin (Happy) (1898-1991) 53

Chapman, Raymond Johnson (Ray) (1891-1920) 54

Cheating 54

Cincinnati Red Stockings 56

Clemente, Roberto Walker (1934-1972) 57

Cobb, Tyrus Raymond (the Georgia Peach) (1886-1961) 58

Collectibles 61

College Baseball 61

Colorado Silver Bullets 63

Comiskey, Charles Albert (Charlie, the Old Roman, Commy) (1859-1931) 64

Commissioner 66

Connors, Kevin Joseph Aloysius (Chuck) (1921-1992) 67

Creighton, James (1841-1862) 68

Cricket 69

Cuban Baseball 70

Cummings, William Arthur (Candy) (1848-1924) 71

Damn Yankees 73

Dean, Jay Hanna (Dizzy) (1910-1974) 74

Democracy 75

DiMaggio, Joseph Paul (Joltin' Joe, the Yankee Clipper) (1914-1999) 77

Disabilities 81

Doby, Lawrence Eugene (Larry) (1923- ) 83

Doubleday, Abner (1819-1893) 84

Durocher, Leo Ernest (the Lip) (1905-1991) 85

Equipment 87

Expansion 90

Family Relationships 93

Fantasy Camps 94

Favorite Baseball Player 94

Feller, Robert William (Rapid Robert) (1918- ) 95

Fiction 96

Field of Dreams 99

Films 99

Finley, Charles Oscar (1918-1997) 102

Flood, Curtis Charles (Curt) (1938-1997) 103

Food Vendors 104

Foster, Andrew (Rube, Jock) (1879-1930) 105

Free Agency 106

Gaedel, Edward Carl (Eddie) (1925-1961) 109

Gambling 109

Games 111

Gashouse Gang 113

Gehrig, Henry Louis (Lou, the Iron Horse) (1903-1941) 113

Giamatti, Angelo Bartlett (1938-1989) 116

Gibson, Joshua (Josh) (1911-1947) 119

Gibson, Pack Robert (Bob, Hoot) (1935- ) 120

Greenberg, Henry Benjamin (Hank) (1911-1986) 121

Grey, Pearl Zane (1875-1939) 123

Griffey, George Kenneth, Jr. (Junior, Ken) (1969- ) 124

Griffith, Clark Calvin (the Old Fox) (1869-1955) 124

Hall of Fame and Museum 127

Hemingway, Ernest Miller (1899-1961) 128

Heroes 131

Hitless Wonders 133

Home Run 133

Hornsby, Rogers (Rajah) (1896-1963) 136

House of David 137

Hunter, James Augustus (Catfish) (1946-1999) 137

Industrial Leagues 139

Internet 140

Irvin, Monford (Monte) (1919- ) 140

Jackson, Joseph Jefferson (Shoeless Joe) (1889-1951) 143

Jackson, Reginald Martinez (Reggie) (1946- ) 144

Japanese Baseball 145

Jewish Americans 147

Johnson, Byron Bancroft (Ban) (1864-1931) 149

Johnson, Walter Perry (the Big Train) (1887-1946) 151

Journalism (Print) 151

Kelly, Michael Joseph (King) (1857-1894) 155

Kiner, Ralph McPherran (1922- ) 156

Kinsella, William Patrick (W. P.) (1935- ) 156

Korean Baseball 157

Koufax, Sanford (Sandy) (1935- ) 158

Kuhn, Bowie K. (1926- ) 159

Labor-Management Relations 161

Lacy, Samuel H. (Sam) (1903- ) 166

Landis, Kenesaw Mountain (1866-1944) 167

Language, Baseball 169

Lardner, Ringgold Wilmer (Ring) (1885-1933) 171

Larsen, Donald James (Don) (1929- ) 173

Lasorda, Thomas Charles (Tommy) (1927- ) 174

Latin American Baseball 174

Law 177

Little League 180

Louisville Slugger 183

Mack, Cornelius Alexander (the Tall Tactician) (1862-1956) 185

MacPhail, Leland Stanford, Sr. (Larry) (1890-1975); and Leland Stanford, Jr. (Lee) (1917- ) 186

Major Leagues 188

Malamud, Bernard (1914-1986) 191

Manley, Effa (1900-1981) 192

Mantle, Mickey Charles (Mick, the Commerce Comet) (1931-1995) 194

Marichal, Juan Antonio (Manito) (1937- ) 196

Maris, Roger Eugene (1934-1985) 196

Mathewson, Christopher (Matty, Big Six) (1880-1925) 197

Mays, Willie Howard (Say-Hey Kid) (1931-) 198

McGraw, John Joseph (Mugsy, Little Napoleon) (1873-1934) 199

McGwire, Mark David (1963-) 200

McLain, Dennis Dale (Denny) (1944-) 203

Men's Senior Baseball League/Men's Adult Baseball League 204

Merkle Boner 204

Miller, Marvin James (1917-) 205

Minor Leagues 205

Murderer's Row 208

Musial, Stanley Frank (Stan the Man) (1920-) 208

Music 210

Myth 211

Native Americans 215

Negro Leagues 217

New York Yankees 219

Nicknames 222

Night Baseball 223

Ott, Melvin Thomas (Master Melvin) (1909-1958) 227

Paige, Leroy Robert (Satchel) (ca. 1906-1982) 229

Peanuts 230

Perfection 231

Periodicals 231

Poetry 232

Polo Grounds 234

PONY Baseball and Softball 234

Postema, Pamela (1954-) 235

Povich, Shirley (1905-1998) 235

Presidents of the United States 236

Quisenberry, Daniel Raymond (1953-1998) 239

Radbourn, Charles Gardner (Old Hoss) (1854-1897) 241

Radio Broadcasting 242

Railroads 244

Records Set 245

Religion 246

Reserve Clause 248

Rice, Grantland (1880-1954) 249

Rickey, Wesley Branch (the Mahatma) (1881-1965) 250

Ripken, Calvin Edwin, Jr. (Cal) (1960-) 252

Ritual 253

Robinson, Frank (1935-) 254

Robinson, Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) (1919-1972) 256

Rose, Peter Edward (Pete, Charlie Hustle) (1941-) 259

Rotisserie Baseball (Fantasy Leagues) 261

Rounders 262

Rural America 263

Ruth, George Herman (Babe, the Bambino, the Sultan of Swat) (1895-1948) 264

Ryan, Lynn Nolan (1947-) 267

Schacht, Alexander (Al) (1892-1984) 271

Scouts 271

Seaver, George Thomas (Tom Terrific) (1944-) 272

Seymour, Harold (1910-1992) 273

Smith, Walter Wellesley (Red) (1905-1982) 273

Smith, Wendell (1914-1972) 274

Society for American Baseball Research 275

Sockalexis, Louis Francis (Chief, Sock) (1871-1913) 276

Softball 277

Sosa, Samuel Peralta (Sammy) (1968-) 278

Souvenirs 279

Spalding, Albert Goodwill (1850-1915) 280

The Sporting News 281

"The Star-Spangled Banner," 283

Statistics 284

Steinbrenner, George Michael, III (1930-) 285

Stengel, Charles Dillon (Casey, the Old Professor) (1890-1975) 286

Strikeouts 288

Substance Abuse 290

Sunday, William Ashley (Billy, Parson, the Evangelist) (1862-1935) 292

Taiwanese Baseball 293

"Take Me Out to the Ball Game," 293

Television Broadcasting 294

Theater 297

Tinker to Evers to Chance 298

Torre, Joseph Paul (1940-) 298

Total Baseball 299

Townball 300

Turner, Robert Edward (Ted) (1938-) 301

Twain, Mark (1835-1910) 301

Umpires 303

Uniforms 306

Veeck, William L., Jr.

(1914-1986) 309

Wagner, John Peter (Honus, the Flying Dutchman) (1874-1955) 311

Walsh, Edward Augustine (Big Ed) (1881-1959) 312

War 312

Ward, John Montgomery (Monte) (1860-1925) 315

White, William DeKova (Bill) (1934-) 316

Whitman, Walter (Walt) (1819-1892) 316

"Who's on First?" 317

Wilhelm, James Hoyt (1923-) 318

Williams, Theodore Samuel (the Kid, Teddy Ball Game, the Splendid Splinter) (1918-) 319

Wilson, August (1945-) 321

Wilson, Lewis Robert (Hack) (1900-1948) 322

Women in Baseball 323

World Series 327

Wrigley Field 329

Yankee Stadium 331

Young, Denton True (Cy) (1867-1955) 332.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-351) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

1576071030

OCLC:

44720772