Why baseball matters /
A best-selling author and passionate baseball fan takes a tough-minded look at America's most traditional game in our twenty-first-century culture of digital distraction Baseball, first dubbed the "national pastime" in print in 1856, is the country's most tradition-bound sport. D...
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Yale University Press,
2018
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; One The Good and Bad Old Days; Two Patience: A Tale of Two Games; Three Who Goes Out to the Ballgame and Who Doesnâ#x80;#x99;t?; Four The Long Game and I mpatient Minds; Five The ""National P astime"" and the National Culture of Distraction; Conclusion: The Reims B aseball Club: Why Baseball Matters; Afterword: Susan's Suggestions to Owners, Players, and Anyone Else Who Cares; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
