Tapping into the nostalgic era of feel-good baseball in the late 1940s and moving up to the Mitchell report, this collection documents the story of baseball as

Baseball has enchanted generations of players and fans with its charm and has been a constant in American life since the nineteenth century. Growing up as a boy

Baseball has never had a more important year than 1939, when events and people came together to reshape the game like never before. The author explains why that

This is a guy who ... Grew up among Hell's Angels, taking their Harleys for solo joyrides at age eleven ... Prepares for every outing by blasting Metallica, AC/

This encyclopedia defines and contextualizes the Baby Boomer generation and the wide-reaching contributions of its members throughout modern American history. C