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OUTSIDE BASEBALL by Tim Morris

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The Boys of Spring
Does baseball begin in April? Not in the Sunbelt, where fans can get up close and personal with players like Whoa Dill and Pierce Loveless.

Joe DiMaggio
An ordinary, extraordinary man.

Tim Morris is Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor in English at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is the author of "Making the Team: The Cultural Work of Baseball Fiction" and the 1999 president of the Sport Literature Association.

OUTSIDE BASEBALL [1998]

A Kid's First World Series
What's your earliest WS memory?
For one, it's Lonborg vs. Gibson, Game 7.

The Name Game
Chipper Finley? Quilvio Galarraga? Jim Klesko? Kerry Rivera? Eddie Lopez? Kevin Glavine? Who are all these guys?

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by Jeff Merron

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A Whole Other Ball Game
Betty Moffett reviews the first historical anthology of women's fiction and poetry on women's sport.
[BOOKS]

Toward the Sun
Award-winning writer Kent Nelson finds a place for literate sports stories: his new book.
[BOOKS]

Generation Vince
Did you see Vince Carter last night!? Probably not, but you should've.
[BASKETBALL]

John Feinstein
The author talks to SportsJones about Tiger Woods, the Lords of Augusta, and his new book, The Majors.
[INTERVIEWS]

The 100 Best
You and SJ select the best books of the century.
[BOOKS]

Where Have You Gone, Cecil Travis?
In the Year of McGwire and Sosa ®, a few other fun things have happened.

Ashtray Nostalgia
Tim Morris mourns the demise of the perfect ballpark.

The Ol' K-WP
Tim Morris shows his European friends how baseball is the most natural game in the world ... except, uh, sometimes.

The Anarchy of Batting Practice
Why Mark McGwire should keep taking BP.

RECENTLY AT SPORTSJONES

Henry Aaron
Twenty-five years ago Thursday, the Hammer hit his 715th home run. And Royce Webb is pleased to share the record with him.
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Remarkable Baseball
What's so special about baseball? Every game, Jeff Merron observes.
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Baseball Baubles
Who sells crappy collectibles: the Baseball Hall of Fame or Wal-Mart? Jeff Merron investigates.

Chipper & Ball Four
Sports journalism (and its readers) should be more mature, says Jeff Merron.

The Men in Blue
Eric Gregg ... Ted Hendry ... ridiculous strike zones. The worst umpiring ever? Not even close.