Aaron, Henry, 75
Ackert, Kristie, 84
African Americans: as baseball fans, 12, 28–29, 31, 72–77, 82, 168, 174
as baseball players, 22–23, 56, 74–79
as basketball players, 30
Major League Baseball outreach to, 31–32, 78–79. See also desegregation; segregation
Allen, Lee, 154
American Gaming Association, 136
American Heart Association, 141
American League, 5
American Psychological Association, 121
Angell, Roger, 8, 55, 57, 82, 83
Anson, Adrian “Cap,” 153–54
Aparicio, Luis, xii
Arizona Diamondbacks, 114, 165–66
Arthur, Rob, 100–101
Aspen Institute, 121
At Bat (mobile device app), 33, 81, 128
Atlanta Braves, 34n
Azar, Robert, 107
Baby Einstein videos, 119
BabyFirst TV, 119–20
Backman, Wally, 103
Banks, Ernie, xi–xii, xiii–xiv, 7, 52, 75
Baseball (PBS series), 126
Baseball Hall of Shame, The (Nash and Zullo), 175
Baseball-Reference.com, 97, 100n
Baseball Writers’ Association, 12, 83, 84
basketball, 25, 26, 45, 69, 76, 81, 83, 137–38, 159; African-American
women in, 80. See also National Basketball Association (N.B.A.)
Ben-Hur (film), 58
Black Sox scandal, 58
Boston Red Sox, 20–21, 51, 101, 148–49n
Botticher (Boetticher), Otto, 151–52
Brooklyn Dodgers, xiii, 24, 115
Browning, Robert, 95
Buckner, Bill, 51
Burns, Ken, 126
Bush, George W., 165–67
Butterworth, Michael, 167
Byrnes, James, 158
cable television, 69
California Angels, 101
Camden Yards, 9
Campanella, Roy, 75
Candidate, The (film), 59n
Canon and Culture (magazine), 73, 82
Carter, Gary, xi–xii, 8, 51, 53
Casey, John, 28
Castro, Starlin, 44
Chase Field, 114
Chicago Cubs, xi–xii, 39–46, 84, 85, 94, 131, 153
racial integration of, xiii–xiv
World Series victory of (2016), 4–5, 14–15, 19, 52, 67, 68–69, 100–101, 112, 139
Chicago Sun-Times, 84
Chicago White Sox, xii, 21, 23, 41, 75, 93, 94
fan base of, xiii
as Yankees’ nemesis, xiv, 52, 70
Chicago White Stockings, 153–54
Cincinnati Reds, 8, 20–21, 95, 148–49n
Cincinnati Red Stockings, 19
Citi Field, 25, 39, 46, 88, 114, 115
civil rights movement, 21
Clark, Tony, 76, 96–97, 110–13, 122, 128–29, 175
Clemens, Roger, 11–12
Cleveland Cavaliers, 76
Cleveland Indians, 4–5, 56, 75, 93, 94
Clifton, Derrick, 75–76
coaching, 28
Cognitive Bias in Fantasy Sports (Miller), 137
college athletics, 27–28, 30, 74
Colón, Bartolo, 33–34
comebacks, 49–51
commercialization, 16–17
Compton, Calif., 32
Courtney, Pat, 78
Crawford, Sam (“Wahoo Sam”), 170
Cuomo, Andrew, 136
Davenport, Lindsay, 75
Davis, Mo’ne, 87
Davis, Wade, 44
Deford, Frank, 57
deGrom, Jacob, 175
Detroit, 18
Disney Company, 128
District of Columbia, 141
Dominican Republic, 11, 30–31, 72, 78, 174
draft picks, 78
Dream Season, A (Carter), xi
performance-enhancing vs. performance-impairing, 12
testing for, 11, 17–18, 36, 112
Durant, Kevin, 138
Dwyer, Brendan, 134
Eight Men Out (film), 58
Elizabeth II, queen of Great Britain, 10
Ellsbury, Jacob, 45–46
e-mail, 95
Emancipation Proclamation, 151
ESPN Deportes, 70–71
e-sports, 121
expansion teams, 17
Facebook, 123
fans, fan base: African-American, 12, 22, 28–29, 31, 72–77, 82, 168, 174
aging of, 12–13, 22–23, 33–35, 65–75, 112, 139–43
attention span of, 24–26, 34, 35, 39, 115–25, 127–28
female, 22, 32, 79–82, 84, 86–87, 134
in France, 145–48
in Japan, 159–62
multitasking by, 25
snobbery among, 88–89
youth sports linked to, 17, 27. See also attendance
fantasy sports, 35, 93, 121, 129–39, 175
Fantasy Sports Trade Association, 132, 134
Fehr, Donald, 112
Feller, Bob, 158
Fenway Park, 43
Fernandez, Sid, 21
fielding, 28
Field of Dreams (film), 58–59
Fisk, Carlton, 20
fivethirtyeight.com, 99–100
Flores, Wilmer, 49
football, 22, 25, 26, 32, 69, 76–77, 79–81
Fox, Nellie, 23
Foxx, Jimmie, 160
gambling, 12, 130, 134–35, 136, 137, 175
Gardner, Brett, 45
Garvey, Steve, 84
gate receipts, 19
German immigrants, 70
Giamatti, A. Bartlett, 12–14
Glanville, Doug, 85–86
Glory of Their Times, The (Ritter), 170–71, 175
Golden State Warriors, 138
golf, 65–66
Gooden, Dwight, 21, 53, 55–57, 74, 146–47
Granderson, Curtis, 48
Gumbel, Bryant, 74
Hall of Fame, xii, 7, 14, 153, 158, 160
increasing diversity of, 31, 71, 83–84, 86, 161–62
steroid users excluded from, 11
voting for, 12
Hatcher, Billy, 103
Headley, Chase, 44–46
Hennick, Calvin, 156–57
Hernandez, Keith, 53, 105–6, 113, 146
Heyward, Jason, 43–44
Hispanic Americans, 22–23, 69–72, 77, 174
Hodgkinson, James T., 162–63
Holtzman, Jerome, 84–85
home runs, 5, 10, 25, 34–35, 42, 43
“Home-Thoughts, from Abroad” (Browning), 95
Hoover, Herbert, 7
Houston Astros, 101–7, 115, 129
Howard University, 74
human growth hormone, 11
ice hockey, 25, 45, 80, 81, 83
Illinois, 19n
Indiana, 19n
industrialization, 18
inequality, 26–27
Ingersoll, Robert Green, 170
instant replay, 98
iPhones, 25, 35, 66, 114, 120, 127, 141
Israel, Steve, 163
Italian Americans, 70
Jackson, Shoeless Joe, 58
Japan, 159–61
Jersey City Giants, 154
Jeter, Derek, 52n
Jewish immigrants, 70
Jones, Adam, 156
Jones, Tom, 107–8
Kagan, David, 43
Kansas City, 43
Kansas City Royals, 67–68
Kiner, Ralph, 158
Kinsella, W. P., 58
Klein, Alan, 31
Koufax, Sandy, 94
Landis, Kenesaw Mountain, 158
Lee, Bill “Spaceman,” 145, 148
Lenow, Evan, 73
Lincoln, Abraham, 151
live streaming, 128
Los Angeles Angels, 138
Los Angeles Dodgers, 94
Lupica, Mike, 94–95
MacPhail, Larry, 24
Major League (film), 58
Major League Baseball Players Association, 47, 76, 96, 99, 174
Malamud, Bernard, 59
Manfred, Rob, 33, 111, 122, 128, 139–40
diversity initiatives of, 31–32, 78–79, 86–87
drug testing implemented by, 112
length of games viewed by, 34, 96, 110, 112, 113
Marichal, Juan, 30–31
Maris, Roger, 10
Master, Stephen, 68
Mattingly, Don, 49
Maxwell, Nancy, 142
Mays, Willie, 75
Mendoza, Jessica, 85–86
Meyer, Danny, 114
Miami Heat, 76
Miami Marlins, 39, 41–42, 46–49
Miller, Marvin, 7
Miller, Renee, 137
Miller, Stephen, 95
Minneapolis, 43
Minnesota Twins, 34n
minor leagues, 27–28, 113, 174
Mitchell, George, 9–10
Mitchell, Kevin, 74
MLB.tv, 128
mobile devices, 33, 68, 69, 88
iPhones, 25, 35, 66, 114, 120, 127, 141
Montreal Expos, 148–49n
Morgan, Joe, 95
Moyer, Jamie, 34n
Mullane, Tony, 154
Murray, Jim, 162
Musial, Stan, 158
“My Baseball Years” (Roth), 154–55
Nash, Bruce, 175
National Alliance for Sports, 142
National Basketball Association (N.B.A.), 22–23, 30, 42, 45, 65, 69. See also basketball
National Football League (N.F.L.), 22, 65, 69, 79–80, 81. See also football
National Hockey League (N.H.L.), 45, 65, 80. See also hockey
National League, 12
Natural, The (film), 59
Neshek, Pat, 99
Newark Bears, 154
news media, 82–83
New York Daily News, 84
New Yorker, 82
New York Giants, 115
New York Mets, xi, 21, 34n, 39, 41–42, 46–49, 52–54, 87, 88, 131
Astros’ League Championship Series vs. (1986), 101–7, 115, 129
French fans of, 146–48
New York Yankees, 21, 24, 39–46, 165–66
aging fan base of, 67
dominance of, 53
free-agent signings by, 8
as White Sox’ nemesis, xiv, 52, 70
Nielsen company, 4, 32, 35, 65–66, 68, 69, 71, 124
Nieporent, Drew, 114
nostalgia, xv, 3, 9, 36, 59–61, 89
Ogden, David, 29
Ohio, 19
Okrent, Daniel, 57, 130, 131, 132, 140
O’Neil, Buck, 89
Oregon, 141
Orosco, Jesse, 54, 103–4, 105–7
Ortiz, David, 71
Paige, Leroy “Satchel,” 56–57, 89, 162
Paley, Grace, 34
Palmeiro, Rafael, 11
Patrimony (Roth), 105–6
Philadelphia Phillies, 34n, 85, 95
pinch hitter, 5
pitchers’ duels, 26
pitching changes, 101
Play Ball (youth initiative), 141–42, 175
Porter’s Spirit of the Times, 18
Pretlow, J. Gary, 136
Prohibition, xiii
Pujols, Albert, 71
radio, 24–25, 65, 69, 125–27, 169
railroads, 168–69
Rayme, Sandra, 136
recess, 141
Redford, Robert, 59–60
Reims Baseball Club, 146–48
relief pitchers, 100–101
replays, 98
Reyes, José, 48
Rhetorics of Purity (Butterworth), 167
Rivera, T. J., 49
Robe, The (film), 58
Robinson, Jackie, xiii, 3, 29, 75, 94, 155–56, 157, 168
Rondón, Héctor, 45
Roosevelt, Franklin D., xiii, 158, 159
Roth, Hector, 105–6
Rotisserie Baseball, 130–31, 132
Ruth, Babe, xv, 7, 12, 76, 160
St. Louis, 18
Sánchez, Gary, 67
Sanders, Bernie, 163
San Diego Padres, 84
San Francisco Giants, 67–68, 74
Santayana, George, 170
Schaefer-Jacobs, Debbie, 152
Schneiderman, Eric, 136
Scott, Mike, 102–3
Scully, Vin, 85
Second World War, 157–59
segregation, 19, 70, 153–56, 168
September 11 attacks, 165
SHAPE (Society of Health and Physical Educators) America, 141
Shea, William, 115
Shea Stadium, 114
Sheed, Wilfred, 57
Shoeless Joe (Kinsella), 58
“showing up,” of opponents, 77
Silver, Nate, 99–100
single mothers, 28–29
slavery, 19
Smith, Ozzie, 75
Snapchat, 123
Society for American Baseball Research, 77, 87
Spink, J. G. Taylor, 160–61, 167
sponsorships, 19
Sports Illustrated Kids, 140
starting pitchers, 100–101
Steinbrenner, George, 8
Steinbrenner, Hal, 67
Stengel, Casey, xi
Sternbach, Larry, 107
steroids, 9, 11, 14, 17, 36, 98, 112
stickball, 32
Strawberry, Darryl, 53, 54, 74, 146
strike of 1994–95, 110–11
strikeouts, 5
“styling,” 77
suggestions, 173–76
Summer Game, The (Angell), 55
Super Bowl, 79
Suzuki, Ichiro, 161
children’s exposure to, 119–20
early suspicions of, 24, 125, 128, 169
fantasy sports and, 135
mobile devices distinguished from, 25
sports’ growing importance on, 68, 79
viewers’ demographic makeup and, 22, 35, 69–70. See also fans, fan base; Nielsen company
text messaging, 95
Thompson, Fred, 166–67
Torre, Joe, 108–10
Tropicana Field, 114
Tudor, John, 54
Tufts University, 28
Tulloch, Amiri, 140
Twitter, 66
Tye, Larry, 56
Tygiel, Jules, 60
Ueberroth, Peter, 1
Vecsey, George, 98
Veeck, Bill, 91, 93–95, 96, 156
video games, 29, 35, 95, 120–21, 123
Vietnam War, 21
Walker, Moses Fleetwood “Fleet,” 153–54
Walker, Welday, 153
Washington Nationals, 47
wild cards, 17
wild pitches, 98
Williams, Roger, 163–64
Williams, Venus, 75–76
Wilson, Horace, 159
women: in basketball, 80
as fans, 22, 32, 79–82, 84, 86–87, 134
in sports journalism, 82–86
World Series, 20
Black Sox (1919), 58
cancellation of (1994), 17, 110
Cubs vs. Indians (2016), 4–5, 14–15, 19, 52, 67, 68–69, 100–101, 112, 139
Diamondbacks vs. Yankees (2001), 165–66
Giants vs. Royals (2014), 67–68, 69, 74
Mets vs. Orioles (1969), 8
Mets vs. Red Sox (1986), 51, 74
Mets vs. Royals (2015), 69
Orioles vs. Phillies (1983), 95
Reds vs. Red Sox (1975), 20–21, 148–49n
televising of, 24
Wrigley Field, xii, xiii, 39, 41, 42–43, 45, 88, 157
“Year of the Pitcher” (1968), 48
youth leagues, 27–29, 31, 32, 78
Zullo, Allen, 175