CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1. THE GOSPEL OF BASEBALL

CHAPTER 2. BLACKBALL’S HEYDAY

CHAPTER 3. A LATIN CHALLENGE

CHAPTER 4. THE WINDS OF WAR

CHAPTER 5. INTEGRATION’S CURSE

CHAPTER 6. ¡VIVA MÉXICO!

CHAPTER 7. NEW CARIBBEAN CURRENTS

CHAPTER 8. WHITEOUT

CHAPTER 9. THE RISE OF THE ACADEMIES

EPILOGUE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTES

INDEX