Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville by Gould, Stephen Jay -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Other titles by Stephen Jay Gould published by W.W. Norton & Company Title Page Copyright CONTENTS Foreword by David Halberstam Editor’s Note Seventh Inning Stretch: Baseball, Father, and Me REFLECTIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Streetball from a New York City Boyhood The Babe’s Final Strike The Best of Times, Almost Innings More Power to Him Rough Injustice Tripping the Light Fantastic Fenway Crowns the Millennium Times to Try a Fan’s Soul Freud at the Ballpark A Time to Laugh

HEROES LARGE, SMALL, AND FALLEN

Mickey Mantle: The Man versus the Myth Dusty’s Moment This Was a Man The Greatest Athlete of the Century The Amazing Dummy The Glory of His Time, and Ours Eight More Out

NATURE, HISTORY, AND STATISTICS AS MEANING

Left Holding the Bat Why No One Hits .400 Anymore The Streak of Streaks Letter to Joe DiMaggio, January 3, 1985 The Creation Myths of Cooperstown The Brain of Brawn Baseball’s Reliquary: The Oddly Possible Hybrid of Shrine and University Jim Bowie’s Letter and Bill Buckner’s Legs

CRITICISM

Diamonds Are a Fan’s Best Friend Angell Hits a Grand Slam with Collected Baseball Essays The Black Men Who Integrated Big League Ball Baseball and the Two Faces of Janus The H and Q of Baseball Sultan of Sentimentality Baseball: Joys and Lamentations Good Sports & Bad

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