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Author:   Jonathan Silverman
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.666kg
ISBN:  

9781477327425

ISBN 10:   1477327428
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   18 July 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Timeline Part I. Histories of Cheating in Baseball Chapter 1. Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, and Cheating: Blame It on the Pitchers (Steven Gietschier) Chapter 2. Cheating versus Gamesmanship: Ethical Relativism in Baseball? (George Gmelch) Chapter 3. “This Is Not a Cultural Issue”: The Astros’ (and Baseball’s) Willingness to Overlook Domestic Violence (Katherine Murray) Chapter 4. Round Up the Usual Suspects: Cheating in Baseball (Richard Crepeau) Part II. The Scandal Unfolds Chapter 5. Finally, a Fun Baseball Scandal (Will Leitch) Chapter 6. What Is the Sound of One Bat Slapping? Reading the Houston Astros’ Trash Can (Roberta Newman) Chapter 7. Blame Is a Tangled Mess in Astros Sign-Stealing Scandal (Evan Drellich) Part III. Fans and the Scandal Chapter 8. Interview with a Bang Counter: A Q&A with Tony Adams ( Chapter 9. Reckoning with Tainted Love: What the Astros Scandal Reveals of Sports Fandom (Matthew Klugman) Chapter 10. “To Learn Baseball”: A Transatlantic Dialogue on the Astros and the American Ways of Winning (Michael Hinds and Joseph Rivera) Part IV. The Scandal and Its Ethical Dilemmas Chapter 11. Baseball Has No Love for Truth Tellers (Mitchell Nathanson) Chapter 12. Bad Apples or Bad Astros? Collective Responsibility and the Perils of Team Loyalty (Erin Tarver) Chapter 13. From Protector to Whistleblower: Being a “Good” Teammate When Cheating Occurs (Allison R. Levin and Matthew Staker) Part V. Technology and the Scandal Chapter 14. Stealing Signs: Technology, Surveillance and Policing inside and outside the Game (Dain TePoel and Eileen Narcotta-Welp) Chapter 15. The Spreadsheet in the Garden: Analytics and the Sign-Stealing Scandal (Jonathan Silverman) Appendix: “Defendant Houston Astros”: Michael Bolsinger vs. The Houston Astros Contributors Index

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This new anthology offers a host of perspectives on the scandal itself and what it reveals about the team and the sport as a whole. It makes for a fascinating read on one of the most revealing moments in professional sports in recent memory. * InsideHook *

"This new anthology offers a host of perspectives on the scandal itself and what it reveals about the team and the sport as a whole. It makes for a fascinating read on one of the most revealing moments in professional sports in recent memory.-- ""InsideHook"" (7/6/2023 12:00:00 AM)"

Author Information

Jonathan Silverman is a professor of English at UMass Lowell. He is the coauthor of Johnny Cash International: How and Why Fans Love the Man in Black and author of Nine Choices: Johnny Cash and American Culture.

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