Baseball: an illustrated history

Preface to the 2010 edition: Negative capability

Preface: Where memory gathers

Introduction: Hard lines / Roger Angell

Our game: beginnings to 1900

Why baseball / John Thorn

Something like a war: 1900-1910

Stats / Bill James

The faith of fifty million people: 191-1920

The minors / David Lamb

That big son of a bitch: 1920-1930

The church of baseball / Thomas Boswell

Shadow ball: 1930-1940

Why would you feel sorry for me? / an interview with Buck O'Neill

Thirties baseball / Robert W. Creamer

The national pasttime: 1940-1950

Fan / Doris Kearns Goodwin

The capital of baseball: 1950-1960

Fifties baseball / George F. Will

A whole new game: 1960-1970

Baseball and African American life / Gerald Early

Home: the modern ear

Always right on time / Daniel Okrent

The age of miracles and wonders: twenty-first century baseball / Kevin Baker.