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Devotees of the national pastime will be consulting these volumes for their fine narrative histories of the extant teams. Riess (history, Northeastern Illinois Univ., Chicago;Touching Base:Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era) commissioned essays mostly from academics rather than sports writers or journalists, which gives the book a history text feel. Still, readers should be warned that teams no longer represented by name in major league baseball (e.g., the Washington Senators) get short shrift, while former teams that ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More