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 Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame?

Baseball, Cooperstown, and the Politics of Glory

Acknowlegements, ix

  1. Hundreds of Visitors a Year, 1
  2. 76 Trombones, 7
  3. Cacophony and Confusion,25
  4. So, Whadda We Do Now?, 30
  5. Institutional History - the Hall of Fame in the 1940s and 1950s, 38
  6. Scooter, 53
  7. Methods - Introduction and Justification, 64
  8. Drysdale and Pappas, 76
  9. Similarity Scores, 88
  10. Myer and Herman, 107
  11. Arguments, 119
  12. Godon and Doerr, 137
  13. Institutional History - the Hall of Fame in the 1960s and 1970s, 143
  14. Hall of Fame Standards, 172
  15. The Negro Leaguers, 185
  16. Tinker and Davis, 192
  17. Priddy and Rizzuto, 217
  18. The Time Line, 230
  19. Overview, 243
  20. Catfish and Luis, 261
  21. Fibonacci Win Points, 264
  22. The Keltner List, 274
  23. What Is the Hall of Fame?, 286
  24. Institutional History - the Hall of Fame since 1980, 291
  25. Stephens and Rizzuto, 308
  26. Round-Up, 322
  27. Charlie Hustle and Shoeless Joe, 353
  28. Active Players, 359
  29. In a Better World, 366
  30. Reese and Rizzuto, 381
  31. Don Drysdale, 388
  32. Election Day, 423
Index, 435