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Astros and Asterisks

Houston's Sign-Stealing Scandal Explained
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
280 Seiten
Englisch
University of Texas Presserschienen am18.07.2023
An in-depth and multiperspectival look at the Astros´ sign-stealing scandal and its roots in the culture of baseball fandom.mehr

Produkt

KlappentextAn in-depth and multiperspectival look at the Astros´ sign-stealing scandal and its roots in the culture of baseball fandom.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-4773-2743-2
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2023
Erscheinungsdatum18.07.2023
Seiten280 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 152 mm, Höhe 229 mm, Dicke 23 mm
Gewicht367 g
Artikel-Nr.59568356

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
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 Indexmehr

Autor

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.