Baseball and Philosophy Thinking Outside the

Baseball and Philosophy brings together two high-powered pastimes: the sport of baseball and the academic discipline of philosophy. Eric Bronson asked eighteen young professors to provide their profound analysis of some aspect of baseball. The result offers surprisingly deep insights into this most American of games.
The contributors include many of the leading voices in the burgeoning new field of philosophy of sport, plus a few other talented philosophers with a personal interest in baseball. A few of the contributors are also drawn from academic areas outside philosophy: statistics, law, and history.
This volume gives the thoughtful baseball fan substancial material to think more deeply about. What moral issues are raised by the Intentional Walk? Do teams sometimes benefit from the self-interested behavior of their individual members? How can Zen be applied to hitting? Is it ethical to employ deception in sports? Can a game be defined by its written rules or are there also other constraints? What can the U.S. Supreme Court learn from umpiring? Why should baseball be the only industry exempt from antitrust laws? What part does luck play in any game of skill?

Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Pre-Game Warm-up: Who's on First?	p. 1
Hometown Heroes	p. 3
Top of the First
"There's No Place Like Home!"	p. 7
Bottom of the First
Minnesota's "Homer Hanky Jurisprudence": Contraction, Ethics, and the Twins	p. 20
You Gotta Believe!	p. 33
Top of the Second
Should Cubs Fans Be Committed? What Bleacher Bums Have to Teach Us about the Nature of Faith	p. 37
Bottom of the Second
Taking One for the Team: Baseball and Sacrifice	p. 56
The Umpire's New Clothes	p. 69
Top of the Third
There Are No Ties at First Base	p. 73
Bottom of the Third
Taking Umpiring Seriously: How Philosophy Can Help Umpires Make the Right Calls	p. 87
Fair or Foul?	p. 105
Top of the Fourth
Baseball, Cheating, and Tradition: Would Kant Cork His Bat?	p. 109
Bottom of the Fourth
There's No Lying in Baseball (Wink, Wink)	p. 126
Baseball and America	p. 139
Top of the Fifth
Democracy and Dissent: Why America Needs Reggie Jackson	p. 143
Bottom of the Fifth
Baseball and the Search for an American Moral Identity	p. 157
Where Have You Gone, Jackie Robinson?	p. 169
Top of the Sixth
The Negro Leagues and the Contradictions of Social Darwinism	p. 173
Bottom of the Sixth
We're American Too: The Negro Leagues and the Philosophy of Resistance	p. 187
The Japanese National Pastime?	p. 201
Top of the Seventh
The Zen of Hitting	p. 205
Bottom of the Seventh
Japanese Baseball and Its Warrior Ways?	p. 217
Behind in the Count	p. 229
Top of the Eighth
The Numbers Game: What Fans Should Know about the Stats They Love	p. 233
Bottom of the Eighth
Women Playing Hardball	p. 246
Under Pressure	p. 257
Top of the Ninth
Walking Barry Bonds: The Ethics of the Intentional Walk	p. 261
Bottom of the Ninth
Socrates at the Ballpark	p. 273
Post-Game Press Conference	p. 285
Baseball and Ethics: Should Pete Rose Be in the Hall of Fame?
Yes	p. 289
No	p. 292
Baseball and Political Philosophy: Does A-Rod Deserve So Much Money?
Yes	p. 297
No	p. 300
Baseball and Metaphysics: Does Superstition Help Performance?
Yes	p. 305
No	p. 308
Baseball and Legal Philosophy: Should Steroids Be Banned?
Yes	p. 313
No	p. 316
Baseball and Aesthetics: What's the Best Baseball Movie?
The Natural (1984)	p. 321
It Happens Every Spring (1949)	p. 324
Baseball and Education: Were Baseball Players Better Role Models Then or Now?
Then	p. 329
Now	p. 332
The Team	p. 335
Index	p. 341
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