The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture,
2013-2014 is an anthology of seventeen scholarly essays that
utilize the national game to examine topics whose import extends
beyond the ballpark. The anthology is divided into six parts.
Baseball Poetry, Music, and Literature considers the congruence of
culture and baseball. The Ballpark: Place and Atmosphere examines
the importance of venue distinctiveness. Myths, Legends, and Icons
of the Game provides perspectives on protagonists of the baseball
imagination. Asian and Asian-American Baseball explores
international and ethnic variations on the game. Museums: Baseball
Exhibits, Standards, and Preservation analyses the craft and goals
of baseball curators. Contracts, Jurisprudence, and the Pastime
contextualizes the games' rules of play and labour. Each of the six
parts contains essays related by theme and topic. Baseball, Casey,
and Me by Frank Deford, Senior Contributing Writer for Sports
Illustrated, for example, discusses the challenges and
opportunities presented when writing about baseball's signature
poem, Casey at the Bat.Back to the Future: Building a Ballpark, Not
a Stadium by Janet Marie Smith, the Los Angeles Dodgers' Senior
Vice President for Planning and Development, discusses her role in
the construction of Orioles Park at Camden Yards and the renovation
of Fenway Park, Dodger Stadium, Turner Field, and other iconic
venues. A Strategic Approach for Baseball to Flourish in Modern
China by Keith Spalding Robbins, who served as Vice President,
Director of Design, and Lead Design Principal of a Chinese-owned
planning and design studio headquartered in Shanghai, offers
analysis and policy proposals for establishing a Chinese Major
League.
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