Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Rhetoric and the AmericanGame
1. Ritual in the “Church of Baseball”: Performing Patriotism at the Ballpark
2. “Baseball as America”: Nostalgia and Public Memory through the National Pastime
3. Purifying the Body Politic: Steroids and the Rhetorical Cleansing of Baseball
4. Headed for Home: Bringing Baseball Back to the Nation’s Capital
5. Making the World Safe for Baseball: AmericanMission and the World Baseball Classic
Conclusion: Reconstituting the National Pastime
Notes
Bibliography
Index