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| | Total Baseball: The Official Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball |
 | | Sadly, some terrific veteran pieces—poet Donald Hall's provocative analysis of the national significance of "Casey at the Bat," an essay on baseball and the law, an account of Jackie Robinson's signing, and a comprehensive chronicle of rule and scoring changes—have been retired, so don't banish your Fifth Edition to left field. |
 | | Happily, their replacements are equally all-star: a Robert Creamer essay on Casey Stengel, greater coverage of the game outside the United States, a thorough Bartlett's of baseball quotations, and Warner Fuselle's engaging history of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and other noted arias. |
 | | Finally, a caveat: the player statistics are crammed in so tightly you'll wish Total Baseball included a magnifying glass. |
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