Astros and Asterisks : : Houston's Sign-Stealing Scandal Explained /

Astros and Asterisks : : Houston's Sign-Stealing Scandal Explained / / ed. by Jonathan Silverman.

An in-depth and multiperspectival look at the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal and its roots in the culture of baseball fandom. In 2017 the Houston Astros won their first World Series title, a particularly uplifting victory for the city following Hurricane Harvey. But two years later, the feel-good ene...

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MitwirkendeR:
Crepeau, Richard C.,
Drellich, Evan,
HerausgeberIn:
Silverman, Jonathan,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Terry and Jan Todd Series on Physical Culture and Sports
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The Houston Astros Timeline
  • PART I HISTORIES OF CHEATING IN BASEBALL
  • CHAPTER 1 Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, and Cheating: Blame It on the Pitchers
  • CHAPTER 2 Cheating versus Gamesmanship: Ethical Relativism in Baseball?
  • CHAPTER 3 “This Is Not a Cultural Issue”: The Astros’ (and Baseball’s) Willingness to Overlook Domestic Violence
  • CHAPTER 4 Round Up the Usual Suspects: Cheating in Baseball
  • PART II THE SCANDAL UNFOLDS
  • CHAPTER 5 Finally, a Fun Baseball Scandal
  • CHAPTER 6 What Is the Sound of One Bat Slapping? Reading the Houston Astros’ Trash Can
  • CHAPTER 7 Blame Is a Tangled Mess in Astros Sign- Stealing Scandal
  • 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
  • CHAPTER 10 “To Learn Baseball”: A Transatlantic Dialogue on the Astros and the American Ways of Winning
  • PART IV THE SCANDAL AND ITS ETHICAL DILEMMAS
  • CHAPTER 11 Baseball Has No Love for Truth Tellers
  • CHAPTER 12 Bad Apples or Bad Astros? Collective Responsibility and the Perils of Team Loyalty
  • CHAPTER 13 From Protector to Whistleblower: Being a “Good” Teammate When Cheating Occurs
  • PART V TECHNOLOGY AND THE SCANDAL
  • CHAPTER 14 Stealing Signs: Technology, Surveillance, and Policing inside and outside the Game
  • CHAPTER 15 The Spreadsheet in the Garden: Analytics and the Sign- Stealing Scandal
  • APPENDIX “Defendant Houston Astros”: Michael Bolsinger vs. The Houston Astros
  • Contributors
  • Index

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