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• In Media Res
  Re: “I Found Kong”: Naturalizing the National in Baseball Fiction

  But Will the International Obliterate the National?

  By

  Elizabeth Rawitsch University of East Anglia

  Saturday, October 29, 2011 — 11:12 am

  I wonder how we reconcile this emphasis on national fame with the trend toward internationalism that we've been discussing over the past week. Both Nicholas and Annie noted that the successes of individual international players (Albert Pujols, Chien- ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Tagging Fans, Tweeting Beards: Major League Baseball, social media, and the body

  Embodied Fandom

  By

  Elizabeth Rawitsch University of East Anglia

  Thursday, October 27, 2011 — 9:41 pm

  I've heard of people tweeting as characters from television programs like Mad Men and The West Wing, but I wasn't aware of the tweeting beards. How fascinating! It's hard to imagine anything more immersive than playing along with (and, for ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Melting Pot or Multiculturalism? Mediating Ethnicity in Baseball

  Ethnicity/Race/Nationality

  By

  Elizabeth Rawitsch University of East Anglia

  Tuesday, October 25, 2011 — 5:29 pm

  I concede that ethnicity and nationality are not the focus of the song in A League of Their Own, but that’s precisely why those lines intrigue me. I think various ethnic heritages are implied by the teammates’ last names (Mordabito, Murphy, Calhoun, etc.) ...
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  Re: “I is Unruffable”: Rereading African American Sports Performances as Unique Expressions of Dissent

  The History of Discrimination in Baseball

  By

  Elizabeth Rawitsch University of East Anglia

  Wednesday, October 26, 2011 — 9:55 pm

  I keep thinking about a Sporting News editorial from December 6, 1923 that declared, "In a democratic, catholic, real American game like baseball, there has been no distinction raised except tacit understanding that a player of Ethiopian descent is i ...