New Mexico Baseball

L.M. Sutter is an artist, writer and baseball fan. She is a member of SABR and lives in southwest Virginia.

• Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments      Introduction      1. The Land of Enchantment      2. Base Ballists in the Territory of New Mexico      3. Picks, Shovels and Bats      4. Doing Time: The Penitentiary Players      5. A League, a Town, a Legend      6. The Flying Kellys      7. Soldiers, Cowboys and Baseball Players: African Americans in New Mexico      8. The King (No Asterisk)      9. The Connie Mack World Series      10. The Rio Abajo      11. Making the Ball Sing      Epilogue      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

“writing in a clear narrative fashion, Sutter demonstrates a strong grasp of New Mexican history and culture...a valuable contribution to the study of new Mexican baseball”—Nine; “belongs on the bookshelf of every lover of baseball”—nmmagazine.com; “valuable...essential”—H-Net Reviews; “Well written...[a] worthwhile addition to a growing list of first-rate studies on New Mexico.”—William E. Tydeman, Texas Tech University.