Introduction / David Remick
From the bleachers: The Web of the game / Roger Angell
Ahab and Nemesis / A.J. Liebling
Hub fans bid Kid adieu / John Updike
The only game in town / Anthony Lane
Immortals. A sense of where you are / John McPhee
El único matador / Lillian Ross
Net worth / Henry Louis Gates Jr.
The long ride / Micheal Specter
Born slippy / John Seabrook
The chosen one / David Owen
Legend of the sport / Aliva Johnston
A man-child in Lotusland / Rebecca Mead
Personal best. Dangerous game / Nick Paumgarten
The running novelist / Haruki Murankami
Back to the basement / Nancy Franklin
Playing Doc's game / William Finnegan
Last of the Metroziods / Adam Gopnik
The Sandy Frazier dream team / Ian Frazier
A deeper game. Br'er Rabbit ball / Ring Lardner
The greens of Ireland / Herbert Warren Wind
Tennis personalities / Martin Amis
Project knuckleball / Ben McGrath
The art of failure / Malcolm Gladwell
Out of left field. Swimming with sharks / Charles Sprawson
The national pastime / John Cheever
Home and away / Peter Hessler
No obstacles / Alec Wilkinson
A stud's life / Kevin Conley.
