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• iv • Introduction (Field of Fantasies) • essay by Rick Wilber
• 1 • A Face in the Crowd • (2012) • novelette by Stephen King and Stewart O'Nan
• 26 • The Further Adventures of the Invisible Man • (2002) • short story by Karen Joy Fowler
• 44 • The Hector Quesadilla Story • (1984) • short story by T. Coraghessan Boyle
• 55 • Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars • [Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)] • (1999) • short story by Kim Stanley Robinson
• 64 • Ronnie on the Mound • (1958) • short story by Jack Kerouac
• 70 • My Kingdom for Jones • (1944) • short story by Wilbur Schramm
• 82 • Diamond Girls • (2005) • short story by Louise Marley
• 101 • How to Read a Man • (2002) • short story by Valerie Sayers
• 118 • The Hanging Curve • (2002) • short story by Gardner Dozois
• 128 • The Franchise • (1993) • novelette by John Kessel
• 163 • Understanding Alvarado • (1975) • short story by Max Apple
• 174 • The Southpaw • short story by Bruce McAllister (variant of Southpaw 1993)
• 185 • Ahab at the Helm • (1964) • poem by Ray Bradbury
• 188 • McDuff on the Mound • (1971) • short story by Robert Coover
• 200 • The Mighty Casey • (1960) • novelette by Rod Serling
• 223 • The House That George Built • (2009) • short story by Harry Turtledove
• 231 • Baseball • (2002) • short story by Ray Gonzalez
• 233 • My Last Season with the Owls • (2006) • short story by Ron Carlson
• 241 • Pitchers and Catchers • (2007) • short story by Cecilia Tan
• 257 • Baseball Memories • (1991) • short story by Edo van Belkom
• 267 • Lost October • (1992) • short story by David Sandner and Jacob Weisman
• 278 • Stephen to Cora to Joe • (1999) • novelette by Rick Wilber
• 299 • How I Got My Nickname • short story by W. P. Kinsella