Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts

Turnstyle is the new journal of art and literature published by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). As editors Joanne Hulbert and Jay Hurd write in their introduction to this inaugural issue, in its pages "your eyes will behold the work of many SABR writers and artists who find inspiration in the romance, mythology, history, and discipline that baseball offers. We do not in any way intend to duplicate the great work of other literary baseball journals. Rather we embrace the legacy those journals have bequeathed to us; we are encouraged to continue what has been an integral part of baseball—the art and literature dedicated to the game."In addition to poems, short stories, and articles, the pages are adorned with some of the art of Cuban illustrator and artist Andez. Sprinkled throughout readers will be delighted to find cartoons and excerpts from 19th century newspapers and writing on baseball, including satire from Henry Guy Carleton, Hugh E. Keogh, and Marcus "Brick" Pomeroy.Includes: •Night Game, by Tom Lagasse•The Case for Baby Doll Jacobson, by B. Craig Grafton•Yakyu Haikus, by Tetsuo Furukawa•What Might Have Been..., by Bill Barna•The Ball, by George R. Skornickel•A Star in the Face of the Sky, by Andrea Long•The Lost Teams, by W.B. (Bryan) Steverson•The Books Must Balance--November 15, by R.J. Lesch•Link to Cuban Baseball Artist Provides a SABR Opportunity, by Bob Brady•Baseball Among the Rice Paddies, by Edwin Epps•The Hall, by Matthew H. Schaedler•An interview with cover artist Andy Brown