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Anthropology Magazine
The Detroit Tigers have held their spring training at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida, for more than 50 years. Baseball culture has changed a great deal over the last half-century.
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The New Old National Pastime

George Gmelch
A onetime minor league baseball player turned anthropologist conducts interviews at his former spring-training camp—and discovers how playing ball has changed.