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Seth S. Tannenbaum, Ph.D.

American Historian and Sport Studies Professor

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Sports Fan Oral Histories
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Encyclopedia Entries, Short Articles, Online Reviews, and Op-Eds

“Local Baseball Scholar: Jen Pawol’s MLB Debut Is Historic—But Can She Survive MLB’s Macho Umpire Culture?” The Examiner News, August 7, 2025.
“Deep in the Heart of Texas: How the Lone Star State Oversaw the Transformation of Sports that Only Partly Changed America,” The Common Reader, February 28, 2025.
“Major League Baseball’s Historical Quest to Entice Middle- and Upper-Class Fans to the Park,” in Process: A Blog for American History, October 15, 2024.
“Rachel and Jackie Robinson and Housing Discrimination in Connecticut,” in Black Perspectives, December 6, 2023.
“Sport in America: A Reading List,” in JSTOR Daily, September 6, 2023.
“This Jackie Robinson Day, Let’s Celebrate Rachel Robinson, Too,” in Made by History at the Washington Post, April 15, 2022.
“Phillies Must Do More to Diversify Their Lineup,” in The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 7, 2022.

“The History of the Centennial District,” in Preserve Edgely.

“A Vital Contribution to the History of Baseball,” review of Biz Mackey, A Giant Behind the Plate: The Story of the Negro League Star and Hall of Fame Catcher, by Rich Westcott, in Write Now Philly, May 18, 2020.

“An Excellent and Important Analysis of Frank Rizzo’s Philadelphia,” review of Blue-Collar Conservatism: Frank Rizzo’s Philadelphia and Populist Politics, by Timothy J. Lombardo, in Write Now Philly, January 22, 2020.

“The Unbearable Whiteness of Paul Goldberger’s Ballpark,” in Tropics of Meta, July 22, 2019.

“Fans of All Races and Genders Love Baseball. Teams Need to Start Treating Them Equally,” in Made by History at the Washington Post, March 28, 2019.

“The Class Divisions Destroying Opening Day: New Safety Measures Signal the Growing Inequality at Ballparks,” in Made by History at the Washington Post, March 29, 2018.

“Kids Cheer Free: A History of Putting Kids in the Cheap Seats,” in Sport in American History, March 29, 2018.
“Athletes are Fighting For Equality. They Shouldn’t Ignore Their Own Sports,” in Made by History at the Washington Post, October 26, 2017.
“Jackie Robinson’s Long Fight Against Discrimination,” in Weekend Caucus April 15, 2017.
“Philadelphia Sports Fans,” in The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.
“Advertisers and the Imagined Ballpark Experience,” in Front & Center: The Newsletter of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History vol. 22, no. 1 (Summer 2016).

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