Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Introduction 1
7. One He Could Pick It 7
8. Two I Never Went for Anything Crooked 26
9. Three Family 38
10. Four Leaving Home to Play Ball 46
11. Five The “Devil” 52
12. Six You Had to Do All Kinds of Things 56
13. Seven They Treat Me Like a Man 66
14. Eight My Contract Said “Ballplayer” 72
15. Nine We’ll Talk 77
16. Ten He Has Slowed Up Afield 92
17. Eleven A Mind-Set Put to Rest 98
18. Twelve Any Players with Hall of Fame Credentials? 104
19. Thirteen Tradition Meets Fair Play 110
20. Fourteen Why in Hell? 118
21. Fifteen The “Devil” Is In 134
22. Sixteen Righting a Wrong 142
23. Seventeen “Baseball Is a Beautiful Game 149
24. Notes 151
25. Sources: Books, Magazines, Interviews, Newspapers, and Archives 175
26. Index 181