Chapter one: Immortal moments -- The reconciliation of Juan Marichal and John Roseboro -- On the way to 714 -- Harvey Haddix's heartbreak -- Chapter two: Baseball during wartime -- Terror in the trenches -- Equal opportunity -- The breatest comeback of all-time -- Opening day: 1946 -- Chapter three: Personalities -- The legend of La Tortuga -- Hank Greenberg: superstar and scapegoat -- The great Josh Gibson -- Tony O -- The shining of Mark Hamburger -- They call him killer -- Chapter four: Baltimore chops -- Chasing a-rod's three-thousandth hit -- The irreverent relics of the baseball reliquary -- A game of their own -- Take me out to the old ball game -- Chapter five: for love of the game -- Cooperstown or bust -- My father's glove -- Field of dreams -- Walter Mitty meets Bert Blyleven -- Chapter six: In Jackie's memory -- The day the klan played ball -- Enter Elston Howard, the Yankees' Jackie Robinson eight years late -- Crossing the line -- Pioneers of the Negro Leagues -- Chapter seven: The World Series -- Kirby Puckett carries the Twins -- A fall classic comedy -- Sandy Koufax's Yom Kippur decisision.
Summary:
"This collection of timeless baseball stories can be read again and again for its poignancy, humor, and celebration of the national pastime, whether it be John Roseboro forgiving Juan Marichal for clubbing him in the head with a bat, Elston Howard integrating the Yankees, or baseball played on snowshoes in a remote Wisconsin town"-- Provided by publisher.
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