Monroe’s fame and, 85–87, 90
Monroe’s relationship with Joe Jr., 103
physical abuse, 2, 91
remarriage planned, xv, 124
wedding, xv, 83
Doby, Larry, 53–54, 61
Dodgers. See Brooklyn Dodgers
Dugan, Joe, 19
Durocher, Leo, 52, 57
Effrat, Lou, 30
Engleberg, Morris, 119–25, 132
Feller, Bob, 5–6, 37, 67
film noir, 31–32
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 21, 143–44
Flood, Curt, 135
free agency, 135–36
Gable, Clark, xiv, 104
Garbo, Greta, 98, 127
Gehrig, Lou, 25, 27, 39–41, 131
Geisler, Jerry, 92
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film), 78, 82
Giamatti, Bart, 36
Giants. See New York Giants
Gibson, Josh, 47–50, 51, 56–57
Gimbel, Caral, 73
Gionfriddo, Al, 55–56
The Girl in Pink Tights (film), 82–83
Glanville, Doug, 143
Gleason, Jackie, xii, 12, 74
Goldwyn, Samuel, 41
Golenbock, Peter, 132
Gordon, Lyndall, 146
Gould, Stephen Jay, 4, 33, 34–35
Grant, Frank (“The Spaniard”), 46
The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald), 143–44
Greenberg, Hank: author’s childhood impression, 69–70
on DiMaggio, 26, 29–30, 74
as player, 28
retirement, 73
Robinson greeted on field, 53
on Ruth, 60
Greene, Milton, 82, 88, 98, 101
Greenson, Ralph, 106, 107, 108
Gross, Milton, 66
Gwynn, Tony, 136
Halberstam, David, 1, 4, 6, 74, 136
“Hard to Figure: The Drab Legacy of Joltin’ Joe” (New York Times), 9
Harris, Bucky, 63
Hecht, Ben, 86
Hegan, Jim, 6
Hemingway, Ernest, xii, 3, 74, 86
Henrich, Tommy, 5, 69
Hoag, Myril, 27
Hoover, Herbert, 20
Hoover, J. Edgar, 11
How To Marry a Millionaire (1953 film), 82
Hubbell, Carl, 25
Indians. See Cleveland Indians
Irvin, Monte, 57
Jackson, Joseph (“Shoeless Joe”), 144
Jenkins, Bruce, 143
Joe DiMaggio Show, 74, 78
Joe DiMaggio: The Hero’s Life (Cramer). See Cramer, Richard Ben
Jordan, Michael, 127
Kazan, Elia, 2, 77, 79–80, 97, 111
Keller, Charlie, 6, 65
Keltner, Ken, 32
Kennedy, John F., 2, 106, 110–11, 119
Kennedy, Robert (“Bobby”), 2, 106, 107, 111, 115, 119
Kissinger, Henry, 3, 137
Knoblauch, Chuck, 141
Kuhn, Bowie, 132, 135
Landis, Kenesaw Mountain, 47, 142
Lawford, Peter, 108
Lazzeri, Tony, 28
Leaming, Barbara: on the iconic subway grating photo, 90
on Kazan and Monroe, 80
on Monroe in New York, 98
on Monroe singing to JFK, 110
on Monroe’s eating, 103
on Monroe’s self-destructiveness, 109
Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher, 4
Lipsyte, Bob, 137–40
Lives Like Loaded Guns (Gordon), 146
Lopat, Ed, 6
“The Lost Poems of Joe DiMaggio” (Borowitz), 127–28
Louis, Jean, 107
Lytess, Natasha, 77
Mack, Connie, 21
MacPhail, Larry, 12
Madden, Owney, 11, 12
Mafia, 33, 75, 105. See also Costello, Frank
Mailer, Norman: on Monroe, 79, 80, 109
on the Monroe-DiMaggio relationship, 8, 83
on the Monroe-Miller relationship, 77, 87, 124
Mantle, Elvin (“Mutt”), 123–24, 131–32
Mantle, Merlyn (wife), 131, 132
Mantle, Mickey: after retirement, 74–75, 123–24, 125, 132–33, 134
birth, xiv
DiMaggio and, 64–65, 66–67, 105, 130–32
and his father, 123–24, 131–32
injuries, 130–31
late career, 134–35
Lipsyte on, 139, 140
popularity, 64–65, 88, 115
rookie season, 63, 68
Mapes, Cliff, 65
Maris, Roger, 136
Mays, Willie, 57, 68, 74–75, 132–33
McCarthy, Joe, 63
McCorry, Bill, 57
McDougald, Gil, 67
McGraw, John (“Muggsy”), 18
McGwire, Mark, 136, 141, 142, 144
Metty, Russ, 104
Miller, Arthur: marriage to Monroe, xv, 2, 100–104, 111
on Monroe, 109
romance with Monroe, 77–78, 87, 95, 98–100, 124
The Misfits (1961 film), 103–4
Monette, Val, 101, 107
Monette Company (V. H. Monette), 101, 105, 106, 107
Monroe, Marilyn
ambition, 7–8
analyses of, 108–11
in asylum, 2, 104–5
birth, xiii–xiv
and the casting couch, 78, 79–80
death, xv, 107–9
drug and alcohol abuse, 89, 104, 106
and Greene, 82, 88, 98
Hollywood fled, 97–98
iconic photograph, 90–91, 99
in Japan and Korea, 85–87
and Joe Jr., 103, 126
and Miller (see Miller, Arthur)
rage, 79
in Some Like It Hot, 10
stage fright, 9–10
at Toots Shor’s, 8–9, 81, 99
See also DiMaggio-Monroe relationship
Montand, Yves, 2, 111
Morris. See Engleberg, Morris
Mr. Coffee, 9, 115, 116, 119, 140
“Mrs. Robinson” (Simon), 1, 116
New York Giants: 1951 World Series, 67–68
Hubbell and, 25
Shor’s devotion to, 11
Yankees kicked out of stadium, 18
New York Yankees: 1936 season (DiMaggio’s rookie year), xi, xiv, 25–28, 63
1946–47 seasons, 45–46, 54–56
1948–49 seasons, 61, 63–64
after DiMaggio, 88
DiMaggio’s importance to, 27, 32–33, 55, 65–66
DiMaggio’s post-retirement positions, 74–75, 105
dominance, 18, 27, 134–35, 144
managers, 63
Mickey Mantle Day, 115
and Monroe, 81
racism, 56–57
Ruth’s career with, 18–21
steroid use, 141
Yankee Stadium, ix–x, xi, 18. See also specific individuals
Niagara (1953 film), 78–79, 81, 82, 87, 109–10
Oates, Joyce Carol, 108
O’Brien, Pat, 11
“An Ode to the Jolter” (Rice), 2, 146
O’Doul, Lefty, 5, 85
Olivier, Laurence, 101–2, 111
Page, Joe, 55, 59
Paige, Satchel, 47, 61
Perl, Otto, 126
Pettitte, Andy, 141
Pittsburgh Pirates, 48
Pound, Ezra, 22, 49
Preminger, Otto, 82, 111
Pride of the Yankees (1942 film), 40–41
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957 film), 101–2
racism: anti-Semitism, 53
in baseball, 28, 46–47, 49–53, 56–57, 135
Italian stereotypes, 28
Raft, George, 11, 12
Raschi, Vic, 65
Red Sox. See Boston Red Sox
Renay, Liz, 100
Reynolds, Allie, 64
Rice, Grantland, 2, 20, 146
Rickey, Branch, 50–52
River of No Re
turn (1954 film), 82
Rizzuto, Phil: on DiMaggio as player, 54
on DiMaggio’s marriage to Dorothy, 39
on Monroe, 81
as player, 27
on the Stengel-DiMaggio relationship, 65
Robinson, Jackie, 46, 50, 52–53, 56
Rodriguez, Alex (“A-Rod”), 140–42
Roosevelt, Franklin D., xi
Rose, Pete, 125, 142
Rosten, Norman, 106, 111
Rudin, Mickey, 108
Ruffi ng, Red, 5
Ruppert, Jacob (Col.), 18
Russell, Bill, 145–46
Ruth, Babe: fame and public image, 1, 19–23, 26, 33, 35, 61–62, 136
illness and death, 21, 61–62, 74
as perpetual child, 43
as player, 17–19, 21–23, 48, 60
and racism, 47, 50
retirement years, 21, 61, 73–74, 134
salary, 64
and the Yankees, 18–21, 134
Salinger, J. D., 127
San Francisco Seals, xiv, 4–5
Schaefer, Hal, 88, 89, 92
Schneider, Marv, 122
Schumach, Murray, 21
Seidel, Michael, 35–36
Selig, Bud, 142
Selkirk, George, 25
Senators. See Washington Senators
Sergeant York (1941 film), 41
The Seven Year Itch (1955 film), 89–90, 99
Shaw, Sam, 99
Shor, Bernard (“Toots”, 10–11, 13
and Chaplin, 74
“class” defined by, 12
and DiMaggio’s relationship with Monroe, 91, 107
fights attended, 86
gang of “crumb bums,” 11–12, 74. See also Toots Shor’s Restaurant
“The Silent Season of the Hero” (Talese), 113–15. See also Talese, Gay
Simon, Paul, 1, 26, 108, 116
Sinatra, Frank: attitude toward women, 92–93
lawyer of, 95
and Monroe, 2, 105, 106, 108, 111
at Toots Shor’s, xii, 44
Skolsky, Sidney, 7, 77
Smith, Lois Weber, 99
Smith, Red, 20
Some Like It Hot (1959 film), 10, 103
Something’s Got to Give (1962 film), 106, 110
Sosa, Sammy, 141, 142
Steinbrenner, George, 132
Steiner Sports, 9
Stengel, Casey, 63, 105
and DiMaggio, 63, 64–65, 70, 131, 132
and Mantle, 66–67, 131, 132
steroids, 136, 141, 142-43
Stevenson, Adlai, 110–11
Strasberg, Lee, 97
streak (hitting streak), xiv, 9, 32–37, 39
Streak: Joe DiMaggio and the Summer of ’41 (Seidel), 35–36
Strode, Woody, 52
Talese, Gay, 6, 10, 32, 113–15
There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954 film), 88
Thompson, Hank, 57
Toots Shor’s Restaurant, 11–13
DiMaggio on holding a baby, 42
DiMaggio’s liking for, 11–12, 74
as DiMaggio’s safe haven, xii, 30, 40, 44, 89, 90, 107
Monroe at, 8–9, 81, 99
women at, 91–92. See also Shor, Bernard (“Toots”)
Ueberroth, Peter, 133
Updike, John, 5
Vecsey, George, 6
Vernon, Mickey, 46
Walker, Dixie, 52
Walker, Fleetwood, 46
Walker, Welday, 46
Walsh, Christy, 19–20
Warhol, Andy, 109–10
Washington Senators, 23, 46, 48–49, 65, 135
Whitten, Gladys, 91
Wilder, Billy, 10, 91, 98, 103
Williams, Edward Bennett, 95–96
Williams, Ted, 29
birth, xiii
and Curt Flood, 135
as player, 2, 5, 28–29, 45
racism protested, 47
Triple Crown, 54
war service, 41–42
Winchell, Walter, 91
Woodling, Gene, 68
World Series: 1923 Series, 18
1936 Series, xi, xiv, 27
1941 Series, 33
1947 Series, 55–56
1948 Series, 61
1949 Series, 64
1951 Series, 67–68, 130
2009 Series, 141
Black Sox scandal, 144
Yankee dominance, 18, 27, 134
Yankees. See New York Yankees
Zanuck, Darryl, 82–83, 88, 91