at Field of Dreams, 265–74
and games in April, 66–69, 70, 73
and games in August, 177, 183, 185, 189, 191, 193, 194, 195, 198, 200
and games in July, 157, 168, 169, 175–76
and games in June, 127–30, 136, 144–46
and games in May, 97, 102, 106, 113, 120, 121
and games in September, 201, 204
and Great Eight, 263–64
and his father, see Rose, Harry “Big Pete”
in the lineup, 55, 109, 154, 157, 158
and memorabilia, 194, 265, 266–67
and Morgan, 4–5, 7, 41–45, 93, 128, 273–74
and 1969 season, 12
and 1973 season, 20, 67, 124, 205
and 1974 season, 63, 64, 67, 144
and 1975 season, 269, 276–77
on opening day, 55, 60, 64
personal traits of, 90, 94, 156, 268
and playoffs (1975), 214, 215–16
and reporters, 30–31, 93, 94, 162, 195, 245, 255, 268
and rules, 60, 115–16
salary of, 18–21, 262, 267
and Sparky, 15, 88–91
as superstar, 25, 26, 27, 53, 101, 105, 209, 237
suspension of, 262, 266, 267, 269–71, 273, 277
and team members, 90, 92, 121, 156, 161, 186, 214, 244, 245, 263–64, 267–68, 271–72
and third base, 88–91, 93, 95–97, 105, 110, 112, 193, 227, 274
winning at all cost, 44, 134, 145, 178–79
and World Series Game 1, 225–26, 227, 228
and World Series Game 2, 228–29, 230, 233
and World Series Game 3, 235, 236
and World Series Game 4, 239
and World Series Game 5, 243, 244
and World Series Game 6, 249, 250, 253, 254, 274
and World Series Game 7, 1–7, 256, 257, 258, 259, 274
and writing books, 144, 145, 146, 266
Rose, Pete Jr., 171, 173
Roseboro, Johnny, 150
Ruby, Jeff, 47–48, 95, 139–40, 147, 195
Rudi, Joe, 192
Ruffian (horse), 158, 159–60, 161
Ruth, Babe, 39, 62, 93, 94, 122–23, 269, 274
bat used by, 163
in Hall of Fame, 158
and World Series (1932), 255
Sackler, Mark, 99, 101
Sada, Pepe, 182
Safer, Morley, 188
St. Louis Cardinals, 18, 195, 248
San Diego Padres, 56, 99, 158, 160
San Francisco Giants, 56, 84, 86, 87–88, 180, 188
Sanguillen, Manny, 208, 209
Sauer, Hank, 34
Scheider, Roy, 141
Scherger, George “Shug,” 6, 71, 74, 75, 85, 95
Schoendienst, Red, 199
Scott, Michael, 126
Scott, Tony, 109
Seaver, Tom, 168–70
Secretariat (horse), 159
Sedaka, Neil, 224
Seiko Company, 100, 102, 103
Seitz, Peter, 127
Seitz Decision, 127
Sells, Dave, 202
Shepard, Larry, 180
Shore, Dinah, 22
Simmons, Lon, 34
Simpson, O. J., 273
Sinatra, Frank, 135
Singer, Bill, 11
Sipple, Oliver, 203–4
Slaughter, Enos, 173
Smith, Red, 236, 246
Sneva, Tom, 118
Snider, Duke, 158
Spahn, Warren, 66
Speaker, Tris, 269
Speed, Horace, 87–88
Speier, Chris, 82, 86, 88, 180
Springsteen, Bruce, 197–98
Stargell, Willie, 163, 192, 214
Stengel, Casey, 187, 216, 276
Stockton, Dick, 232
Strom, Brent, 191
Sutton, Don, 70, 72
Sweasy, Charles J., 50
Taft, Robert A., 54–55
Taft, William Howard, 54
Tata, Terry, 106
Tekulve, Kent, 209
Thomas, B. J., 77
Thomas, Derrel, 180
Thomson, Bobby, 171, 255
Thornton, Andre, 133
Tiant, Luis, 221
and World Series Game 1, 224–26, 227, 228
and World Series Game 4, 239–40
and World Series Game 6, 249–50
Tiant, Luis Sr., 224–25
Title IX, 126, 159
Tolan, Bobby, 115
Tootsie Rolls, 100, 103–4
Trevino, Lee, 149
Trillo, Manny, 136
Truman, Harry S, 158
Turner, Ted, 12
Uecker, Bob, 58
Underwood, Tom, 105–6
Unser, Bobby, 118
Updike, John, 221
Vasquez, Jacinto, 160
Vietnam War, 22, 54, 85, 118
Vukovich, John “Balsa”:
in the lineup, 55, 56
sent to the minors, 114
and Sparky, 26–28, 55, 56, 71–73, 74–76, 86, 88, 90, 91, 92, 114, 193
Wagner, Dick, 19–21, 38, 46, 195, 203, 211, 262
Walker, Harry “the Hat,” 42
Watson, Bob, 103–4, 157
Wepner, Chuck, 40–41
Westrum, Wes, 87, 184
Weyer, Lee, 143
Wight, Bill, 149
Williams, Bill, 18–19
Williams, Charlie, 84
Williams, Earl, 138
Williams, Robin, 254
Williams, Ted, 248, 255
Wilson, Don, 56
Wise, Rick, 220
women, and Title IX, 126, 159
World Series (1918), 2, 248
World Series (1919), 51
World Series (1932), 255
World Series (1940), 51
World Series (1946), 248
World Series (1954), 205
World Series (1967), 248
World Series (1969), 168
World Series (1970), 15, 82, 256
World Series (1972), 15–16, 218, 256
World Series (1975):
Game 1, 223–28
Game 2, 228–33
Game 3, 233–37, 238, 274
Game 4, 238–41
Game 5, 241–45
Game 6, 2–3, 245–55, 274
Game 7, 1–9, 256–59, 261, 274
World Series (1976), 261
World Series (1979), 262
Wright, George, 50, 51
Wright, Harry, 50
Wynn, Jimmy, 74
Yastrzemski, Carl, 221
in Hall of Fame, 262
and 1967 season, 227, 248
and umpires, 235–36
and World Series (1975), 227, 229, 231, 233, 235–36, 253, 259
Young, Cy, 269
Young, Dick, 62, 225
Zamora, Oscar, 136
Zimmer, Don, 3, 243, 252
Zisk, Richie, 214
About the Author
JOE POSNANSKI has been a sports columnist at the Kansas City Star since 1996 and is a contributing writer to Sports Illustrated. He has twice been named the best sports columnist in America by the Associated Press Sports Editors. His previous book, The Soul of Baseball, was the winner of the prestigious 2007 Casey Award for the best baseball book of the year. He has also won the nation’s top honors as a feature writer and project writer, and he has been nominated for awards by the Associated Press Sports Editors nineteen times. In 2004, he became the first sportswriter to be nominated in four separate categories. Posnanski and his wife live in Kansas City, Missouri, with their two daughters.
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Prologue
A Show Like They Never Seen Before
Marshall
How About That Pete Rose?
You Mark My Words
Photographic Insert
Genius
The Machine
We Haven’t Won Anything
The Series
Sun City
The Field of Dreams
Afterword
Acknowledgments
A Note on Sources
Bibliography
Searchable Terms
About the Author
Other Books by Joe Posnanski
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