„… convince anyone in baseball that my life or career were headed back in the right direction. Yet as spring …” „… was about to turn to summer in 1973, I reunited with Paul, who along with Yankees manager Ralph Houk …” „… knowingly traded them damaged goods after the 1971 season. I barely spoke with Paul after the deal was …”

„… hardest throwers in baseball. My poor 1971 season could be chalked up to various legitimate frus-trations …” „… necessitated the pill consumption.All anyone could do at that point was hope for a better 1973 season. But I …” „… second month of the season.That became such a problem that Fox began stretching out my starts to give me …”

„… the 1928–1929 season.Book 1.indb 28 5/13/13 1:49 PMALLEN, MARCUS LEMARR • 29ALLEN, GEORGE HERBERT …” „… the season-ending game, won by Long Beach State in November, his players dumped a bucket of ice water …” „… the 1966 season and another, the Cincinnati Bengals, for the 1968 season.The first AFL–NFL …”

„… there is baseball or boxing fiction, but those works that do exist have achieved near-classic status …” „… Olan. Football Stars of 1973. New York: Pyramid, 1973.Buffalo Bills Official 1999 Team Yearbook. Playa …” „… contain that season’s schedule and a few miscellaneous facts. They are of interest to the collector but …”

„… football game I have witnessed in person. He has been a loyal New York Jets’ season-ticket holder for more …” „… meaningless season-ending game between the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets, NBC television pro-ducer Don …” „… , Maryland, for the 1996 season.Book 1.indb xxxiii 5/13/13 1:49 PMxxxiv • CHRONOLOGY1996 Kansas City …”

„… -game hitting streak in 1941. In games played through the end of the 1973 season, the number 714 might …” „… the upcoming season, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and baseball took a backseat to U.S. involvement in …” „… 1945 season in which they had the worst record in baseball, while the Giants were still an average team …”

„… , the final day of that year’s baseball season.The 1941 season is considered to be one of the greatest …” „… , Clemente planned on returning for the 1973 season; however, the 38-year-old would never make it that far. A …” „… each year, the baseball season winds down. There is a palpable emptiness as the final games tick off …”

„… seasons and won the Cy Young Award in 1973 and 1975. He also finished second in the 1971 Cy Young voting …” „… season.Growing slightly more frustrated by this habit, Stieb threw his head back and stared at the Toronto night …” „… 43• 3 •Masterful on the MoundSANDY KOUFAX: THE DAWN OF THE PHENOMAugust 27, 1955Sometimes baseball …”

„… 99• 6 •Passing Down Tradition and Influencing the ProsOne of the great things about baseball is …” „… and walk into professional baseball based on his God-given ability; however, one look at his Hall of …” „… a different kind of bond in teaching the sport of baseball. It’s that connection of generations and …”

„… were coming off a 1966 season in which they finished with the fourth-worst record in baseball and …” „… wire.”McCovey was traded to San Diego after the 1973 season and spent two and a half subpar seasons there. After …” „… really hit,” said Fred Lynn, who was Yastrzemski’s teammate in Boston for seven seasons.Sometimes you …”

„… long history of major league baseball, there are only five fami-lies who boast three generations of …” „… Jr./Scott).The Hairston’s baseball family tree is quite remarkable. It begins with Sam Hairston, who played seven …” „… seasons in the Negro Leagues before getting a four-game cup of coffee with the Chicago White Sox in 1951 …”

„… example, Wathan stole 36 bases to break major league baseball’s single-season record for a catcher, which …” „… Dad was home, it was football season, it was basketball season. It wasn’t baseball season. My dad …” „… backhanded compliment in baseball is this analysis of a catcher’s footspeed: “He runs well . . . for a …”

„… Yogi Berra Stadium, home of Montclair State’s baseball team and, until the end of the 2022 season, the …” „… American icon whose fame extended far beyond baseball. Count him among the few American athletes for whom …” „… League Most Valuable Player and led the powerful Yankees in runs batted in every season from 1949 to 1955 …”

„… with Native Americans, 107; end of baseball career, 105; family summer, 109; filming of The Natural …” „… , 109; high school baseball, 103; on the move, 102; parents’ divorce, 103Allen, Woody, 100Allison, Bob …” „… Cardenas, Gloria, 158Cardenas, Leo Jr.: ballplayers at house, 158–59; baseball memorabilia, 160; born 1963 …”

„… in eight seasons. The Bill James His-torical Baseball Abstract ranked him the tenth best MLB catcher …” „… season.The fallout over the 1919 Black Sox scandal ensnared Toney. Eight Chicago White Sox players were …” „… , Zuber was put on waivers. The Washington Senators signed him after the 1940 season.Zuber compiled a 6-4 …”

„… the deal and MLB redoubled its baseball segregation.Before the 1888 season, Ward authored a best …” „… Yale Law School, where he also coached the Yale baseball team to a winning season. O’Rourke had already …” „… season unfolded. The Keefe & Becannon Company supplied the PL’s baseballs but the balls were too lively …”

„… IIICONCLUSION2177Rebels for All SeasonsThroughout this book we have profiled baseball rebels who …” „… avid reader. During the baseball season, he reads for an hour or two after each game—at home or in his …” „… baseball season and documents his visits on Twitter. “I want to support local businesses. I want to support …”