Contents -- Preface -- Foreword by Jim Morris -- Introduction -- The Letter -- July 21, 1941 -- The Corner of Matthew and Mulberry -- Sunday, July 22, 1941 -- Monday, August 6, 1941 -- A Day of Infamy -- In the Navy -- Team Navy! -- North Africa -- Casablanca -- War Games -- Rumors -- Reunion -- U-505 -- Norfolk -- Camp Ruston, Louisiana -- Playing with the Enemy -- The Berlin Bombers -- We Have Guns! -- Kraut Ball! -- Fighting with the Enemy -- The Final Innings -- The Friendship Game -- The Broken Purple Heart -- Branch Rickey -- Home, Again -- Reality -- Return of the War Hero -- The Letter Arrives -- Dark Night of the Soul -- Resurrection -- Reporting to Greenville -- The Second Shot -- Back in the Game -- I Heard You Was a Hitter -- The Perfect Day -- The Day After Perfection -- Frank Boudreau -- Sacrifice Play -- Is That the Story You Expected to Hear? -- Old Friends -- Death of the Boy Who Loved to Catch -- Postscript.