Front Cover -- Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Prologue -- I. THE BOSS -- A Student of Attila the Hun -- George and the Yankee Doghouse -- George's First Black Coach -- The Man Who Missed Steinbrenner -- The Seinfeld Steinbrenner -- II. THE CRACK OF THE BAT -- So Many Hits, So Much Time for Jeter -- Whew! Scooter Talks Circles around the Hall -- Mantle and Herschkopf the Psychiatrist -- A Final, Sweet Ovation for Mantle -- DiMaggio, a Neighbor, the Quake -- DiMaggio, Failing, Is 84 Today -- Roger Maris Comes Home -- Reggie: Old "44" Returns -- Reggie Becomes Mr. Cooperstown -- Blomberg: One Awestruck Rookie -- O'Neill Moves On Gracefully -- Murcer: Yanks' Last Link to Bygone Days -- Mattingly's Elusive Dream -- Winfield: One Definition of a Winner -- Wiggins Touched the Hot Iron -- Strawberry Attempts to Do It Over Again -- This Bernie Is Not Some Banjo Hitter -- Babe Ruth and John Dillinger -- One for Eli Yale -- Yogi: Baseball's Oddest Marvel -- Now Lives in Quiet World -- For McDougald, the Miracle of Sound -- III. A TOP THE HILL -- The Goose in His Old Nest -- Era Ends: Gator Says "So Long" -- in His Perfection and His Luck -- Come Home, Allie Reynolds -- Niekro: Trying to Pitch Forever -- A Yankee Dinosaur Called Rags -- The Future Is Unclear for Howe -- Anticipation and Drama at Stadium -- Pettitte: The Trade Never Made Still Golden -- Gooden: Conquering More than the Strike Zone -- Clemens: Chin Music -- Wells: Colorful Pitcher, but Not a Stand-Up Guy -- Abbott's Inspirational Return -- Waite Hoyt in the Rain -- Bouton and the Write Stuff -- Cone Must Prove Himself Again -- Catfish Hunter: The Obituary -- IV. THE HOT SEAT -- Torre Knows Victory Isn't Everything -- Time and Success Mellow Piniella -- Rubbernecking on Billy Day -- Remembering Billy Martin, Battler.

"Stained-Glass" Casey Stengel -- Clyde King Faces Another Challenge -- Dallas Green Isn't Blue -- V. THE WAY IT WAS -- Twenty-Five Years Fail to Dim Either Title or Turmoil -- Some Old Faces in the Clubhouse -- Healy's Gone, So Who's on First Now? -- Yesterday Was Just Perfect for a Ballgame -- Baseball Season: No Trespassing -- Down Broadway -- VI. A HANDFUL OF NOTABLE RIVALS -- Cookie Lavagetto's Double -- Koufax Is No Garbo -- Seaver: A Family Affair -- Maddux: A Baseball Picasso -- Manny Ramirez: Formidable, and Forgetful -- Zimmer: Unlikely Hero of '55 Series…Well, Sort Of -- Varitek and A-Rod Brawl -- Ted Williams: An Evening with the Kid -- About the Author.