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| Introduction |
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| Prologue: The Reorganization |
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The Early Years: 1949-1957 |
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DiMaggio's remarkable comeback |
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The strange, indifferent Joe Page |
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John Lindell, team prankster |
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A pennant on the last day |
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. Johnny Mize, the angry Big Cat |
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A brash youngster, Eddie Ford, arrives |
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The destruction of the Whiz Kids |
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A child prodigy named Mantle |
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The Indian, Allie Reynolds, and two no-hitters |
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And a subway series victory over the Giants |
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Joe DiMaggio says, ``I have played my last game.'' |
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Mantle and Martin produce.. The peripatetic Gil McDougald |
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A classic Yankee-Dodger world series |
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Hank Bauer---with a face like a clenched fist |
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The Chairman of the Board---Whitey Ford |
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The ``little bastard,'' brawlin' Billy Martin |
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Moose and Andy Carey arrive |
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The sad story of Bob Grim |
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The Middle Years: 1955-196o |
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Prejudice and the N.Y. Yankees |
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The Gentleman---Elston Howard |
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Brooklyn's first world series victory |
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The golden year of Mickey Mantle |
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The Copacabana fracas and the departure of Billy Martin |
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Tom Sturdivant, the laughter turned to sadness |
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Mantle's mysterious ``shin splints'' |
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Milwaukee and Lew Burdette in the world series |
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``Break Up the Yankees!'' |
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Casey grows short-tempered |
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Weiss's private detective |
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Revenge in a bitter series with Milwaukee |
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The nonpareil Ryne Duren---and his personal tragedy |
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Weiss's last great trade via the Kansas City shuffle---Maris becomes a Yankee and an MVP |
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A surprise pennant and a stunning world series loss to the Bucs |
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Casey ``retires''---bitterly |
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The Disorganization Before the Fall |
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The Czar, George Weiss, retires |
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The Final Years: 1961-1964 |
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The M&M boys chase the Babe |
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Awesome power and an easy series victory |
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The Amarillo Gang---Pepi, Linz, Bulldog |
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Ralph Terry and his super season |
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A series victory over the Giants---by inches |
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The Man with the Golden Glove, Clete Boyer |
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A Koufax, Drysdale world series |
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| A Heartfelt Acknowledgment |
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| Epilogue |
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| Index |
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