Acknowledgments ix
Foreword xi
Robert Creamer
Introduction xiii
The Hot Stove League
1(14)
Land of the Giants
15(20)
Origins of a Dynasty
35(22)
Time-Out 1: Chicago on the Make
49(8)
Opening Days
57(22)
Time-Out 2: The Murder Farm
72(7)
The Great Sorting
79(18)
Heat and Dust
97(38)
Time-Out 3: Doubleday and Doubletalk
129(6)
The Guns of August
135(16)
The Dog Days
151(26)
Time-Out 4: Baseball's Invisible Men
167(10)
The Merkle Game
177(22)
That Other Pennant Race
199(34)
Time-Out 5: The Red Peril and the Red Priestess
225(8)
Down to the Wire: The National League
233(24)
The Merkle Game II
257(20)
Time-Out 6: Curses!
273(4)
Covering the Bases
277(12)
Epilogue 289(12)
Sources 301(22)
Notes 323(38)
Index 361