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Index
Introduction: The glory of their times

 

Seaver, Tom

 

The true New York Sports Icon

Washington, George,

Jefferson, Thomas,

Franklin, Benjamin,

Adams, John,

Lincoln, Abraham,

Grant, U.S.,

Roosevelt, Theodore,

Lindbergh, Charles,

Roosevelt, Franklin,

Eisenhower, Dwight,

MacArthur, Douglas,

Patton, George,

Glenn, John,

King Jr., Martin Luther,

Reagan, Ronald,

Monroe, Marilyn,

describing USO tour of Korea,

DiMaggio, Joe,

reaction to Marilyn Monroe,

Wayne, John,

Fonda, Henry,

Cooper, Gary,

Grant, Cary,

Gable, Clark,

Monroe, Marilyn,

Dean, James,

Taylor, Elizabeth,

Eastwood, Clint

Newman, Paul,

Redford, Robert

Jack Nicholson,

Cruise, Tom,

Presley, Elvis,

Jagger, Mick,

Richards, Keith,

Page, Jimmy,

Pete, Townsend,

Daltrey, Roger,

Morrison, Jim,

Lennon, John,

McCartney, Paul,

Hendrix, Jimi,

Cash, Johnny,

Mathewson, Christy,

McGraw, John,

Ruth, Babe.

Gehrig, Lou,

Hubbell, Carl,

Terry, Bill,

Ott, Mel,

Louis, Joe,

DiMaggio, Joe,

Dickey, Bill,

Berra, Yogi,

McCarthy, Joe,

Robinson, Jackie,

Rickey, Branch,

Snider, Duke,

Campanella, Roy,

Mays, Willie,

Durocher, Leo,

Gifford, Frank,

Marciano, Rocky,

Stengel, Casey,

Mantle, Mickey,

Maris, Roger,

Ford, Whitey,

Martin, Billy,

Namath, Joe,

Seaver, Tom,

Frazier, Walt,

Holzman, Red,

Ali, Muhammad,

Munson, Thurman

Jackson, Reggie,

Winfield, Dave,

McEnroe, John,

Mattingly, Don,

Strawberry, Daryl,

Gooden, Dwight,

Carter, Gary,

Parcells, Bill,

Taylor, Lawrence,

Ewing, Patrick,

Jeter, Derek,

Rivera, Mariano,

Clemens, Roger,

Rodriguez, Alex,

Torre, Joe,

 

The reincarnation of Christy Mathewson

 

Mathewson, Christy,

Selma, Dick,

Frisella, Danny,

Boucher, Red,

on developing the Alaska Goldpanners,

Dedeaux, Rod,

building his USC dynasty,

Seaver, Tom,

playing for the Alaska Goldpanners,

Alaska Goldpanners,

Holtzman, Ken,

Lucas, George,

at USC with John Milius,

Milius, John,

at USC with George Lucas,

Spielberg, Steven,

rejected by USC,

Coppola, Francis Ford,

at UCLA with Jim Morrison,

Morrison, Jim,

at UCLA with Francis Ford Coppola,

Manzarek, Ray,

at UCLA with Jim Morrison and Francis Ford
Coppola,

Selleck, Tom,

at USC with Tom Seaver,

Lee, Bill,

at USC,

Young, Charles,

growing up in Fresno,

McKay, John,

on race relations between USC and
Stanford,

McIntyre, Nancy Lynn,

Hodges, Gil,

Koosman, Jerry,

Grote, Jerry,

 

If you can make it there, you can make it
anywhere

 

Vance, Dazzy,

Herman, Babe,

“Daffiness Boys”, the

“Merkle Boner,” the

Namath, Joe Willie,

Rickey, Branch,

signing Jackie Robinson,

Robinson, Jackie,

breaking the “color barrier,”

Shea, William,


Can’t anybody here play this game?”

 

O’Malley, Walter,

Rickey, Branch,

Durocher, Leo,

Brooklyn Dodgers,

move to Los Angeles,

Hahn, Kenneth

Shea, William,

political connections,

Stengel, Casey,

Throneberry, Marv

Kanahel, Rod,

Namath, Joe,

Croom, Sylvester,

recalling Joe Namath at Alabama

 

The eve of destruction

 

Kennedy, John F.,

Nixon, Richard,

Johnson, Lyndon,

Houk, Ralph,

 

High hopes

 

Hodges, Gil,

Harrelson, Bud,

Durocher, Leo,

Seaver, Tom,

Harrelson, Bud,

Grote, Jerry,

Berra, Yogi,

Walker, Rube.

Shamsky, Art

Swoboda, Ron,

Herzog, Whitey,

McGraw, Tug,

Ryna, Nolan,

Koosman, Jerry,

Gentry, Gary,

 

In the “big inning”

 

Gibson, Bob,

Flood, Curt,

Supreme Court case

Seaver, Tom

Durocher, Leo,

Banks, Ernie,

Shamsly, Art,

Boswell, Ken,

 

Meet the Mets

 

Seaver, Tom,

Seaver, Nancy,

Jone,s Cleon,

Agree, Jones,

Grote, Jerry,

Harrelson, Bud,

Murphy, John

Nelson, Lindsey,

Murphy, Bob,

Kiner, Ralph,

 

The leaping corpse

 

Angell, Roger,

 

The first crucial day

 

Koosman, Jerry,

Pignatano, Joe,

Kranepool, Ed,

Durocher, Leo,

Younh, Don,

Santo, Ron,

Jenkins, Ferguson,

Koppett, Leonard,

 

The birth of a true New York Sports
Icon

 

Seaver, Tom,

Charles, Seaver,

Kranepool, Ed,

Agee, Tom,

Santo, Ron,

Young, Don,

Durocher, Leo,

Mays, Willie,

Maglie, Sal,

Qualls, Jimmy

Lancaster, Burt,

Walker, Rube

Seaver, Tom,

the birth of a true New York Sports
Icon,

Berra, Yogi,

Seaver, Nancy,

Selma, Dick,

 

After the Pentecost: July 11 – July 16,
1969

Genry, Gary

Durocher, Leo,

on the Gashouse Gang Cardinals,

Stengel, Casey,

on the 1969 Mets,

Swoboda, Ron,

Ryan, Nolan,

Agee, Tommie,

“bleacher bums,” the

Seaver, Tom,

Weis, Al,

Gentry, Gary,

 

The wrath of Gil

 

Moses,

Koosman, Jerry,

on events in the country,

Charles, Ed,

on events in the country,

Swoboda,Ron,

on events in the country,

Schoendienst, Red,

McLain, Denny,

Robinson, Frank,

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