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Aaron, Hank, 137, 288, 356, 419

Aaron, Larry, 356

ABC (TV network), 353, 377

Abercrombie, Jim, 293

Abernathy, Bill, 86-87, 88, 101

“acquired situational narcissism,” 344-45

Adair, Robert K., 99-101

Addie, Bob, 89, 90, 230

Afro-American
, 95, 97

Agee, Tommie, 271

Al-Anon, 348

Alan R. Nelson Research, 302

Alcoholics Anonymous, 188, 344, 345, 351

Alexander, Hugh, 66

Alexandria Dukes, 357-58

Ali, Muhammad, 293

Al Lang Field, 150

Allen, Bernie, 235-36

Allen, George, 356

Allen, Maury, 258

Allen, Mel, 2, 25, 90, 99, 210, 211, 212, 225, 226, 261, 262, 291, 292

Allen, Steve, 127

All My Octobers
(Mantle), xxi, 96

Alston, Walter, 133 Alusik, George, 250-53

American Cancer Society, 385, 387

American in Paris, An
(film), 31

American League, xviii, 150, 152, 246, 419

Anchor Boy (racehorse), 301

Anheuser-Busch, 204

Antonelli, John, 125

Appel, Marty, xix, 99, 274, 276-77, 281, 300-301

Arizona Republic
, 14

Arizona State University, 158, 252

Arlington Stadium, 373, 375

Armstrong, Louis, 151

Armstrong, Neil, 293

Asbury Park Press
, 303

Ash, Mary Kay, 383

Ashby, Elliot, 281

Asnas, Hymie, 23

Associated Press, 152-53, 222, 232, 252

Astor, Gerald, 196, 218

Atlanta Braves, 307

Atlanta Constitution
, 307

Atlanta County Fulton Stadium, 288

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
, 303

Atlantic City
Press
, 144

At Your Own Risk: The Case Against Chiropractic
(Smith), 75

Avalon, Frankie, xx

Aykroyd, Dan, 328

Aznavour, Charles, 292

Babe, Loren, 86

Bahnsen, Stan, 153, 277

Bailey, Ed, 155

Baker, A. B., 66

Ball Four
(Bouton), 298, 352

Ballpark at Arlington, 375

Baltimore Orioles, 196-97, 199, 255, 257-60

Banks, Ernie, 137

Barber, Amzi, 92

Barber, Red, 4

Barker, Joe, 21

Barnett, Barney, 64, 65

Barney, Rex, 64

Barsky, Rob, 316

“Baseball” (Mazur), 280

Baseball Assistance Team, 383

baseball card industry, 314-18, 322-23

fraud in, 322
see also
memorabilia industry

Baseball Prospectus (Web site), 420

Baseball Writers Association of America, 171, 354

Bass, Mike, 340

Battey, Earl, 155

Bauer, Charlene, 163, 165

Bauer, Hank, xix, 23, 25, 32, 33, 64, 163, 183, 189, 192, 241, 259, 260, 316, 325, 379, 382

Copa incident and, 163, 165-67, 171-72, 180-81

Baumer, Jim, 67

Bavasi, Buzzie, 133

Baylor University Medical Center, 366-67, 371

Belafonte, Harry, 165

Bell, Gary, 246

Bennett, LeRoy, 40, 44, 51, 55, 61, 244

Bennett, Tony, 164

Bergen, Edgar, 245

Berger, Sy, 315

Berk, Howard, 36, 271, 273, 282, 290, 294, 304

Berkus, Mike, 316, 322

Berra, Carmen, 15, 19, 76, 163, 164, 166, 172, 217-19, 325, 332, 358

Berra, Dale, 356, 358

Berra, Yogi, 7, 13, 15, 19, 21, 30, 33, 76, 85, 122, 130, 145, 149, 161, 165-67, 172, 189, 194, 201-3, 213, 217-19, 234, 251, 265-66, 270, 313, 328, 349, 356, 365, 382

Betrayed as Boys
(Gartner), 336

Betty Ford Center, 339, 342-49, 351, 352, 361, 363, 365, 387

B. F. Goodrich, 46, 58

Big Time (racehorse), 301

Billingsley, Al, 69-70, 114

Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, The
(James), 135

Bird, Larry, 138

Bischoff, Greg, 123

Blanchard, Johnny, xix, 25, 194, 228, 231, 241, 242, 267, 316, 379, 382

Blanche, Aunt, 59

Bolding, Bonnie, 175

Bolding, Marjorie, 175-76, 178, 240, 331, 364

Bolt, Tommy, 302-3

Bonanno, Joe, 29

“Boss of the Yankees” (Frank), 190

Boston Globe
, 215

Boston Red Sox, 21, 85, 105, 152, 227, 266, 419

Bouton, Jim, 134, 242, 265, 268, 271, 298, 301, 352, 355

Boyer, Clete, xv, 135, 155, 170, 194, 198, 203, 228, 231, 252, 260, 262, 292, 307, 312, 313, 322

Branca, Ralph, 30, 31

Brassfield, Brent, 48

Breakfast at Tiffany’s
(film), 211

Brewer, Teresa, 169, 289

Brideweser, Jim, 16, 86

Bridges, Marshall, 241

Briggs Stadium, 90, 155

Brinkley, Charles, 185

Brock, Lou, 267

Brooke, Holly, 24, 28-29, 176, 183

Brooklyn Dodgers, 15, 20-21, 28, 30, 65, 84, 105, 123-24, 131, 132

Brooklyn Eagle
, 129

Brosnan, Jim, 229

Brown, Bobby, 23, 30, 345

Brown, Joe E., 127

Brown v. Board of Education
, 123

Brubaker, Bill, 205-8

Brunet, George, 257

Bunning, Jim, 161

Burdette, Lew, 313-14

Burkhead, John, 16

Burritt, Elihu, 49

Burroughs, Rosa, 93

Busch, Augie, 242

Busch, Lonnie, xiv

Busch Stadium, 90

Bush, George W., 185

Byrne, Tommy, 13, 151

Cafaro, Glenn, 123

California, University of (Davis), 160

Callahan, Tom, 276, 298

Cameron Wholesalers, 301

Candlestick Park, 132, 133

Cannon, Jimmy, 21, 134, 234, 282

Cantor, Fredrich, xix-xx

Caplan, Arthur, 371-72, 375

Capote, Truman, 212, 226

Card Sharks: How Upper Deck Turned a Child’s Hobby into a High-Stakes Billion-Dollar Business
(Williams), 315

Carey, Andy, 10, 123, 163

Carey, Hugh, 328

Carney, Art, 194

Carolina League, 357

Caron Foundation and Alcohol Treatment Centers, 351

Carson, Johnny, 273

Cash, Norm, 278

Cashman, Terry, 125, 133, 289, 316, 317, 354

Castro, Tony, xxi

Cava, Pete, 123, 134

Cavett, Dick, 55-56

CBS Sunday Morning
(TV show), xii, xxiv, 145, 205

Center for Bioethics, 371

Cerv, Bob, 10, 163, 219-20, 223, 226, 227, 229, 236

Cesca, Dave, 17, 18

Chamberlain, Wilt, 274

Chandler, Happy, 9

Charles, Ed, 249

Chase, Chevy, 344

Chase Manhattan Bank, 302

Chicago White Sox, 14, 67, 85, 124, 150, 154, 179, 188, 199-200, 264-66

Churchill, Paul, 116

Ciba-Geigy, 113-14

Cimoli, Gino, 202

Cincinnati Reds, 229-30

Claridge Hotel, 139-40, 142-43, 309-10, 312, 313-14, 355, 359

Clark, Marcia, 377

Clark, Roy, 87-88, 267, 292-93, 319, 382

Clemente, Roberto, 137, 202

Cleveland Indians, 12-13, 78, 121, 122, 124, 168, 276

Cleveland Memorial Stadium, 193

Clooney, Rosemary, 176

Coates, Jim, 202-3, 239, 241

Cobb, Ty, 14, 130, 190

Cochrane, Mickey, 50, 147

Cohen, Bob, 316

Colavito, Rocky, 168

Coleman, Jerry, xv, 7, 15, 21, 35, 119, 120, 150, 163, 185, 194, 270

Coleman, Joe, 275

Colgate Comedy Hour
(TV show), 127

Collier’s
, 24, 75

Collins, Joe, 7

Combs, Herman, 59

Comedy Salute to Baseball, A
(film), 337

Comiskey Park, 265

Compton, Trucky, 28

Confidential
, 176-77, 183

Connie Mack Stadium, 90

Cook, Bobby, 125

Cooper, Gary, 14, 292

Cooper, Gordon, 248

Copa incident, 163-67, 170-72, 180-81, 183-84

Cosell, Howard, 140, 152, 213, 328

MM interviewed by, 195

Costas, Bob, 136-37, 328, 336, 337, 350, 378, 382

Costello, Frank, 164

Courtney, Clint, 197

Cousy, Bob, 146

Cox, Bobby, 242

Coyle, Chris, 165

Craft, Harry, 68, 70, 290

Craig, Ben, 41-42, 302

Craig, Roger, 270

Creamer, Robert W., 118-20, 148, 168, 255

Cronkite, Walter, 328

Crosby, David, 372

Crosetti, Frank, 15, 118, 198, 265, 270

Crosley Field, 230, 232

Crowder, Joe, 68

Crystal, Billy, xiv, xix, 131, 151, 225, 291, 295, 304, 337, 378

Crystal, Jack, 151

Curb Your Enthusiasm
(TV show), 371

Daily Compass
, 13

Daley, Arthur, 35, 150, 193

Dallas County Judicial Treatment Center, 349

Dallas Cowboys, 245

Dallas Mavericks, 110

Dallas Morning News
, 370, 373

Dancer’s Image (racehorse), 280

Daniel, Dan, 96, 118, 150, 221

Dark, Alvin, 32, 33

Davenport, Clay, 420

David, Larry, 371

Davis, Anna Bea, 50, 333-34, 335

Davis, Bill, 50, 59

Davis, Faye, 53, 244, 363, 382

Davis, Lovell Thelma.
See
Mantle, Lovell Davis

Davis, Sammy, Jr., 163, 164-65

Davis, Ted, 10, 50, 59, 62, 75, 244, 362, 363, 379

Davis, Tommy, 130

Day, Doris, 234, 330

Dean, Dizzy, 277

Dean, James, xx

Dean, Jimmy, 340

Dedeaux, Justin, 16, 17, 19

Dedeaux, Rod, 15-17, 18

Deford, Frank, 218

DeLarios, Art, 299, 313, 366

Del Greco, Bobby, 250, 254, 261

DeLise, Barbara.
See
Mantle, Barbara

Del Webb Corporation, 142-43

DeMaestri, Joe, 155, 219, 230-31

DeMille, Cecil B., 212

Detroit Tigers, 150, 152, 223, 271-72, 277-79

Diario, El
, 129

Diaz, Sam, 87

Dick Cavett Show
(TV show), xx

Dickey, Bill, 120

Dickinson, Angie, 328, 330

Diemer, Walter, 314

DiMaggio, Dom, 22

DiMaggio, Dorothy, 12

DiMaggio, Joe, xx, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 19, 22, 39, 77, 84, 123, 131, 132, 140, 189, 190, 205, 238, 240, 290, 328, 364, 381, 405, 418-19

MM disliked by, 21, 23, 291-92

MM’s injured knee and, 32-34, 36

Discobolos, 415

Ditmar, Art, 174, 179-80, 181, 198, 200, 204, 215

Doby, Larry, 83, 179-80

Donohue, Steve, 364-65

Dougall, Bill, 142-43, 144, 147

Downing, Al, 133, 241, 256-57

Drebinger, John, 171

Dressen, Charlie, 30

Dropo, Walt, 179

Drysdale, Don, 262

Dudley, Jimmy, 128

Dunaway, Donald, 91, 101, 102

adult life of, 97-98

ball recovery account of, 94-97

search for, 92-94

Tape Measure Home Run ball retrieved by, 88-89

Durante, Jimmy, 164

Durante, Sal, 227-28

Duren, Ryne, 120, 174, 187-88, 189, 190, 198, 304-5, 307, 343, 365

Durocher, Leo, 125-26, 130

Earl Smith Nostalgia Award, 301

Ebbets Field, 20, 84, 123, 125, 131

Eckert, William, 279

“Economic History of Major League Baseball, The” (Haupert), 190

Eddie Lopat All-Stars, 127

Edwards, Doc, 261

Edwards, Johnny, 229

Effrat, Louis, 24, 89

Ehrlich, George, 113-14

Ehrlichman, John, 178

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 85, 211

Engelsman, Amy, 412-13

Epps, Sandra, 93

Epstein, Ben, 11, 18

Epstein, Mike, 156-57, 405, 407

Erskine, Carl, 105, 130

ESPN (TV network), 349

Esposito, Sammy, 141

Esquire
, 273, 354

Exner, Judith, 212

Eyes Open, Mouth Shut
(Astor), 196

Facade Home Run, 249-54

Fairly, Ron, 16

Falkner, David, xxi

Famous Bubble Gum Incident of 1953, 118

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 105, 178-79, 271

death threat investigated by, 193-94, 200

trading card industry investigated by, 322-23

Fellenbaum, Celia Zelda, 2-4

Feller, Bob, 25, 130, 161

Fenway Park, 105, 194, 280, 281

Ferguson, Nick, 8, 11, 14, 52, 57, 60, 69

Fern (the Flower Woman), 218

Ferraro, Mike, 275-76, 325, 357

Fifty Years of Sounds
(recording), 99

Financial Post
, 323

Firestone, Roy, 349

Fischer, Bill, 179, 248-51, 252, 254, 260

Fishel, Bob, 274, 277, 282, 301

Fisher, Eddie, 212

Flood, Curt, 267

Forbes Field, 84

Ford, Gerald, 299

Ford, Joan, 163, 314

Ford, Mary, 44

Ford, Whitey, 22, 55-56, 113, 141, 142, 165, 179, 187, 194, 213, 231, 234, 239, 241, 244, 262, 275, 286, 301, 304, 307, 325, 328, 331, 355, 359, 382

Copa incident and, 163, 168, 172

fantasy camp venture of, 319

MM’s final days and, 379-80

MM’s misadventures with, 84, 127, 163, 168, 172, 174, 220, 258-59, 272

nickname of, 181

in 1960 World Series, 200-201, 204

in photograph with MM and Martin, xix-xx

Fox, Nellie, 148

Foxx, Jimmie, 277

Foytack, Paul, 155

Frank, Stanley, 190

Frank H. Fleer Company, 314

Frazier, Joe, 356

Frazier, Marvin, 356

Freedom of Information Act, 179

Freehan, Bill, 154

Freeman, Mark, 239-40

Frick, Ford, 221

Frisch, Frankie, 14

Gagarin, Yuri, 211

Gallagher, Joe, 25

Game of the Week
(TV show), 297-98

Garagiola, Joe, 261

Garcia, Mike, 153

Garrett, Brad, 93

Garroway, Dave, 127

Gartner, Richard, 336-37

Gaynor, Deborah, 108

Gaynor, Sidney, 35, 72-73, 104, 108, 118, 152, 226, 237, 256

Gehrig, Louis, 11, 14, 67, 151, 292

Gelman, Woody, 315, 316