The Last Boy (59 page)

Preston Trail Golf Club, xxii, 145, 276, 299, 303, 351, 373

Previte, Pete, 237, 282

Price, Jim, 277-78

Pride of the Yankees, The
(film), 14, 292

Pride of the Yankees Award, 301

Priebe, Cedric, 166

Primitive Methodist Church, 51-52

Proceedings of the 5th Conference of Engineering in Sport
, 157

Professional Sports Authenticators, 323

Profiles in Courage
(Kennedy), 148

Prohibition, 58-59

Prudenti, Frank, 33, 203, 229, 237

Pucci, Emilio, 212

Purkey, Bob, 231

Quality of Courage, The
(Mantle and Creamer), 147-48

Quinn, Anthony, 212

Rabenou, Rahmin, 113

Rainier, Prince of Monaco, 175

Ramos, Pedro, 149, 151, 156, 251

Rankin, Dave, 16

Rather, Dan, 328

Ray, Johnnie, 163

Reed, Jack, 196, 235

Reedy, William, 319

Reichler, Joe, 232

Renna, Bill, 87

Republicans (bowling club), 164

Reserve Life Insurance Company, 305

Retrosheet (Web site), xviii, 24, 135, 419

Reynolds, Debbie, 8

Riach, Tom, 17

Richardson, Betsy, xxiv, 377, 380

Richardson, Bobby, xxiv, 168, 247, 260, 262, 275, 307, 376-77, 380, 382

Richardson, Jimmy, 52, 58, 63, 74

Rickerby, Arthur, 323

Rickey, Branch, 15, 84, 125, 418

Rigney, Bill, 215

Ringer, Dave, 60, 114, 318, 340, 366

Rivers, Mickey, 81

Rizzuto, Phil, 7, 16, 110, 189, 279, 304, 313, 328, 364, 377

Robinson, Brooks, 255, 257

Robinson, Eddie, 151, 173

Robinson, Frank, 137

Robinson, Jackie, 84, 131, 148, 191

Rochester Redwings, 301

Rockefeller, Nelson, 299-300

Rockefeller Foundation, 302

Rodriguez, Alex, 407

Roebuck, Ed, 156

Rogers, Will, 58

Rose, Pete, 322

Roseboro, John, 261-62, 263

Rosen, Al, 13

Rosen, Alan, 316

Rosenthal, Harold, 152, 197

Roth, Allan, 134

Roy, George, 406

Royal, Darrell, 365-66

Rozelle, Pete, 354

Rudy, Wayne, 245

Russell, Rosalind, 269

Russo, Vin, 322

Ruth, Babe, xviii, 2, 11, 83, 84, 150, 151, 152, 171, 174, 183, 190, 200, 210, 215, 222-23, 234, 261, 270, 377, 419

Ruth, Claire, 224, 226

Rybarczyk, Greg, 159, 254

Sackler, Howard, 136

Safe at Home!
(film), 234

Sailor Prince
, 49

Sain, Johnny, 73, 85

St. Louis Browns, 14, 24, 64, 65

St. Louis Cardinals, 56, 66, 156, 227, 242, 267

Maris traded to, 307

in 1964 World Series, 267-70

Sandifer, Dominic, 316-17, 319-20, 342, 343, 376, 378

Sandomir, Richard, xxi

San Francisco Chronicle
, 405

San Francisco Giants, 133

Saturday Evening Post
, 184, 190

Savitt, Alan, 24, 176-77

Schaap, Dick, 205

Schallock, Art, 25, 76

Schallock, Donna, 76, 79

Schectel, Louis, 346

Schecter, Leonard, 67, 189, 196, 198-99, 224, 228, 240

Schmierer, Bob, 315-16

Schoendienst, Red, 148, 184, 200

Schultz, Barney, xviii, 268-69, 301

Score, Herb, 168

Scott, Frank, 76, 196, 222-23, 242

Screen Actors Guild, 234

Scully, Vin, 125, 261

Seals Stadium, 8, 15

Seaver, Tom, 16

Seger, Don, 63, 109-10, 236

Segrist, Kal, 10, 67

Selkirk, George, 25

Senate, U.S., 123, 198-99

7 (Golenbock), xix

Shaffer, Benjamin, 161

Shah, Diane, 298, 356, 361

Shannon, Mike, 270

Shantz, Bobby, 201-2, 203

Shaw, Mark, 226

Shea, Spec, 276

Shea Stadium, xx, 36

Sheehy, Pete, 11, 22, 28, 237, 238, 240, 243

Sheeley, Glenn, 303

Sheldon, Roland, 170, 236

Shepard, Alan, 211, 287

Sheppard, Bob, 22, 132, 257, 260, 286, 353

Shor, Toots, 76, 181, 201

Shouse, Ivan, 48, 72

Shula, Dave, 356

Shula, Don, 356

Siebern, Norm, 250

Sigle, Sue, 47

Silvera, Charlie, 15, 34, 108, 112, 174

Silvestri, Pam, 369-70, 375

Simon, Paul, xx, 55-56, 318

Simpson, O. J., 377

Sinatra, Frank, 140, 164

’61
^*
(film), xiv

Skelton, Red, 8

Skowron, Bill “Moose,” xix, 10, 122, 130, 179, 202, 204, 214, 229-30, 241, 262, 316, 325, 379, 382

Slaughter, Enos, 179

Sleater, Lou, 101

Smith, Dave, xviii, 24, 135

Smith, Hal, 202

Smith, Marshall, 303

Smith, Ralph Lee, 75

Smith, Red, 11, 22, 88, 89, 129, 191, 203, 248, 279

Smotherman, Cromer, xxiii, 68, 70

Snider, Duke, xv, xviii, 30-31, 123, 127, 156, 316, 317, 322, 354, 355, 381

Mantle-Mays-Snider debate and, 129-33

1954 batting title and, 124-26

traded to New York Mets, 132-33

Soar, Hank, 223

Soares, Joe, 106, 111, 255, 282

Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), 98, 101

Solotaroff, Paul, 320, 322

Sooner State League, 121

Souryal, Tarek, 110

Southern California, University of, xii-xiii, 8

MM’s mythic performance at, 15-19

Southwest Organ Bank, 368, 370, 375

Southwest Transplant Alliance, 368, 369, 370-71, 375

Spahn, Warren, 313

Spalding Company, 90

Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, xxii, 382-83

Sparma, Joe, 271

Spears, Leo, 75

Speck, Keith, 25, 69, 109

Spooner, Karl, 126

SPORT
, 66, 118, 130

Sporting News, The
, 8, 10, 46, 88-89, 96, 107, 152, 185, 221, 222, 230

SportsChannel, 308

Sports Collectors Digest
, 316, 322

Sports Illustrated
, xx, 57, 60, 118, 244, 246, 255, 308, 346

sports medicine, 107

Sputnik, 184

Stallard, Tracy, 227

Stallone, Sly, 328

Stanley (Mantle look-alike), 356

Steinbrenner, George M., 141, 319, 328, 358

Stengel, Casey, 11, 15, 19, 20-21, 25, 32, 78, 104, 111, 116, 118, 121, 122, 150, 151-52, 168, 172, 174, 180, 182, 186, 187, 192, 196, 197, 211, 213, 217, 218, 242, 249, 286

Copa incident and, 167

MM moved to center field by, 8-9, 12

MM’s relationship with, 118-20, 124, 189, 198

1960 World Series and, 200-204

Senate testimony of, 198-99

tape-measure lineup of, 122-23, 126

Stephens, Gene, 266 S

tewart, Albert, 66

Stewart, Martha, 217

Stigman, Dick, 235

Stobbs, Chuck, 85-86, 88, 90-91, 100, 276

Stottlemyre, Mel, 281

Strawberry, Darryl, 136

Streisand, Barbra, 328

Stubblefield, Paul, 10

Sturdivant, Tom, 64, 174, 183, 199, 260, 261, 350

Sturdivant, Tommy, 350

Sturm, Johnny, 65

Suggs, George, Jr., 41

Sullivan, Ed, 127, 164

Sullivan, Frank, 162

Sullivan, Haywood, 250, 281

Summerall, Pat, 45, 60, 80, 195, 330, 332, 343, 344, 373, 376-78, 382

Sundstrom, Frank, 104, 106-7, 117

Supreme Court, U.S., 123, 204

Susman, Paul E., 17

Swearingen, Randall, xvi, 99-100, 386

Sweet, Ozzie, xiii, xix, xxi

Talese, Gay, 192-93

“Talkin’ Baseball” (Cashman), 133, 289, 316

Tape Measure Home Run, 83-102, 105

Dunaway’s account of, 94-97

Griffith Stadium venue of, 83-85, 87

Jenkinson’s analysis of, 99

measurements of, 88-89, 99-102, 101-2

media and, 89-90

mythologizing of, 99

precedents for, 83-84

prelude to, 85-86

tape measure as term and, 91

tape measure in Oklahoma City, 91

Taxerman, Al, xix

Taylor, Albert, 93

Taylor, Elizabeth, 344

Taylor, Ted, 315-16

Terrell, Ernie, 178

Terry, Ralph, 60, 64, 67, 203, 247, 262, 381-82

Terwilliger, Wayne, 87

Texas Penitentiary Rodeo, 386

Texas Playboys, 55

Texas Rangers, 182, 325, 348, 357

That Touch of Mink
(film), 234

Thies, Jake, 126

This Date in Baseball
(TV show), 99

This Week in Baseball
(TV show), 99

Thomas, Paul, 40-41, 44, 73, 74-76, 80, 387

Thomas, Wanda, 75

Thompson, Hank, 129

Thompson, Kenneth, 351-52

Thomson, Bobby, 30, 315

Thomson, Chuck, 204

Thorn, John, 135, 419

Tiant, Luis, 279

Tiger Stadium, 154, 238

Time
, 5, 91, 143, 298, 419

MM on cover of, 90

Toast of the Town, The
(TV show), 127

Today Show
(TV show), 127

Tonight Show
(TV show), 127

Topping, Dan, 8, 15, 127, 167, 169, 180, 236, 255

Topps Chewing Gum Company, 314-15, 316, 322, 323, 419

Toronto Blue Jays, 182, 325

Torre, Joe, xv, 302

Tracewski, Dick, 262, 279

Tresh, “Iron Mike,” 238

Tresh, Mickey, 238

Tresh, Tom, 199, 216, 224, 234-35, 237, 244, 247, 262, 264, 265

Trimble, Joe, 88-89, 126, 190-91, 221

Triple Crown, 152-53, 287, 289

Tri-State Mining District, 38-40, 43, 46-47, 58, 282

Tri-State Zinc and Lead Ore Producers Association, 42, 63

Trojan Review
(film), 18

Trucks, Virgil, 155, 174

True, Roy, 291, 299-300, 302, 309-10, 311, 317, 319, 320, 327, 331, 332, 341, 343, 353, 359, 367, 372-73, 375, 376, 382

Truman, Harry, 65

Trump, Donald, 364

Tunney, Gene, 59

Turley, Bob, 155, 239

Turner, Jim, 86, 229

Ueberroth, Peter, 308

Union Busting in the Tri-State
(Suggs), 41

United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), 368, 370, 371-72, 375

Upper Deck, 316-17, 342, 353, 376, 386

Vecsey, George, 218-19, 240, 291

Veeck, Bill, 246

Vernon, Mickey, 87

Versalles, Zoilo, 235

Village Voice
, 370

VintageCardPrices.com
(Web site), 323

Virdon, Bill, 64, 201-2, 243

Virdon, Shirley, 243-44

Voltaren (diclofenac sodium), 113-14

VonMoss, Corrine, 47

VonMoss, Ed, 26, 57

VonMoss, Jerry, 26, 46, 47-48, 57, 116

WABC-TV, 195

Wade, Dr., 313

Wadkins, Lanny, 299, 303, 305

Wagner, Roger, 312-13, 314

Walters, Lou, 127, 354

Warner Brothers, 177

Warner Wolf Show
(TV show), 132

Warren, Earl, 201

Warren, Joe, 81, 294, 303, 363, 380

Washington Capitals, 109, 161

Washington Post
, xi, xxiii, 1, 5, 56, 89, 91, 95, 97, 145, 358

Washington Senators, 83-84, 162, 186-87, 223, 275

Washington Star
, 89, 97

Washington Times
, 319

Washington Times-Herald
, 85, 89

Washington Wizards, 109

Waybright, Brian, 48

Webb, Del, 8, 142-43, 169, 179

WebMD (Web site), 110

Weiss, George, 21, 104, 167, 168, 180, 183-84, 189-90, 292, 354

Welch, Raquel, 328

Welk, Lawrence, 383

Wells, David, xix

Wertz, Vic, 128

Western League, 10, 70

Whipkey, Lavenda, 71-72

Whitaker, Steve, 272

White, E. B., 170

Whitebird Bluebirds, 57

White Shadow, The
(TV show), 310

Whitey and Mickey
(Mantle and Ford), xxi

Whitney, David, 160

Whiz Kids, 64, 65-66, 199

Wiesler, Bob, 7-8, 10

Wilhelm, Hoyt, 197

Williams, Esther, 8

Williams, Pete, 315

Williams, Stan, 241, 257-58

Williams, Ted, 21, 148, 155, 156, 183, 226, 337, 405

Williams, Tennessee, 212

Willis, Bruce, 328

Wills, Bob, 55

Wilson, Archie, 11-12

Wilson, Sybil, 12

Winchell, Walter, 164

win shares, 419

Wolf, Barbara, 340, 365, 376

Wolf, Ron, 332, 376

Wolf, Warner, 317

Wolff, Bob, 85, 89, 99

Women’s Wear Daily
, 279

Wood, Frank, 25, 117, 185

Woodward, Stanley, 11

Woolard, Allan, 61

Workman, Hank, 9, 15-16

World Series

of 1924, 84, 85

of 1951, xviii, 28, 30-35, 36, 79, 103-5, 131-32, 412

of 1953, 105, 123-24

of 1954, 124, 128

of 1955, 150, 172

of 1956, 132, 156

of 1957, 132, 183, 184, 200, 268

of 1958, 185

of 1960, 200-204

of 1961, 229, 231-32, 414

of 1962, 131-32, 247, 386

of 1963, 4, 133, 261-63

of 1964, xviii, 4, 267-70, 291

of 1969, 293

of 1985, 204

Worthy, Dillard, 369-70

Wrigley Field, 14

Wynn, Early, 156

Yahoo! Sports (Web site), 100

Yancey, Alice, 117

Yancey, Dan, 104, 106, 107

Yankee Stadium, xxii, 21, 90, 99, 111, 132, 151, 154, 157, 201

locker room of, 237

MM Banner Day at, 277

MM Day at, 271, 290, 292

MM’s monument in, 291, 383

Monument Park of, xxii, 141, 229

see also
New York Yankees

Yastrzemski, Carl, 356

Yastrzemski, Mike, 356

Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, The
(Wallop), 121

“Yesterday, When I Was Young” (song), 292-93, 382

Yost, Eddie, 101

Young, Dick, 187, 191, 197, 220, 258, 305

Youngman, Harold, 26, 115-16, 117, 176, 177, 184, 185, 243

Zibilich, Mark, 299, 365, 368, 378

Zingales, Anthony, 166, 171

Zwerdling, Daniel, 56