Summer of '68: The Season That Changed Baseball--And America--Forever (43 page)

on Northrup

and Powell

record

shoulder problems

thirtieth victory

verbal errors

World Series batting

World Series pitching

McLain, Tom

McMahon, Don

McMillin, Miles

Mead, William

Media

and baseball

on baseball’s observance of Kennedy’s death

Detroit newspaper strike

and Drysdale’s scoreless streak

exaggerating glory of athletes

and Flood’s misplay in Game Seven

football’s growing popularity

and McLain

and Olympic Games

progress

and Super Bowl

television and baseball

and World Series

Memphis, Tennessee

MLK in

MLK’s assassination

Mexico City Olympic Games

Michigan Chronicle
newspaper

Midsummer Classics (All-Star Games)

Miller, Marvin

Minnesota Twins

Monbouquette, Bob

Moses, Wally

Munsey, Larry

Murray, Jim

Music

and Briles

and McLain

and Northrup

NAACP conference

Namath, Joe

National anthem at World Series

National Football League (NFL)

National Guard service

National League

All-Star win

Cardinals pennant wins

top pitchers

New York Cubans

New York Jets

New York Mets

New York Times

New York Yankees

NFL Films

1968
(Kurlansky)

Nixon, Richard

No-hit pitchers.
See
Perfect games/no hitters

Northrup, Jim “Gray Fox” or “Sweet Lips”

biographical info

on Gibson

record

singing with McLain

in World Series

Oakland Athletics

Oakland Raiders

Olympic boycott

Olympic Games

altitude challenges

and media

and Ryun

and steroid abuse

Omaha Royals

Once a Bum, Always A Dodger
(Drysdale)

Oregonian

Out at Home
(Pappas)

Oyler, Ray

Pagliaroni, Jim

Palmer, Jim

Pappas, Carole

Pappas, Milt

Parker, Wes

Patterson, Daryl

Pepitone, Joe

Perez, Tony

Perfect games/no hitters

about

Dierker

Hunter

Koufax

Monbouquette

Pappas

Perry

Phoebus

Ryan

Stoneman

Washburn

Wise

See also
Scoreless streaks

Perry, Gaylord

Petrocelli, Rico

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia Athletics

Philadelphia Phillies

Phoebus, Tom

Pinson, Vada

Pitchers

balls thrown per game

dependence on team for runs

flipping players

games per season

games played record

games won records

innings per season

National League

perfection as goal

quality and quantity of

scoreless streaks

See also
Perfect games/no hitters

Pitching

about

and All-Star Game result

curveballs

fastballs

hesitation pitch

knuckleballs

sliders

Pitoniak, Scott

Pittsburgh Pirates

“Plane in a Pool” stunt

Players Association

Portland Beavers

Powell, Boog

Price, Jim

Prison time

Brown

Cepeda

McLain

Race, Dark on

Race, Gibson on

Race riots

in Detroit

and MLK assassination

Raceball
(Ruck)

Racial diversity

in AFL

of Cardinals

Harwell on

on Indians

of Tigers

Racial segregation

Raglin, Dave

Raschi

Red Stockings

Reese, Rich

Richardson, Spec

Rickey, Branch

Rigney, Bill

Robinson, Brooks

Robinson, Jackie

Rogers, Barney

Rohr, Bill

Rose, Pete

Roseboro, John

Rozelle, Pete

Ruck, Rob

Rudi, Joe

Runge, Ed

Russell, Bill

biographical info

coaching philosophy

on Lombardi

and NBA Eastern Division Finals

SI
“Sportsman of the Year,”

Ruth, Babe

Ryan, Nolan “The Express”

biographical info

National Guard service

pitching

on pitching

Ryun, Jim

Sain, Johnny

Salerno, Al

San Francisco ballpark

San Francisco Giants

Schoendienst, Red

“Science and the Altitude Factor” (Daniels)

Scoreless streaks

Drysdale

Gibson

Second Wind
(Russell)

Shannon, Mike

biographical info

on Flood’s misplay

World Series batting

World Series fielding

Shook, Rich

Siegfried, Larry

Simmons, Ted

Simpson, O.J.

60 Minutes
(TV series)

Smith, Mayo

biographical info

on Brock’s base stealing

and Brown

coaching decisions

and Lolich batting in World Series

as manager of the year

Mayo Smith Society meetings

and McLain’s criticism of fans

pregame conferences at World Series

on Tigers chances in 1968

Warden’s critique

World Series lineup

World Series lineup without Horton

Smith, Red

Snyder, Brad

Something in the Air
(Hoffer)

Sparma, Joe

Sporting News

Sports fans

discontent with baseball

and Horton

Kennedy

and McLain

and media

MLK as

players’ methods for coping with

and radio

shenanigans against Gibson

violence in Detroit

Sports Illustrated

Flood on cover

photograph of Cardinals

on Ryun

Simpson cover

St. Louis Cardinals

aftermath

Astros vs

Boudreau Shift

brawl with Reds

and Busch Memorial Stadium

Cubs vs

Dodgers vs

effect of Gibson’s availability

Giants vs

lack of hitters and runners

and National League pennant

payroll

racial diversity

record

Reds vs

SI
photographs

strengths and weaknesses

team spirit

Staley, Gerry

Stanky, Eddie

Stanley, Mickey

biographical info

and Brock

running bases

Smith moving to infield before World Series

in World Series

Stanton, Tom

Staub, Rusty

Stone, Edward Durrell

Stoneham, Horace

Stranger to the Game
(Gibson and Wheeler)

Super Bowls I and II

Taylor, Tony

Temu, Naftali

Thompson, Robert

Tiant, Isabel

Tiant, Luis

biographical info

challenges

and Dark

Kaline on pitching style

record

stats of hitters vs

Tiger Stadium

Tigers of ‘68, The
(Cantor)

Time
magazine

Tolan, Bobby

Tracewski, Dick

Triple plays

Two Spectacular Seasons
(Mead)

Venezuela, Tiant’s offseason play in

Vietnam War

Vietnam War protesters in Chicago

Wagner, Dick

Warden, Jonathan Edgar “Jon”

biographical info

major-league debut

on McLain and Lolich

on pitching success

on Smith

at training camp

World Series sidelines

Washburn, Ray

Washington Senators

Weaver, Earl

Well-Paid Slave, A
(Snyder)

Wendelstedt, Harry

Wert, Don

Wheeler, Lonnie

When Pride Still Mattered
(Maraniss)

Wilhelm, Hoyt

Williams, Stan

Williams, Ted

Willis, Ron

Wills, Maury

Wilson, Don

Wilson, Earl

Wise, Rick

Woodward, Stanley

World Series

1967

comebacks from records

format change planned for ‘69 season

reserve a pitcher decision

strategic innovations over the years

team records

World Series, 1968

awards

fans’ shenanigans against Gibson

as pitching showdown

Schoendienst lineup

Smith lineup

Smith lineup without Horton

Vegas bookmaking for

World Series Game One

Gibson’s pitching

McLain’s pitching

media

World Series Game Two

World Series Game Three

World Series Game Four

Brock’s stolen base

Eckert’s decision to ignore rain

effect of rain

Gibson’s pitching

McLain’s pitching

pitching

Tigers’ delaying tactics vs. Cardinals’ efforts to finish the game

Tigers fans’ shenanigans against Gibson

Warden on sidelines

World Series Game Five

Briles’ pitching

Feliciano’s National Anthem

Lolich’s pitching

Tigers’ motivation

Tigers punish Brock for stealing

unlikelihood of Tigers comeback

World Series Game Six

Gibson in reserve, effect of

McLain’s pitching

McLain’s preparation for

Northrup batting effort

World Series Game Seven

Flood’s misplay

Gibson’s pitching

Lolich’s pitching

Tigers punish Brock for stealing

Wright, Harry

Wright, Russell

Xylocaine

Yastrezemski, Carl

“Year of the Pitcher,”

Year of the Tiger
(Green)

Young, Andrew

Young, Dick

Zimmerman, Paul

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Summer of ’68 : the season that changed baseball—and America—forever / Tim Wendel.

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1. Baseball—United States—History—20th century. I. Title. II. Title: Summer of 1968. III. Title: Summer of nineteen sixty-eight.

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