Authors: Joe Posnanski
Alfred Hitchcock
by Alfred Hitchcock and Sidney Gottlieb, University Press of Mississippi, 2003.
Baseball My Way
by Joe Morgan, Atheneum, 1976.
Baseball’s Great Dynasties: The Reds
by Peter C. Bjarkman, Gallery Books, 1991.
The Bases Were Loaded (and So Was I)
by Tom Callahan, Crown, 2004.
The Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan
by Pat Jordan and Alex Belth, Persea, 2008.
Beyond the Sixth Game: What’s Happened to Baseball Since the Greatest Game in World Series History
by Peter Gammons, Houghton Mifflin, 1985.
Big Red Dynasty: How Bob Howsam and Sparky Anderson Built the Big Red Machine
by Greg Rhodes and John Erardi, Road West, 1998.
The Big Red Machine
by Bob Hertzel, Prentice Hall, 1976.
Black and Blue: Sandy Koufax, the Robinson Boys, and the World Series That Stunned America
by Tom Adelman, Back Bay Books, 2006.
Blockbuster
by Tom Shone, Scribner, 1975.
Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story
by Dave Marsh, Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1996.
Byline: Si Burick, a Half-Century in the Press Box
by Si Burick, Dayton Daily News, 1982.
Catch Every Ball: How to Handle Life’s Pitches
by Johnny Bench, Orange Frazier Press, 2008.
Catch You Later: The Autobiography of Johnny Bench
by Johnny Bench and William Brashler, HarperCollins, 1979.
Charlie Hustle
by Pete Rose and Bob Hertzel, Prentice Hall, 1975.
Cincinnati and the Big Red Machine
by Robert Harris Walker, Indiana University Press, 1998.
Cincinnati: From River City to Highway Metropolis
by David Stradling, Arcadia, 2003.
The Cincinnati Reds
by Lee Allen, Kent State University Press, 2006.
The Cincinnati Reds: A Pictorial History of Professional Baseball’s Oldest Team
by Ritter Collett, Jordan-Powers Corp., 1976.
Cincinnati Seasons: My 34 Years with the Reds
by Earl Lawson, Diamond Communications, 1987.
Collision at Home Plate: The Lives of Pete Rose and Bart Giamatti
by James Reston, Bison Books, 1997.
Dear Pete: The Life of Pete Rose
by Helen Fabbri and Larry D. Names, Laranmark, 1986.
Echoes of Cincinnati Reds Baseball: The Greatest Stories Ever Told
by Mark Stallard and Jim O’Toole, Triumph Books, 2007.
The 50 Greatest Red Sox Games
by Cecilia Tan and Bill Nowlin, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
4 Hispanic Heroes of the U.S.A.
by Warren H. Wheelock and J. O. Maynes Jr., EMC Corp., 1976.
The George Foster Story
by Malka Drucker with George Foster, Holiday House, 1980.
Hustle: The Myth, Life, and Lies of Pete Rose
by Michael Sokolove, Simon & Schuster, 1990.
Joe Morgan: A Life in Baseball
by Joe Morgan and David Falkner, W. W. Norton, 1993.
Johnny Bench Catching and Power Hitting
by Johnny Bench, Viking Press, 1975.
The Last Real Season
by Mike Shropshire, Grand Central, 2008.
The Long Ball: The Summer of ’75
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Spaceman, Catfish, Charlie Hustle, and the Greatest World Series Ever Played
by Tom Adelman, Back Bay Books, 2003.
The Main Spark
by Sparky Anderson and Si Burick, Doubleday, 1978.
The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
by Randy Shilts, St. Martin’s/Griffin, 2008.
Men of the Machine: An Inside Look at Baseball’s Team of the ’70s
by Ritter Collett, Landfall Press, 1977.
My Bat Boy Days: Lessons I Learned from the Boys of Summer
by Steve Garvey, Ken Gurnick, and Candace Garvey, Scribner, 2008.
My Life in Sports
by Robert Lee Howsam and Bob Jones, unpublished, 1999.
My Prison Without Bars
by Pete Rose and Rick Hill, Rodale, 2004.
The New Bill James Historical Abstract
by Bill James, Free Press, 2003.
The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers: An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitches
by Bill James and Rob Neyer, Fireside, 2004.
Pete Rose (Mr. .300)
by Keith Brandt, Putnam Sports Shelf, 1977.
Pete Rose: My Life in Baseball
by Pete Rose, Doubleday, 1979.
Pete Rose: My Story
by Roger Kahn and Pete Rose, Macmillan, 1989.
The Pete Rose Story
by Pete Rose, World, 1970.
Redleg Journal
by Greg Rhodes and John Snyder, Road West, 2000.
The Relentless Reds
by Hal McCoy, PressCo, 1976.
The Royal Reds: Baseball’s New Dynasty
by Hal McCoy, PressCo, 1977.
‘75:
The Red Sox Team That Saved Baseball
, edited by Bill Nowlin and Cecilia Tan, Rounder Books, 2005.
Sparky!
by Sparky Anderson and Dan Ewald, Prentice Hall, 1990.
Sports Hero: Pete Rose
by Marshall Burchard, Putnam’s, 1976.
Summer of ’49
by David Halberstam, Harper Perennial, 2006.
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Aaron, Hank, 255
Adair, Jimmy, 150
Alexander, Cliff, 122
Ali, Muhammad, 40–41, 44–45, 117, 204
Allen, Dick, 61
Allen, Mel, 101
Allen, Paul, 187
Allison, Douglas, 50
All-Star Game (1970), 43–44
Alston, Walter, 171, 184–85
American Football League, 108
Anderson, Carol, 70, 167
Anderson, Dave, 94
Anderson, Lee, 17, 47, 69–70, 73, 247–48
Anderson, Sparky:
as “Captain Hook,” 121, 180
and Carbo, 250–52, 254
career of, 13–14
and the chaplain, 45–47
and fans, 164–65, 167, 179
fired by Reds, 262
and games in April, 64, 70–76, 84, 85–88
and games in August, 178–85, 188–90, 193–96
and games in July, 157–58, 164–67
and games in June, 135–40, 146–48
and games in May, 88–91, 105–8, 110–13, 120–23
in Hall of Fame, 262, 270
and his father, 240–41
and his son, 17, 69–70, 73, 247–48
instinct of, 8, 90, 147, 251–52
and lineup, 55, 157–58, 194, 208
and lucky spot, 135–39
as manager, 13–18, 53, 85, 185, 216, 256–57, 272, 276
and National League championship (1975), 204–6, 217–18
on opening day, 52–53, 55–56, 59
and pitchers, 15, 37–38, 73–74, 86–88, 106, 120, 121–23, 135, 146–48, 164–67, 179–80, 185, 189–90, 195, 249, 252, 258, 263
and playoffs (1973), 7
and playoffs (1975), 205–6, 208–9, 215, 216–17
and reporters, 18, 52, 53, 121, 164, 206, 217–18, 240, 246–47
and rules, 60, 69, 73–74, 115–16, 222
spring training speech of, 25–26
temper of, 13, 71–72, 106–7, 112
thrown out of game, 106
and Vukovich, 26–28, 55, 56, 71–73, 74–76, 86, 88, 90, 91, 92, 114, 193
and World Series (1975) Game 1, 228
and World Series (1975) Game 2, 232–33
and World Series (1975) Game 3, 234, 235, 236, 237
and World Series (1975) Game 4, 240
and World Series (1975) Game 5, 242, 244
and World Series (1975) Game 6, 3, 246–47, 249, 250, 254, 256
and World Series (1975) Game 7, 8, 256–57, 258, 259
Angell, Roger, 200, 225
Anthony, Susan B., 51
Armbrister, Ed, 191, 249
interference in Game 3, 233–36, 238, 274
and playoffs, 216–17
Armstrong, Neil, 12
Arnold, Chris, 88
Arrigo, Gerry, 81–82
Atlanta, attracting fans in, 174
Atlanta Braves, 12, 56, 96–97, 137–38, 142, 146–47, 202
Auerbach, Rick, 184
Bailey, Bob, 109
Baker, Dusty, 102, 202
Baldwin, Rick, 169
Bando, Sal, 31
Barnett, Larry, 235, 236, 238, 246
baseball:
audiences declining, 97–99
changes in game of, 165, 260
as entertainment, 270
errors scored in, 155–56
football vs., 98
free agents in, 127, 261
gambling on, 266, 269, 277
and greed, 179, 211
as heartbreaking, 248
interference rule in, 234–35, 238
knuckleballs in, 58, 145–46
myths and fables of, 49
as national pastime, 255
nostalgia for, 275
official scorer in, 155–56
on-base percentage in, 43
origins of, 49–50
and reserve clause, 127
role models in, 61, 62, 93, 104
salaries in, 127, 262
seventh-inning stretch in, 54
statistics in, 99–104
suspense in, 230–31, 246
teamwork in, 277
umpires in, 235–36
Baseball Encyclopedia,
99, 104
Beatles, 198
Bench, Johnny, 16, 188, 271
as catcher, 23, 38, 55, 79, 81–82, 105, 109, 116, 137
early years of, 78–81, 191
and fans, 116–18, 190
and games in April, 70, 71, 73, 82–83, 86
and games in August and September, 177, 183–84, 185, 190, 192, 193, 196, 201
and games in June and July, 133, 136–38, 142–43, 155
and games in May, 110, 112, 113, 117–18, 121
and Great Eight, 263–64
in Hall of Fame, 262, 270
injury to, 83, 105, 116–17, 1907, 223
in the lineup, 55, 109, 154, 157, 158, 208
marriage of, 21–25, 82, 117, 190, 223, 249, 261
and 1968 season, 23
and 1969 season, 12
and 1970 season, 23, 82
and 1972 season, 15
outside interests of, 82, 110, 189
and playoffs (1975), 208, 213
and playoffs (1976), 261
and reporters, 162, 262
and Rose, 6–7, 24–25, 267–68
and rules, 116, 142, 222–23
and salary, 20, 126
as superstar, 25, 26, 27, 53, 101, 105, 155, 190–91, 205, 209, 237, 270, 276, 277
and team members, 7, 92, 134, 158–59, 160, 263–64
and World Series Game 1, 226, 228
and World Series Game 2, 228–32, 237
and World Series Game 5, 243, 244, 245
and World Series Game 6, 249, 250, 253, 254
and World Series Game 7, 3, 4, 257, 259, 261
Bench, Ted, 77–78, 79, 191
Bench, Vickie Chesser, 21–25, 82, 190, 191, 249, 261
Bender, Chief, 96
Beniquez, Juan, 251–52, 259
Berra, Yogi, 187
Billingham, Jack, 142, 263, 277
and 1973–1974 seasons, 108
and 1975 season, 177
and Sparky, 121, 123, 249
Bittner, Larry, 109
Blanks, Sugar Bear, 138
Blish, Milt, 14, 26, 217–18, 247
Blue, James, 230
Borbon, Pedro, 147, 166
and games in April, 86–87, 88
and games in August, 188, 195
and games in June, 136, 148
as team barber, 17, 60
temper of, 123–25, 181–82
Boston Red Sox:
as American League champions, 218, 222
and the Green Monster (The Wall), 219–20, 229, 255
and “Impossible Dream,” 227
and 1967 season, 227
and 1974 season, 220–21
and 1975 season, 174, 207, 221–22
and World Series (1918), 2, 248
and World Series (1946), 248
and World Series (1967), 248
and World Series (1975) Game 1, 224–28
and World Series (1975) Game 2, 228–33
and World Series (1975) Game 3, 233–36
and World Series (1975) Game 4, 238–40
and World Series (1975) Game 5, 243–45
and World Series (1975) Game 6, 2–3, 248–55
and World Series (1975) Game 7, 257–59
Bouton, Jim,
Ball Four,
61
Bowa, Larry, 102
Brainard, Asa, 50, 51
Brennaman, Marty, 110–11, 202, 235, 250, 259, 263
Brett, George, 27, 31
Brett, Ken, 209–10
Breza, Braulio, 160
Bristol, Dave, 11–13, 30, 35, 242
Brooklyn Dodgers, 158, 171, 270, 276
Brown, “Downtown Ollie,” 107
Brown, Jake, 180–81
Buckingham, Phillip, 21–22, 25
Burick, Si, 9, 257
Burleson, Rick, 232, 235
Burton, Jim, 258
Caen, Herb, 204
Calin, George, 98
Callahan, Tom:
on Reds team members, 7, 46, 93, 94, 171
and rules, 115
and Sparky, 123, 240–41
and Vickie Bench, 249, 261
Campanella, Roy, 158
Campbell, Glen, 191
Candelaria, John, 214, 215
Canseco, Jose, 269
Capra, Buzz, 56
Carbo, Bernie, 233, 235, 250–52, 253, 254
Carew, Rod, 174
Carlin, George, 98, 223
Carlton, Steve, 106, 163
Carroll, Clay “Hawk,” 87, 148, 166, 189–90, 195–196, 198
Carruth, Rae, 273
Carter, Gary, 109
Carter, Lynda, 82, 191
Castro, Fidel, 7, 8
Cepeda, Orlando, 34
Cey, Ron, 59, 66, 71, 201
Chaney, Darrel, 64–65, 120, 184, 185, 192
Chicago Black Sox, 51
Chicago Cubs, 132–33, 136, 191, 198, 204
Cincinnati Redlegs, 51
Cincinnati Reds:
as Big Red Machine, 10–13, 159, 192, 204–5, 256, 258, 261, 275–76
discipline of, 11, 16, 17, 53, 60–61, 147, 223, 275
error-free play of, 155–57
and games in April, 64–66, 70–74, 76, 82–88
and games in August, 177–81, 183–87, 189–96, 197–200
and games in July, 155–59, 160–71, 173–76
and games in June, 126–40, 141–43, 145–48
and games in May, 88–93, 105–13, 120–21
and games in September, 201–3, 204–6
Great Eight of, 263–64
lineup of, 55, 109, 112, 154, 157–58, 194, 208
and National League West championship (1975), 174, 202–3, 204, 217
and 1968 season, 12
and 1969 season, 12
and 1971 season, 15
and 1972 season, 15
and 1973 season, 7, 16
and 1974 season, 16, 125
and 1976 season, 261, 276
on opening day, 52–60, 64
and playoffs (1975), 207–10, 213–17, 222, 274
rules to live by, 11, 60–61, 115–16, 134, 141–42, 222–23
and spring training, 25–26, 28–32
superstars of, 5, 25–26, 53, 101, 105, 209, 237, 270, 276, 277
and World Series (1919), 51
and World Series (1940), 51
and World Series (1970), 15, 82, 256
and World Series (1972), 15–16, 218, 256
and World Series (1975) Game 1, 223–28
and World Series (1975) Game 2, 228–33
and World Series (1975) Game 3, 233–37, 274
and World Series (1975) Game 4, 238–41
and World Series (1975) Game 5, 241–45
and World Series (1975) Game 6, 2–3, 248–55, 274
and World Series (1975) Game 7, 1–4, 256–59, 261, 274
and World Series (1976), 261
Cincinnati Red Stockings, 50–51
Clemente, Roberto, 39
Cleveland, Reggie, 243, 245
Cleveland Indians, 205, 248, 275
Cobb, Ty, 94, 262, 269, 272
Cohen, Mickey, 177
Colosi, Nick, 226
Conant, Dave, 255
Concepcion, Dave, 105, 270, 271
assassination rumors about, 130, 131
and games in April, 64–65, 73
and games from June to September, 129, 131, 135, 169, 201
and Great Eight, 263–64
in the lineup, 55, 109, 157, 158
and one millionth run, 101–4
and reporters, 162
and team members, 5, 156, 186, 209, 263–64
and World Series Game 1, 226, 227
and World Series Game 2, 231–32, 233, 237
and World Series Game 6, 253
Connors, Jimmy, 117, 149
Cooper, Cecil, 227, 233
Cooper, Gary, 30, 31
Corbett, Brad, 174
Correll, Vic, 138
Cosell, Howard, 204, 223
Crowley, Terry, 169
Darcy, Pat:
and games in April and May, 59–60, 74, 106
and games in July, 177, 180–81
and games in June, 146–47, 148
and Rose, 44
and World Series Game 6, 253, 254
Dark, Alvin, 246
Dempsey, Jack, 93
Deyo, Wendell, 45–47, 186
DiMaggio, Joe, 22, 62
Dion, Celine, 272
Doubleday, Abner, 49
Dowd, John M., 267
Doyle, Denny, 3, 4, 232, 245, 252, 257
Drago, Dick, 230–31, 232, 235, 253
Driessen, Danny, 72–73, 91–93, 112, 253
early years of, 92
in the lineup, 89, 91, 93, 193
and 1975 season, 151, 157, 169, 184, 192
and third base, 27, 92
Earth, Wind, and Fire, 114
Eastwick, Rawly, 115, 165–67, 190
and 1975 season, 165, 167, 180, 195, 205
other interests of, 148, 166–67
and World Series (1975), 232, 250, 251–52
Ellard, Harry, 50