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Curt Flood, the man who fought the law -- From the literary corner, ball four -- The coming of the sterile ashtrays -- The man who gave his body to baseball -- The angry men -- The end of the age of innocence -- The pride of Westchester High -- Charlie Finley's big happy family -- On the origins of the DH rule -- Bobby Bonds and the ghost of baseball future -- Henry Aaron, race, and the record -- The ten-cent beet fiasco -- The end of the fireballer epoch -- Steve Carlton's sounds of silence -- Messersmith and McNally: the guys who fought the law and won -- The potential immortality of Marvin Miller -- The big red machine and the end of an era -- Pete Rose in full bloom -- The rotation revolution -- Consistency and wit in the shadows -- The evolution of the bullpen -- The aborted sale of Vida Blue -- A paradox in action -- The commissioner -- The bird -- George Steinbrenner's new economics -- Rod Carew and Ted Williams-style greatness -- Contending on the cheap -- Bill Veeck's south-side wreck -- Vern Rapp and management 101 -- Steve Garvey and the essence of fame -- Being without a chair when the music stops -- The stolen base revival -- Dave Kingman: master of the homer and the big breeze -- Power to the umpires -- The Roman umpire -- Willie Stargell and the evolution of the African American player. |
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