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Table of Contents List of Photographs Introduction In The Beginning: Tales from the first World Series The Bambino, And Other Curses: Teams that haven't won a title in decades A Plaque In Cooperstown, But No Ring: Hall-of-Famers who never won a World Series ring Snatching Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory: Six outs or less from a title-and lost So Close, Yet So Far: They won three, but couldn't win the fourth Loser Takes Nothing: Game Seven heartbreaks Say It Ain't So, Joe: The Black Sox controversy Controversies: More World Series scandals Are You Blind?: Questionable calls by the men in blue Men And Women Behaving Badly: Outlandish behavior by players and fans Butchery, Bobbles, and Boots: Embarrassing errors in the field Want To Get Away?: Mistakes and boneheaded blunders Brain Cramps : Mental gaffes Perfection And Near Perfection: Top World Series pitching performances Rack 'em Up: Top World Series strikeout performances Winning Three: Pitchers who won three games in a single Series Surprise Packages: Bad pitchers who pitched a great game Losers In A Duel: Pitchers on the wrong end of a 1-0 score If I Didn't Have Bad Luck, I Wouldn't Have Any Luck At All : More pitching heartbreakers Mound Misadventures: Records they'd rather not have Not Again! : Pitchers who gave up back-to-back homers Helping His Own Cause: Home runs hit by pitchers Surprising Power: World Series homers from an unlikely source Stepping Up When It Matters Most: Big-time play from little-known players Starting With A Bang Leadoff home runs There's Only One Chance To Make A First Impression: A home run in their first World Series at-bat A Pinch Of Homers: Pinch-hit homers Sweeping The Bases : Grand Slams in World Series history Back-To-Back Home runs in two straight at-bats Going Deep : Two homers in one game Sweet Strokes: Batting records in World Series play Hitting `Em Where They Are: Ten lowest career World Series batting averages No Hitters : Players who went hitless in an entire Series Stop, Thief!: Stealing home plate The Man-Eating Tarp: Bizarre and unusual injuries X-Rays Of Dizzy's Head Found Nothing: Star players on the DL Put Me In Coach, I'm Ready To Play: Backups who replaced an injured teammate and shined DNP-Manager's Decision: World Series benchwarmers Have Ring, Will Travel : Playing in multiple Series for multiple teams Let Me See Some I.D. : Youngest World Series participants Pitching Phenoms : Outstanding rookie pitchers Hitting Phenoms : Outstanding rookie hitters Fortysomethings: Oldest World Series participants You Don't Have To Play The Game: Managers who never played Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Managers who played, but not well Boy Wonders: Youngest managers in the World Series Wise Sages: Oldest managers in the World Series Nothing To It: Rookie managers who led their team to the Series Get Out The Broom: World Series sweeps Blowouts: Lopsided losses Even The Browns And The Cubs: The World Series during World War II Commanders In Chief: Presidential participation As Seen On TV: Television trivia Other Sports: Baseball wasn't their only game Hi! I'm Felipe. This Is My Brother Matty. And This Is My Other Brother Jesus.: Brothers who both saw World Series action One And Only Hitters: Unique hitting escapades One And Only Pitchers: Unique pitching escapades The Case Of The Three-Year-Old Batboy: Odd occurrences Cool Things That Didn't Fit in Any Other List: More oddities from baseball's championship World Series Lasts: These will never happen again Bibliography About the Author
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: World Series (Baseball) Miscellanea, Baseball teams United States Miscellanea