Baseball on the Brink

William J. Ryczek is a finance professional from Wallingford, Connecticut, who writes about early baseball, football, the Yankees, and the Mets.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

 1. Gentlemen, Please Be Seated, We Have Some Other Business to Discuss

 2. Baseball Is Essentially a ­Nonviolent Sport in a Violent Time

 3. The Division Between the “Haves” and the “Have Nots”Has Been Narrowing

 4. Almost Any Strong and Passably Coordinated Young Man Can Learn How to Pitch

 5. You Handsome Sonofagun, Don’t You Ever Die

 6. I’ve Just Been Taught a New Trade: I’m a Trained Killer

 7. The Entire Chain of Events Is of Utter Embarrassment to Baseball

 8. Let’s Not Permit the Inmates to Run the Asylum

 9. We May Have Been Overly Optimistic in the Spring

10. Don’t Worry About the Tigers, They Always Find a Way Not to Win

11. It Will Be a Miracle If the Montreal Ball Park Is Ready in Time

12. Nobody in the World Can Be Another Mickey Mantle

13. Either Miller or Baseball Has to Go

Epilogue: Baseball Was on Fire When I Became Commissioner

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index