Table of Contents
Prologue xi
Author's Preface xiii
Part I The Kansas City Athletics 1960-1968
Chapter 1 The Midnight Meeting 3
Chapter 2 A Team is Brought Down 11
Chapter 3 Not Invited to the Dance 17
Chapter 4 Kansas City, Here We Are 25
Chapter 5 Life at the Muehlebach 29
Chapter 6 What Color is Second Base? 33
Chapter 7 Drama With the City Council 39
Chapter 8 Overland Park 43
Chapter 9 Breaking Barriers and Beatle Mania 47
Chapter 10 Seeds of Success 57
Chapter 11 The Road to Freedom 63
Chapter 12 Take that Gun to the Train Station 67
Chapter 13 Don't Cry For Me. Kansas City 75
Part II The Oakland A's 1968-1982
Chapter 14 Game On 85
Chapter 15 New City, New Ballpark, New Life 91
Chapter 16 Coming of Age in Oakland 97
Chapter 17 The Crouch Before the Leap 101
Chapter 18 The Suspense Builds 107
Chapter 19 Another Divorce 111
Chapter 20 Redemption 115
Chapter 21 Return of the Unseen Hand 127
Chapter 22 The A's Return 133
Chapter 23 Mike Andrews's Last Hurrah 139
Chapter 24 Switchboard Politics 151
Chapter 25 Kiss My Ass 155
Chapter 26 Catfish, The Million-Dollar Man 163
Chapter 27 Going for a Fourth 167
Chapter 28 From the Highs to the Lows 173
Chapter 29 The Creeping Hand and Starting Over 181
Chapter 30 More Departures 187
Chapter 31 Trials and Tribulations 191
Chapter 32 Don't Let Them! 197
Chapter 33 The Last Straw 201
Chapter 34 Billy Club 205
Chapter 35 Billy Ball 211
Chapter 36 Charlie Fires and Carl Rehires 215
Chapter 37 The Last Finley in Baseball 219
Chapter 38 The Last Finley Team 225
Chapter 39 The Last Phone Call 229
Chapter 40 Legacy 233
Notes 241
Index 243
