| Introduction | 1 |
| Writing Baseball | |
| The Country of Baseball | 11 |
| Searching for January | 18 |
| From Backlots to Big Leagues: Pittsburgh's Early Baseball | |
| Professional Baseball in Pittsburgh | 27 |
| A Brilliant Victory | 33 |
| Louis Bierbauer | 34 |
| "Godfather of Pirates" Lies in Unmarked Grave | 36 |
| Building a Winning Tradition | |
| Barney Dreyfuss Enters the Scene | 41 |
| The Mighty Honus | 47 |
| Pirates Wallop the Beaneaters | 57 |
| Take Him Out | 62 |
| Tommy Leach | 63 |
| Chadwick's Chat | 69 |
| Pirates Lose First Game on Forbes Field | 71 |
| Pirates Outgame Tigers for Title | 76 |
| Babe Adams | 79 |
| Hans Wagner | 83 |
| The Greatest World Series Ever and the Damn Yankees | |
| Hot Corner? Traynor, No Argument | 87 |
| Big, Little, Young, Old--All Pay Tribute to Pie | 96 |
| World's Title Battle Never Equalled for Thrills, Heroic Action | 98 |
| Pirates Should Take Rank with the Greatest of Clubs, Runyon Says | 105 |
| Paul Waner | 108 |
| Lloyd Waner | 115 |
| Landis Dumps Lardner's Novel "Serious" Scheme | 121 |
| Yanks Win Baseball Championship | 124 |
| Bambino Expected Quick End | 126 |
| There's Plenty of Life in the Old Boy Yet; Drives in Six Boston Runs | 129 |
| From Depression Baseball to Depressing Baseball | |
| Pirates Won't Be the Same without "Most Valuable" Rosey | 135 |
| World Series Ticket Rush Swamps Pirate Officials | 138 |
| Rip Sewell | 139 |
| Pittsburgh Prexy Favors Ending Jim Crow | 143 |
| The Sports Beat | 144 |
| The Traveling Casino | 148 |
| Hank Greenberg | 155 |
| The Home Run I'd Hate to Hit | 159 |
| Sidelights on Sports | 162 |
| Inside the Clubhouse | 164 |
| Were the 1952 Pirates the Worst Ever? Maybe So | 166 |
| 32,221 See Long Set HR Mark | 168 |
| Haddix Loses "Greatest Game" | 170 |
| A Miracle Season and the End of an Era | |
| Bucs Bump Reds Twice, 5-0, 6-5 | 175 |
| What's Got into the Pirates? | 177 |
| Pirate Champs "Team of Destiny" | 188 |
| City Bats Cleanup in Series | 190 |
| Series Greatest--Even Beats 1925 Win over Johnson | 193 |
| Our National Pastime | 196 |
| Dick Stuart | 199 |
| My 16 Years with Roberto Clemente | 202 |
| Ballpark Figures: The Story of Forbes Field | 207 |
| An Interview with Art McKennan | 209 |
| Winning It All-and Losing Much More | |
| Clemente Drives Pirates to Title | 213 |
| Pitching Did It | 216 |
| Adios Amigo Roberto | 218 |
| Gone for Good | 224 |
| The Prince of Pittsburgh | 251 |
| Murtaugh: Manager and Man | 256 |
| Wilver's Way | 259 |
| Whew, It's Over! Bucs Are Champs | 263 |
| Stand-Up Pirates Set Down Birds | 265 |
| "Where I Come From, Where I Am Going" | 267 |
| Trouble, Transition, and a New Beginning | |
| The Pirate Problem | 275 |
| The Pitcher | 287 |
| Give Him a Break: Don't Boo Bonds | 292 |
| Saying Goodbye Would Be Hard | 295 |
| The Education of Kevin McClatchy | 299 |
| Let's Go Bucs! | 304 |
| Blass Delivers a Final Pitch to Stargell | 311 |
| Fans Will See a Different Brand of Baseball | 314 |
| The Reluctant Hero | 318 |
| Touched by Magic | |
| Bang for the Bucs | 325 |
| Acknowledgments | 339 |
