Table of Contents
Prologue v
Introduction vii
Part I Red Sox Before World War II
Chapter 1 "Bust You on Your Nose" 2
Chapter 2 "As Good as Man as Him" 7
Chapter 3 Fictionlike 14
Part II Wartime
Chapter 4 Infamy 18
Chapter 5 1A? 22
Chapter 6 Till We Meet Again 26
Chapter 7 "Three Hustling Negroes" 30
Chapter 8 "It's Great To Be Alive" 35
Chapter 9 Ghosts of the Field 41
Part III Coming Home
Chapter 10 Peace 50
Chapter 11 The Best Years of Our Lives 53
Chapter 12 "Great Hitter Who Needs a Kick in the Pants" 62
Chapter 13 He Promised To Be on Time 65
Chapter 14 "Different Muscles Than They Used in the Service" 69
Chapter 15 Last Chance 75
Chapter 16 Teepees in Beantown 78
Chapter 17 "I Would Sign an Elephant" 85
Part IV The 1946 Season-The First Half
Chapter 18 Opening Day(s) 90
Chapter 19 Spring World Series 97
Chapter 20 "Williams, the Greatest of All Time" 110
Part V The 1946 Season-The Second Half
Chapter 21 A Shift 118
Chapter 22 "Easier to Give Him His Pint of Blood" 124
Chapter 23 The Darkness 130
Chapter 24 Clincher 135
Chapter 25 Playing Out the Schedule 142
Chapter 26 National League Playoffs/All-Stars Come to Boston 151
Part VI The 1946 World Series
Chapter 27 All Aboard 158
Chapter 28 Batting Practice 170
Chapter 29 The Games 176
Epilogue 230
Bibliography 240
Index 243