Table of Contents
Foreword Billy Beane ix
1 Rickey Henderson 1
2 Charlie Finley 10
3 Connie Mack 21
4 Billy Beane 28
5 The First of Three; 1972 30
6 Reggie Jackson 39
7 1989: The Earthquake Series 45
8 Rube Waddeil 48
9 Bash Brothers 53
10 Winning Streak 60
11 Billyball 62
12 Rollie Fingers 67
13 Unexpected Fun: 2012 69
14 Tony La Russa 74
15 The Second of Three: 1973 77
16 Jimmie Foxx 80
17 Eck 83
18 Catfish Hunter 86
19 Grow a Handlebar Musrache 90
20 Dallas Braden's Perfect Game 93
21 And the Third of Three: 1974 98
22 The Big Three 102
23 Campy Plays All Nine 106
24 Lefty Grove 108
25 The Jeter Flip 110
26 Dick Williams 114
27 Travel Overseas with the A's 117
28 Yoenis Cespedes' Journey 119
29 The White Elephant 122
30 Bob Melvin 123
31 Stewart vs. Clemens 126
32 Sit with the Zany Right-Field Crowd 130
33 Gibson's Homer 133
34 Moneyball 136
35 Captain Sal Bando 141
36 Bill King 143
37 Finley's Gimmicks 146
38 Origins 152
39 Do the Wave 154
40 Wild-Card Drama 156
41 Jason Giambi 159
42 Herb Washington 162
43 Make an A's Mix Tape 165
44 Second Mack Dynasty 168
45 Campy Suspended 172
46 Out of the First Round: 2006 175
47 Velarde's Unassisted Triple Play 179
48 Fingers, Rudi Traded 181
49 Sean Doolittle 183
50 The $100,000 Infield 186
51 Go to Ricky's Sports Theater and Grill 191
52 Oakland Oaks 193
53 Hammer Time 194
54 Bobby Shane 196
55 Great A's Nicknames 199
56 Too Many Mistakes: The 2003 ALDS 201
57 Pie Someone 204
58 Joe DiMaggio 206
59 Vida Blue 210
60 Spot Moneyball Liberties 215
61 Frank Thomas 218
62 The Five Aces 220
63 Ride a Skateboard to the Coliseum 222
64 Broadcast Business 223
65 Chief Bender 229
66 Sewage and Sprinklers 233
67 Move to Oakland 236
68 Great '80s Outfield 240
69 Josh Donaldson 242
70 See the A's New Spring Home 246
71 The Mike Andrews Incident 247
72 Satchel Paige 251
73 Join Athletics Nation 253
74 Charlie O. the Mule 255
75 Miguel Tejada 256
76 Gus Zernial and Marilyn Monroe 259
77 The Swiiiem 'A's 261
78 Debbi Fields 264
79 The Longest Game 266
80 Doc Powers 268
81 White Shoes 270
82 Stadium Search 273
83 Integration 276
84 Balfour Rage 277
85 Crash Davis 279
86 Eric Chavez 282
87 Join the Historical Society 284
88 Voos and Mickey 285
89 Marco Scutaro 288
90 Other Hall of Famers 290
91 Josh Reddick 294
92 Move to K.C. 297
93 Roy Steele 299
94 Visit Stadium Sites 300
95 Eric Byrnes 303
96 Yankees Farm Club 306
97 Brandon McCarthy 309
98 Mt. Davis 311
99 Nick Swisher 313
100 Go to FanFest 315
Acknowledgments 317
Bibliography 319
