Roger Kahn has spun everyday sports stories into gilded literature.
--San Diego Union Tribune
Kahn's fly-on-the-wall style brings to life players most of us knew only from their bubblegum cards.
--Dallas Morning News
Part 1: Growing Up and Being Young
1. A Father, A Son, and Baseball in Brooklyn
2. Coming of Age
3. And Then There is Sex
4. The Dreams of the Young
5. Restless Youth: The Columbia Uprising
6. Kareem Arrives
Part 2: Living Your Life
7. The Babe: Father of the Home Run
8. The Homer Heard Round the World
9. Roger Maris: The Ordeal of His Success
10. Henry Aaron: A Success Story
11. The Great Cork Crime
Part 3: Willie, Mickey, Duke: The New York Center Fielders
12. The Say Hey Kid Up Close
13. The Mick on and off the Field
14. The Duke in a New Pasture
Part 4: Damn Good Hitters and Pitchers
15. Eddie Mathews, the Man on Third
16. Whitey, the Chairman of the Board
17. Joe D's Stormy Marriage
18. Catfish in the Big Apple
19. Pete Rose, the Hit Man
Part 5: The Gladiators Fight to Succeed
20. Dempsey: The Manassas Mauler Goes Down
21. Ali
22. Billy vs. Reggie
23. Steinbrenner: A Yankee Doodle Dandy
Part 6: Heroes off the Field
24. Jackie Robinson: Like No One Else
25. Roberto Clemente's Triumph and Tragedy
26. Remembering Ring
27. The Captain
Part 7: On Getting Old
28. The Young Writer Meets the Aged Poet
29. The Last Summer of Stan the Man
30. Past Their Prime
31. Even Sportswriters get Old
32. Carl Furillo, 1922-1989