James Forr is a marketing consultant and director. He lives in Columbia, Missouri. David Proctor is retired from the United States Postal Service and lives in Waynesboro, Virginia.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      1. From Canada to Somerville      2. Discovered on Cape Cod      3. Portsmouth’s $10,000 Beauty      4. Killing Ushers in Birmingham      5. I Wouldn’t Trade Him for Half of the Brooklyn Ballclub      6. World Champions      7. A Great Club Melting Away      8. Not a Kid Anymore      9. Endings and Beginnings      10. Squeezing Orange Juice from a Potato      11. The Homer in the Gloamin’      12. Keen Regret      13. At the Corner of Walk and Don’t Walk      14. Live from Ringside      15. It Kind of Made Me Feel Like Crying      Appendix 1: Funeral Service      Appendix 2: Major League Statistics      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

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