Beyond the Boys of Summer

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

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