Echoes of Cincinnati Reds Baseball : The Greatest Stories Ever Told

Foreword v Jim O'Toole Introduction vii Section I: The Players 1(60) Twenty Years a Player Four Hundred to One Eppa, Not Jeptha, Rixey---A Colorful Southpaw Vander Meer on Pinnacle Nuxhall Eyes Long Red Run with Slip Pitch and Sinker With Hibernian Overtones NL Hurlers' Credo---Don't Rile Robby Johnny Bench, the Man behind the Mask Player of the Year Award for House of Morgan The Painful Collar of Pete Rose The Record and Rose Junior's Feeling Good Section II: The World Series 61(50) How the New World Championship Was Won Editorial Comment Is Big League Baseball Being Run for Gamblers, with Players in the Deal? Reds Are World Champions Derringer and Wilson Heroes The Series: Reds' Defense vs. Yank Power Everything Came Up Reds Ah, How Great It Is The Big Sweep Section III: The Managers 111(38) Pat Moran---A Foch of Managers Deacon Bill McKechnie Reds Wipe That Scowl Off Hutch's Face ``Sparky Who'' Showed Them Rose Manages Headfirst, Too Bartlett Giamatti Statement on Banning Pete Rose Reds Find That Piniella's Way Works Section IV: The Ballparks 149(30) Palace of the Fans Dedication of the Palace of the Fans Grandstand Souvenir Program Crosley Field Come Full Circle Celebrating the Reds' Storied History Notes 179