Ed Barrow: the bulldog who built the Yankees' first dynasty

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part 1. Every Job in Baseball, 1868-1920

1. "The Best Deal the Yankees Ever Made"

2. Hustling and Scrapping

3. Forcing His Way into Baseball

4. A Pennant in Toronto

5. Major League

6. Back to the Minors

7. League President

8. "Fight These Fellows to the Finish"

9. No Respite

10. World Champions

11. "Please Explain Why Boston Club Has Neglected to Suspend Mays"

12. "I Am Going to Sell Ruth to the Yankees"

Part 2. The Yankees Years, 1920-1953

13. Business Manager of the Yankees

14. Turmoil and Success

15. Collapse

16. Rebuilding a Dynasty

17. "I Just Couldn't See Him"

18. McCarthy

19. "If You Say I Did It, I Did; but I Did It Asleep"

20. "Close Deal"

21. "I Like to Do Business with Smart People"

22. President of the Yankees

23. "Pure as the Driven Snow"

24. "Over His Dead Body"

25. The Hall of Fame

Appendix

Bibliography

Index