Comfortably Zoned in a Vat o’ Pine Tar
The Table of Contents.
Table of Contents
Front Office Personnel and Practices of New Yawk’s Baseball Teams in the 1940s and ’50s. 18
The Tragic Case of Al Campanis. 24
Golenbock University: Owners – The Good, the Bad and the Missing. 29
Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson. 55
Now batting, Number 42 – Jackie Robinson. 63
Golenbock University: Rickey, Robinson and Veeck. 67
Jackie Led the Way for these Dodgers, Giants and Yankees. 71
Reminiscing with a Baseball Lifer. 76
Clubhouse Memorial Stirs New Yawk Memories. 79
Golenbock University: Bobby Brown: It Helps If You Can Hit! 91
Joe DeMaestri and Art Ditmar. 94
Elston Howard – A Great Yankee. 102
The Life and Times of Irv Noren. 105
Looking Back with Fritz Peterson. 108
Charlie Silvera, “The Most Fortunate Man Who Ever Lived”. 114
Golenbock University: Ralph Terry. 119
Tracing the Babe’s Roots and Remembering a Pioneer. 123
Yankee Legends: Joe, Mickey, Whitey and Billy. 126
The Yankee Clipper – Tony Castro. 132
Golenbock University: How Mickey Mantle came to wear number 7. 136
Whitey Ford, He Knew How to Pitch. 138
Golenbock University: Reminiscing about Billy Martin with his son, Billy Jr. 143
Catching up with Duffy Dyer. 153
Ed Kranepool – a Met Original 166
Skip Lockwood – The Closer. 172
George “The “Stork!” Theodore. 183
The Short Life of the Senior Professional Baseball Association.. 186
The Life and Times of Al Clark. 202
Bill Haller, Still Calling ‘em as he Sees ‘em! 210
The Shrinking of the Minor Leagues. 214
The Ageless Arm of Rod Tafoya. 219
Not a bad way to make a living. 222
Now Batting – Sherry Davis. 238
A View From the Press Box. 243
Don Wardlow – A True Inspiration. 247
Reminiscing with Spencer Ross. 251
Ken Korach – Holy Toledo! A Pair of Legends. 255
Billy Sample – Renaissance Man. 258
Bob Wolff: A Lifetime on the Air. 262
Arnold Hano, King of the Bleachers. 266
Larry Ruttman, American Jews in America’s Game. 281
Computer baseball game creator Clay Dreslough. 293
Comfortably Zoned with Ralph Zig Tyko 
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