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ONE Charley Ebbets-The Magic of Ebbets Field-Larry and Leo-The Lip-The Fans-The Gold Dust Twins-A Lost Pennant-Macphail Resigns TWO The Neighborhood-The Coming of Mr. Rickey-Scratching for a Tie-The First Playoff THREE Leo gets in Dutch-Leo Gets Nailed FOUR The Legacy of Happy Chandler-The First-Montreal-Petioning for Bigotry FIVE Brooklyn Embraces Robinson-Ty Cobb in Technicolor-Boit Stands In-Cookie and Friddo SIX The Ole Redhead-The Return of the Prodigal Son-Leo Becomes the Enemy-Bot and Oisk-Rex SEVEN Brooklyn Against the South-The Real Jackie-Big Newk-A Pennant on the Final Day-Again EIGHT O'Malley uber Alles-Abie is Out at Home NINE O'Malley Takes Over-Chuck and Clem-Robby Saves the Day-Death to the Giants-The Giants Get Lucky-The Fallout TEN Dick Young-Chuck Dressen-Loes and Black-The 1952 World Series-Gil ELEVEN Roger Kahn-The Mad Monk-The Duke of Flatbush-Skoonj-The Best Team Loses, Again-Where's the Heart? TWELVE Walt Alston THIRTEEN KingKarl and Sandy Koufax-Ed Roebuck-A Special Night for Pee Wee-The Catch-Champs at Last-Triumphant FOURTEEN A Gift-Dale Mitchell's Day-Don Newcombe's Legacy-The End of an Era FIFTEEN The Exodus-Rumblings-In Search of Judas O'Malley-The Betrayal-The Last Supper-The Mourners-The Ashes "Hometown Piece for Messrs. Alston and Reese," by Marianne Moore A Heartfelt Acknowledgment Index