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Pre-Game Rituals

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Section I - Teams

Atlanta Braves	1985	3
	1987
Baltimore Orioles	1988	4
Boston Red Sox	Esquire, 1979	6
	Esquire, 1981
	Esquire, 1982
California Angels	1982	7
	1985
	1987
Chicago Cubs	1985	11
	1987
	1988
Chicago White Sox	1987	15
	1988
Cincinnati Reds	Esquire, 1981	18
	1984
	1985
Cleveland Indians	Esquire,1981	23
	1982
	1983
	1984
	1986
	1988
Detroit Tigers	1980	32
	Esquire, 1981
Houston Astros	1983	34
	1986
Kansas City Royals	Esquire, 1982	40
	1988
Los Angeles Dodgers	Esquire, 1981
	1988
Milwaukee Brewers	1982	44
Minnesota Twins	1987	45
Montreal Expos	1983	46
	1987
	1985
	1987
New York Mets	Esquire, 1980	49
	1983
	1987
	1988
New York Yankees	Esquire, 1979	51
	1988
Oakland A's	1987	53
	1988
Philadelphia Phillies	Esquire, 1979	55
	Esquire, 1980
	1982
	1984
Pittsburgh Pirates	Esquire 1979	58
	1980
San Diego Padres	Esquire, 1980	59
	1986
Will the McMeeting Please Come to Order?	1987	62
San Francisco Giants	Esquire, 1980	69
	1984
	1988
Seattle Mariners	1982	72
	Esquire, 1982
	1984
	1988
St. Louis Cardinals	Esquire, 1981	76
	1983
	1984
	1987
Texas Rangers	1987	79
	1988
Toronto Blue Jays	1987	81
	1988

Section II - Players

Willie Aikens	1982	83
	1983
	1984
Joaquin Andujar	1983	88
Marty Barrett	1985	88
Tony Bernazard	1985	89
Vida Blue	1983	89
Bruce Bochte	1983	89
Oil Can Boyd	1987	90
Phil Bradley	1988	91
George Brett	1983	91
Bill Buckner	1982	93
Al Bumbry	1982	93
Enos Cabell	1982	94
	1983
	1984
	1985
Rod Carew	1982	96
Gary Carter	1984	97
Marty Castillo	1986	98
Cesar Cedeno	1983	98
Ron Cey	1982	99
	1983
Will Clark	1988	100
Henry Cotto	1987	100
Eric Davis	1987	101
Andre Dawson	1988	102
Bo Diaz	1983	104
Brian Downing	1985	104
Mark Eichhorn	1988	105
Ken Forsch	1982	107
Gary Gaetti	1985	108
Ron Gardenhire	1982	108
Steve Garvey	1983	109
Dwight Gooden	1987	111
	1988 GAB Stat
	1988
Ron Guidry	1982	114
Toby Harrah	1983	115
Rickey Henderson	1984	116
George Hendrick	1983	117
Keith Hernandez	1985	118
Joe Hesketh	1987	119
Teddy Higuera	1988	119
Butch Hobson	1982	120
Charlie Hough	1987	124
Art Howe	Esquire,1979	125
Glenn Hubbard	1987	125
Mike Ivie	1983	126
Bo Jackson	1988	126
Danny Jackson	1988	133
Reggie Jackson	1984	135
Cliff Johnson	1982	137
Somebody Named Johnson	1983	138
Matt Keough	1982	138
Ron Kittle	1984	140
Ken Landreaux	1983	140
Tim Laudner	1983	141
Ron LeFlore	1983	141
Aureliio Lopez	1984	142
Joe Morgan	1982	143
Phil Niekro	1986	144
Ron Oester	1983	146
Al Oliver	1983	146
Joe Orsulak	1987	147
Amos Otis	1984	147
Dave Parker	1984	150
	1988
Gary Pettis	1988	155
Darrell Porter	1982	156
	1983
Kirby Puckett	1988	158
Randy Ready	1985	158
Jeff Reardon	1984	158
Craig Reynolds	1985	160
Angel Salazar	1985	160
Tom Seaver	1983	161
Ted Simmons	1983	162
Don Slaught	1985	164
Lonnie Smith	1986	164
Ozzie Smith	1986	165
Marc Sullivan	1988	167
Jim Sundberg	1985	168
Frank Tanana	1983	169
Danny Tartabull	1987	169
Gary Templeton	1982	172
Mike Torrez	1982	172
Ellis Valentine	1983	173
Frank White	1983	173
Alan Wiggins	1985	174
Mookie Wilson	1982	175
	1984
	1987
Butch Wynegar	1984	176
Robin Yount	1983	176

Section III - People

Jack Aker	1983	179
George Bamberger	1982	179
Peter Bavasi	1982	179
Harry Carey	1985	180
Pat Corrales	1983	182
Jim Davenport	1986	184
Jim Frey	1982	186
	1988
Calvin Griffith	1982	187
Whitey Herzog	1984	189
	1985
Dick Howser	1988	182
Ken Keltner	1985	193
Bob Lemon	1983	200
Denny Matthews	1983	201
Gene Mauch	Esquire, 1981	205
	1983
	1986
John McNamara	1988	208
Frank Robinson	1983	208
George Steinbrenner	1983	210
Susie	1982	210
	1988
Chuck Tanner	1986	211
	1987
Chuck Tanner's Funeral Home	1987	222
Joe Torre	1983	223
Ted Turner	1981	224
	1982
Earl Weaver	1982	228
	1983
Dick Williams	1983	231

Section IV - Essays

On the $400,000 Rule	1984	237
On Artificial Turf	1986	242
On Baseball Being 75 Percent Pitching	1986	244
On Baseball as a Business	1987	248
On Clutch Hitting	1982	250
On Computers in Baseball	1984	250
The Defensive Spectrum	1983	254
On the Designated Hitter Rule	1983	255
On Drugs In Baseball	1985	257
On the Five-Man Rotation	1983	259
On the Economics of Baseball	1986	261
On Intentional Walks	1988	262
The Law of Competitive Balance	1983	263
On Lou Gehrig's Streak	1988	270
A History of the Beanball	1985	271
A History of Being a Kansas City Baseball Fan	1986	284
On "Inside" Baseball	1984	364
On Managers	1985	371
	1988
On Official Scorers	1987	381
On Range Factors	1982	383
On Rating Ballplayers by Statistics	1984	394
Revolution	1988	398
On Salary Arbitration Cases	New	413
On Saves	1982	440
The Split Season of '81	1982	441
The 1982 Season	Esquire, 1982	443
	1983
On Statistics	1982	445
On the Fascination of Baseball Statistics	1985	449
On Wild Pitches and Passed Balls	1988	455

Section V - Research

Summaries of Studies

Aging Patterns, Changes in Performance as Players Age	460
The Amateur Draft	461
On Artificial Turf Shortening Careers	464
Artificial Turf, Types of Teams Successful On	464
Astrological Groupings in Types of Players	466
Attendance, Pitcher's Effect On	466
Biorhythms	466
Birthdays	467
College Background, Impact on Development of Players	467
DH Rule, Effects on PItchers	467
Elevation, Effect of on Home Runs	468
Farm System, Importance in Building a Team	468
Free Agents, Impact on Team of Signing	469
Going First to Third on a Single	469
On Hot Streaks	470
Late Innings, Relative Importance Of	471
Late-Season Success, Carryover Value Of	472
The Law of Competitive Balance	472
Leadoff Man, Importance of Getting on Base	472
Left-Handed Pitchers and Pennant Races	473
Left-Handed Pitchers, Maturation Of	473
Lineup Effects on Individual Batting Performance	473
Managers, When They Are Fired	474
Minor League Batting Statistics	474
MVP Votin, Teams Which Have Done Well In	475
Offensive Players, Types Of	476
Outfield-to-Third Base Conversions, Success Of	477
Park Effects	477
Platooning	478
The Plexiglass Principle	480
Power Pitchers and Early-Season Performance	480
Power Pitchers and Night Games	481
The Pythagorean Theory	481
On the Quality of PItchers Faced by a Team	482
Rookies	483
Runs Scored and RBI, Impact of Team Context On	485
On Rushing Players to the Major Leagues	486
Stolen Bases, Importance of in an Offense	486
Strikeouts, Effect on Runs Scored	488
Strikeouts, Impact on Player Growth	488
Switch-Hitting, Players Who Attempt to Learn	489
Talent, Distribution Of	489