Foreword by Bud "The Steamer" Furillo -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Trolley Dodgers -- Wilbert Robinson plants the seed of a baseball tree that grew in Brooklyn -- The lost season -- The "Daffiness Boys" -- A whole new ballgame -- Then the roof fell in -- "He that will not reason is a bigot" -- Mr. Robinson -- "I want a player with the guts not to fight back!" -- The good samaritan -- Breaking into the big leagues -- "Wait 'til next year." -- The lords of flatbush -- The creeping terror -- "The shot heard 'round the world" -- Still waiting for next year? -- Finally! -- Team leader -- Exodus -- Changes -- A baseball palace -- Summer of '62 -- New York, New York -- "Hitless wonders" -- The real "Dr. K" -- Big D -- "The year of the pitcher" -- Pride goeth before the fall -- Year at a time -- Re-match -- Garv -- Fernandomania -- The last hurrah -- Piazza -- The poet -- Answers to trivia questions -- Los Angeles Dodgers all-time roster -- Notes.