Contents

Introduction by Bill Veeck

1. “Just Like the WPA”

2. A Bad Report to the Sponsor

3. 119 or Bust

4. The Nickel Line

5. “They’re Afraid To Come Out”

6. Wait Till Next Year? We’re Fine Now!

7. Appendix I Around the Diamond with the Mets in 1962

8. Appendix II Mets’ Records, 1962

A Biography of Jimmy Breslin

Acknowledgments