CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter One: “Don’t Come Home a Failure”

Chapter Two: Not a Born Ballplayer

Chapter Three: Waiting for the Cobb to Crack

Chapter Four: A Humbled Batting Champion

Chapter Five: “Up Here, They Don’t Understand Me”

Chapter Six: The Lucky Stiff

Chapter Seven: Detroit’s Prima Donna

Chapter Eight: The Psychological Advantage

Chapter Nine: Brawls and Strikes

Chapter Ten: Butchering Pennant Chances

Chapter Eleven: Always Expect the Unexpected

Chapter Twelve: Pathway to Riches

Chapter Thirteen: Micromanager

Chapter Fourteen: The Fighting Spirit

Chapter Fifteen: Fading from Contention

Chapter Sixteen: Old Man Cobb

Chapter Seventeen: Immortalized in Bronze

Chapter Eighteen: The Depressed Philanthropist

Chapter Nineteen: “I Loved the Guy”

Endnotes

Acknowledgments