Contents

Foreword by Dusty Baker

Introduction

First Inning: The Nursing Home

Second Inning: Greatest Ever

Third Inning: Hank, Jackie, and Destiny

Fourth Inning: Jackie Robinson

Fifth Inning: Blacks in Baseball

Sixth Inning: Becoming Jackie and Hank

Seventh Inning: Hank’s Dixiecrats on the Braves

Eighth Inning: Barry Bonds

Ninth Inning: The Haters

Extra Innings: His Sense of Humor, ­Business Savvy, and More

Epilogue

Acknowledgments