The Machine (34 page)

Alfred Hitchcock
by Alfred Hitchcock and Sidney Gottlieb, University Press of Mississippi, 2003.

Baseball My Way
by Joe Morgan, Atheneum, 1976.

Baseball’s Great Dynasties: The Reds
by Peter C. Bjarkman, Gallery Books, 1991.

The Bases Were Loaded (and So Was I)
by Tom Callahan, Crown, 2004.

The Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan
by Pat Jordan and Alex Belth, Persea, 2008.

Beyond the Sixth Game: What’s Happened to Baseball Since the Greatest Game in World Series History
by Peter Gammons, Houghton Mifflin, 1985.

Big Red Dynasty: How Bob Howsam and Sparky Anderson Built the Big Red Machine
by Greg Rhodes and John Erardi, Road West, 1998.

The Big Red Machine
by Bob Hertzel, Prentice Hall, 1976.

Black and Blue: Sandy Koufax, the Robinson Boys, and the World Series That Stunned America
by Tom Adelman, Back Bay Books, 2006.

Blockbuster
by Tom Shone, Scribner, 1975.

Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story
by Dave Marsh, Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1996.

Byline: Si Burick, a Half-Century in the Press Box
by Si Burick, Dayton Daily News, 1982.

Catch Every Ball: How to Handle Life’s Pitches
by Johnny Bench, Orange Frazier Press, 2008.

Catch You Later: The Autobiography of Johnny Bench
by Johnny Bench and William Brashler, HarperCollins, 1979.

Charlie Hustle
by Pete Rose and Bob Hertzel, Prentice Hall, 1975.

Cincinnati and the Big Red Machine
by Robert Harris Walker, Indiana University Press, 1998.

Cincinnati: From River City to Highway Metropolis
by David Stradling, Arcadia, 2003.

The Cincinnati Reds
by Lee Allen, Kent State University Press, 2006.

The Cincinnati Reds: A Pictorial History of Professional Baseball’s Oldest Team
by Ritter Collett, Jordan-Powers Corp., 1976.

Cincinnati Seasons: My 34 Years with the Reds
by Earl Lawson, Diamond Communications, 1987.

Collision at Home Plate: The Lives of Pete Rose and Bart Giamatti
by James Reston, Bison Books, 1997.

Dear Pete: The Life of Pete Rose
by Helen Fabbri and Larry D. Names, Laranmark, 1986.

Echoes of Cincinnati Reds Baseball: The Greatest Stories Ever Told
by Mark Stallard and Jim O’Toole, Triumph Books, 2007.

The 50 Greatest Red Sox Games
by Cecilia Tan and Bill Nowlin, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.

4 Hispanic Heroes of the U.S.A.
by Warren H. Wheelock and J. O. Maynes Jr., EMC Corp., 1976.

The George Foster Story
by Malka Drucker with George Foster, Holiday House, 1980.

Hustle: The Myth, Life, and Lies of Pete Rose
by Michael Sokolove, Simon & Schuster, 1990.

Joe Morgan: A Life in Baseball
by Joe Morgan and David Falkner, W. W. Norton, 1993.

Johnny Bench Catching and Power Hitting
by Johnny Bench, Viking Press, 1975.

The Last Real Season
by Mike Shropshire, Grand Central, 2008.

The Long Ball: The Summer of ’75
—
Spaceman, Catfish, Charlie Hustle, and the Greatest World Series Ever Played
by Tom Adelman, Back Bay Books, 2003.

The Main Spark
by Sparky Anderson and Si Burick, Doubleday, 1978.

The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
by Randy Shilts, St. Martin’s/Griffin, 2008.

Men of the Machine: An Inside Look at Baseball’s Team of the ’70s
by Ritter Collett, Landfall Press, 1977.

My Bat Boy Days: Lessons I Learned from the Boys of Summer
by Steve Garvey, Ken Gurnick, and Candace Garvey, Scribner, 2008.

My Life in Sports
by Robert Lee Howsam and Bob Jones, unpublished, 1999.

My Prison Without Bars
by Pete Rose and Rick Hill, Rodale, 2004.

The New Bill James Historical Abstract
by Bill James, Free Press, 2003.

The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers: An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitches
by Bill James and Rob Neyer, Fireside, 2004.

Pete Rose (Mr. .300)
by Keith Brandt, Putnam Sports Shelf, 1977.

Pete Rose: My Life in Baseball
by Pete Rose, Doubleday, 1979.

Pete Rose: My Story
by Roger Kahn and Pete Rose, Macmillan, 1989.

The Pete Rose Story
by Pete Rose, World, 1970.

Redleg Journal
by Greg Rhodes and John Snyder, Road West, 2000.

The Relentless Reds
by Hal McCoy, PressCo, 1976.

The Royal Reds: Baseball’s New Dynasty
by Hal McCoy, PressCo, 1977.

‘75:
The Red Sox Team That Saved Baseball
, edited by Bill Nowlin and Cecilia Tan, Rounder Books, 2005.

Sparky!
by Sparky Anderson and Dan Ewald, Prentice Hall, 1990.

Sports Hero: Pete Rose
by Marshall Burchard, Putnam’s, 1976.

Summer of ’49
by David Halberstam, Harper Perennial, 2006.

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Aaron, Hank, 255

Adair, Jimmy, 150

Alexander, Cliff, 122

Ali, Muhammad, 40–41, 44–45, 117, 204

Allen, Dick, 61

Allen, Mel, 101

Allen, Paul, 187

Allison, Douglas, 50

All-Star Game (1970), 43–44

Alston, Walter, 171, 184–85

American Football League, 108

Anderson, Carol, 70, 167

Anderson, Dave, 94

Anderson, Lee, 17, 47, 69–70, 73, 247–48

Anderson, Sparky:

as “Captain Hook,” 121, 180

and Carbo, 250–52, 254

career of, 13–14

and the chaplain, 45–47

and fans, 164–65, 167, 179

fired by Reds, 262

and games in April, 64, 70–76, 84, 85–88

and games in August, 178–85, 188–90, 193–96

and games in July, 157–58, 164–67

and games in June, 135–40, 146–48

and games in May, 88–91, 105–8, 110–13, 120–23

in Hall of Fame, 262, 270

and his father, 240–41

and his son, 17, 69–70, 73, 247–48

instinct of, 8, 90, 147, 251–52

and lineup, 55, 157–58, 194, 208

and lucky spot, 135–39

as manager, 13–18, 53, 85, 185, 216, 256–57, 272, 276

and National League championship (1975), 204–6, 217–18

on opening day, 52–53, 55–56, 59

and pitchers, 15, 37–38, 73–74, 86–88, 106, 120, 121–23, 135, 146–48, 164–67, 179–80, 185, 189–90, 195, 249, 252, 258, 263

and playoffs (1973), 7

and playoffs (1975), 205–6, 208–9, 215, 216–17

and reporters, 18, 52, 53, 121, 164, 206, 217–18, 240, 246–47

and rules, 60, 69, 73–74, 115–16, 222

spring training speech of, 25–26

temper of, 13, 71–72, 106–7, 112

thrown out of game, 106

and Vukovich, 26–28, 55, 56, 71–73, 74–76, 86, 88, 90, 91, 92, 114, 193

and World Series (1975) Game 1, 228

and World Series (1975) Game 2, 232–33

and World Series (1975) Game 3, 234, 235, 236, 237

and World Series (1975) Game 4, 240

and World Series (1975) Game 5, 242, 244

and World Series (1975) Game 6, 3, 246–47, 249, 250, 254, 256

and World Series (1975) Game 7, 8, 256–57, 258, 259

Angell, Roger, 200, 225

Anthony, Susan B., 51

Armbrister, Ed, 191, 249

interference in Game 3, 233–36, 238, 274

and playoffs, 216–17

Armstrong, Neil, 12

Arnold, Chris, 88

Arrigo, Gerry, 81–82

Atlanta, attracting fans in, 174

Atlanta Braves, 12, 56, 96–97, 137–38, 142, 146–47, 202

Auerbach, Rick, 184

Bailey, Bob, 109

Baker, Dusty, 102, 202

Baldwin, Rick, 169

Bando, Sal, 31

Barnett, Larry, 235, 236, 238, 246

baseball:

audiences declining, 97–99

changes in game of, 165, 260

as entertainment, 270

errors scored in, 155–56

football vs., 98

free agents in, 127, 261

gambling on, 266, 269, 277

and greed, 179, 211

as heartbreaking, 248

interference rule in, 234–35, 238

knuckleballs in, 58, 145–46

myths and fables of, 49

as national pastime, 255

nostalgia for, 275

official scorer in, 155–56

on-base percentage in, 43

origins of, 49–50

and reserve clause, 127

role models in, 61, 62, 93, 104

salaries in, 127, 262

seventh-inning stretch in, 54

statistics in, 99–104

suspense in, 230–31, 246

teamwork in, 277

umpires in, 235–36

Baseball Encyclopedia,
99, 104

Beatles, 198

Bench, Johnny, 16, 188, 271

as catcher, 23, 38, 55, 79, 81–82, 105, 109, 116, 137

early years of, 78–81, 191

and fans, 116–18, 190

and games in April, 70, 71, 73, 82–83, 86

and games in August and September, 177, 183–84, 185, 190, 192, 193, 196, 201

and games in June and July, 133, 136–38, 142–43, 155

and games in May, 110, 112, 113, 117–18, 121

and Great Eight, 263–64

in Hall of Fame, 262, 270

injury to, 83, 105, 116–17, 1907, 223

in the lineup, 55, 109, 154, 157, 158, 208

marriage of, 21–25, 82, 117, 190, 223, 249, 261

and 1968 season, 23

and 1969 season, 12

and 1970 season, 23, 82

and 1972 season, 15

outside interests of, 82, 110, 189

and playoffs (1975), 208, 213

and playoffs (1976), 261

and reporters, 162, 262

and Rose, 6–7, 24–25, 267–68

and rules, 116, 142, 222–23

and salary, 20, 126

as superstar, 25, 26, 27, 53, 101, 105, 155, 190–91, 205, 209, 237, 270, 276, 277

and team members, 7, 92, 134, 158–59, 160, 263–64

and World Series Game 1, 226, 228

and World Series Game 2, 228–32, 237

and World Series Game 5, 243, 244, 245

and World Series Game 6, 249, 250, 253, 254

and World Series Game 7, 3, 4, 257, 259, 261

Bench, Ted, 77–78, 79, 191

Bench, Vickie Chesser, 21–25, 82, 190, 191, 249, 261

Bender, Chief, 96

Beniquez, Juan, 251–52, 259

Berra, Yogi, 187

Billingham, Jack, 142, 263, 277

and 1973–1974 seasons, 108

and 1975 season, 177

and Sparky, 121, 123, 249

Bittner, Larry, 109

Blanks, Sugar Bear, 138

Blish, Milt, 14, 26, 217–18, 247

Blue, James, 230

Borbon, Pedro, 147, 166

and games in April, 86–87, 88

and games in August, 188, 195

and games in June, 136, 148

as team barber, 17, 60

temper of, 123–25, 181–82

Boston Red Sox:

as American League champions, 218, 222

and the Green Monster (The Wall), 219–20, 229, 255

and “Impossible Dream,” 227

and 1967 season, 227

and 1974 season, 220–21

and 1975 season, 174, 207, 221–22

and World Series (1918), 2, 248

and World Series (1946), 248

and World Series (1967), 248

and World Series (1975) Game 1, 224–28

and World Series (1975) Game 2, 228–33

and World Series (1975) Game 3, 233–36

and World Series (1975) Game 4, 238–40

and World Series (1975) Game 5, 243–45

and World Series (1975) Game 6, 2–3, 248–55

and World Series (1975) Game 7, 257–59

Bouton, Jim,
Ball Four,
61

Bowa, Larry, 102

Brainard, Asa, 50, 51

Brennaman, Marty, 110–11, 202, 235, 250, 259, 263

Brett, George, 27, 31

Brett, Ken, 209–10

Breza, Braulio, 160

Bristol, Dave, 11–13, 30, 35, 242

Brooklyn Dodgers, 158, 171, 270, 276

Brown, “Downtown Ollie,” 107

Brown, Jake, 180–81

Buckingham, Phillip, 21–22, 25

Burick, Si, 9, 257

Burleson, Rick, 232, 235

Burton, Jim, 258

Caen, Herb, 204

Calin, George, 98

Callahan, Tom:

on Reds team members, 7, 46, 93, 94, 171

and rules, 115

and Sparky, 123, 240–41

and Vickie Bench, 249, 261

Campanella, Roy, 158

Campbell, Glen, 191

Candelaria, John, 214, 215

Canseco, Jose, 269

Capra, Buzz, 56

Carbo, Bernie, 233, 235, 250–52, 253, 254

Carew, Rod, 174

Carlin, George, 98, 223

Carlton, Steve, 106, 163

Carroll, Clay “Hawk,” 87, 148, 166, 189–90, 195–196, 198

Carruth, Rae, 273

Carter, Gary, 109

Carter, Lynda, 82, 191

Castro, Fidel, 7, 8

Cepeda, Orlando, 34

Cey, Ron, 59, 66, 71, 201

Chaney, Darrel, 64–65, 120, 184, 185, 192

Chicago Black Sox, 51

Chicago Cubs, 132–33, 136, 191, 198, 204

Cincinnati Redlegs, 51

Cincinnati Reds:

as Big Red Machine, 10–13, 159, 192, 204–5, 256, 258, 261, 275–76

discipline of, 11, 16, 17, 53, 60–61, 147, 223, 275

error-free play of, 155–57

and games in April, 64–66, 70–74, 76, 82–88

and games in August, 177–81, 183–87, 189–96, 197–200

and games in July, 155–59, 160–71, 173–76

and games in June, 126–40, 141–43, 145–48

and games in May, 88–93, 105–13, 120–21

and games in September, 201–3, 204–6

Great Eight of, 263–64

lineup of, 55, 109, 112, 154, 157–58, 194, 208

and National League West championship (1975), 174, 202–3, 204, 217

and 1968 season, 12

and 1969 season, 12

and 1971 season, 15

and 1972 season, 15

and 1973 season, 7, 16

and 1974 season, 16, 125

and 1976 season, 261, 276

on opening day, 52–60, 64

and playoffs (1975), 207–10, 213–17, 222, 274

rules to live by, 11, 60–61, 115–16, 134, 141–42, 222–23

and spring training, 25–26, 28–32

superstars of, 5, 25–26, 53, 101, 105, 209, 237, 270, 276, 277

and World Series (1919), 51

and World Series (1940), 51

and World Series (1970), 15, 82, 256

and World Series (1972), 15–16, 218, 256

and World Series (1975) Game 1, 223–28

and World Series (1975) Game 2, 228–33

and World Series (1975) Game 3, 233–37, 274

and World Series (1975) Game 4, 238–41

and World Series (1975) Game 5, 241–45

and World Series (1975) Game 6, 2–3, 248–55, 274

and World Series (1975) Game 7, 1–4, 256–59, 261, 274

and World Series (1976), 261

Cincinnati Red Stockings, 50–51

Clemente, Roberto, 39

Cleveland, Reggie, 243, 245

Cleveland Indians, 205, 248, 275

Cobb, Ty, 94, 262, 269, 272

Cohen, Mickey, 177

Colosi, Nick, 226

Conant, Dave, 255

Concepcion, Dave, 105, 270, 271

assassination rumors about, 130, 131

and games in April, 64–65, 73

and games from June to September, 129, 131, 135, 169, 201

and Great Eight, 263–64

in the lineup, 55, 109, 157, 158

and one millionth run, 101–4

and reporters, 162

and team members, 5, 156, 186, 209, 263–64

and World Series Game 1, 226, 227

and World Series Game 2, 231–32, 233, 237

and World Series Game 6, 253

Connors, Jimmy, 117, 149

Cooper, Cecil, 227, 233

Cooper, Gary, 30, 31

Corbett, Brad, 174

Correll, Vic, 138

Cosell, Howard, 204, 223

Crowley, Terry, 169

Darcy, Pat:

and games in April and May, 59–60, 74, 106

and games in July, 177, 180–81

and games in June, 146–47, 148

and Rose, 44

and World Series Game 6, 253, 254

Dark, Alvin, 246

Dempsey, Jack, 93

Deyo, Wendell, 45–47, 186

DiMaggio, Joe, 22, 62

Dion, Celine, 272

Doubleday, Abner, 49

Dowd, John M., 267

Doyle, Denny, 3, 4, 232, 245, 252, 257

Drago, Dick, 230–31, 232, 235, 253

Driessen, Danny, 72–73, 91–93, 112, 253

early years of, 92

in the lineup, 89, 91, 93, 193

and 1975 season, 151, 157, 169, 184, 192

and third base, 27, 92

Earth, Wind, and Fire, 114

Eastwick, Rawly, 115, 165–67, 190

and 1975 season, 165, 167, 180, 195, 205

other interests of, 148, 166–67

and World Series (1975), 232, 250, 251–52

Ellard, Harry, 50