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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Baseball in the Post-Landis Era | |
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| Commissioner's Powers Diminished after Landis's Death (1945) | |
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| Branch Rickey on Selection of Happy Chandler as Commissioner (1945) | |
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| Rickey, O'Malley Purchase Half-Interest in Dodgers (1945) | |
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| Report of the Mayor's Committee on Baseball (1945) | |
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| Major League Baseball Addresses the "Race Question" (1946) | |
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| Players, Owners Agree on Changes in Contracts, Game (1946) | |
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| Minor Leagues Prepare for Future (1946) | |
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| Reporter Alleges Strike Threat against Jackie Robinson (1947) | |
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| "Pitch Spahn and Sain, Then Pray for Rain" (1948) | |
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| Indians, Bearden Win Playoff Game to Claim American League Pennant (1948) | |
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| Negro National League Disintegrates (1948) | |
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| Chandler Reinstates Mexican League Jumpers (1949) | |
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| Jackie Robinson v. Paul Robeson (1949) | |
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| Yankees Win Pennant in Dramatic Fashion (1949) | |
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| Controversies over Antitrust, Airwaves | |
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| Organized Baseball, Government Quarrel over Broadcast Regulations (1949) | |
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| The Effect of Television on Minor League Baseball Attendance (1951) | |
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| Baseball Asked to Reinstate Joe Jackson (1951) | |
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| Willie Mays Joins the New York Giants (1951) | |
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| Celler Committee Begins Investigation of Antitrust Exemption (1951) | |
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| Robinson's Heroics Put Dodgers in Playoff (1951) | |
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| Bobby Thomson Home Run Clinches Miracle Pennant for Giants (1951) | |
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| The Responsibilities of a Team Statistician (1952) | |
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| Minor Leaguer Fans Twenty-Seven in Nine-Inning Game (1952) | |
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| Minor League Head Forbids Signing of Female Players (1952) | |
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| New Bonus Rule Enacted (1952) | |
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| O'Malley Promotes Pay Television (1953) | |
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| Boston Braves Move to Milwaukee (1953) | |
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| Community Organization Pressures Yankees to Integrate (1953) | |
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| Umpires Accused of Showing Off on Television (1953) | |
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| Mantle Hits Tape-Measure Home Run in Washington (1953) | |
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| Robinson's Interracial Barnstorming Team Banned by Bull Connor (1953) | |
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| Supreme Court Upholds Baseball's Antitrust Exemption (1953) | |
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| Baseball Moves West | |
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| Major League Owners Consider Ending Player Pension Plan (1953) | |
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| Minor League President Warns of Slow Games (1954) | |
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| Major League Baseball Players' Association Formed (1954) | |
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| Mays, Rhodes Lead Giants to Victory in Series Opener (1954) | |
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| Frick Updates Owners on Recent Baseball Litigation (1955) | |
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| Ted Williams Fined $5,000 for Spitting (1956) | |
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| Don Larsen Pitches Perfect World Series Game (1956) | |
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| Review of The Fireside Book of Baseball (1956) | |
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| Don Newcombe Wins the First Cy Young Award (1956) | |
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| DeWitt Named Administrator of "Save the Minors" Fund (1956) | |
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| O'Malley Buys Los Angeles Minor League Team and Ballpark (1957) | |
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| Supreme Court Decision Casts Doubt on Baseball Antitrust Exemption (1957) | |
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| Montgomery, Alabama, Institutes Racial Segregation in Sport (1957) | |
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| Herb Score Seriously Injured by Line Drive (1957) | |
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| Frick Overturns All-Star Game Vote (1957) | |
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| Feller Defuses Controversy over Congressional Testimony (1957) | |
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| Giants Agree to Move to San Francisco (1957) | |
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| Burdette, Braves Interrupt "Normalcy" by Beating Yankees in World Series (1957) | |
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| Continental Divides | |
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| Mayor's Baseball Committee of the City of New York Established (1957) | |
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| Richard Nixon Advocates True "World" Series (1958) | |
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| Roy Campanella Paralyzed in Car Accident (1958) | |
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| L.A. Voters Narrowly Approve Stadium in Chavez Ravine (1958) | |
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| Frick on the State of Baseball (1958) | |
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| MLBPA Report on Salaries (1958) | |
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| Dixie Series Threatened by Birmingham Racial Laws (1958) | |
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| Second All-Star Game Approved (1959) | |
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| Haddix Pitches Twelve Perfect Innings and Loses (1959) | |
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| Formation of Continental League Announced (1959) | |
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| Negro American League Nearing the End (1959) | |
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| Los Angeles Wins Playoff, Goes to Series (1959) | |
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| Review of Baseball: The Early Years (1960) | |
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| Mazeroski Home Run Lifts Pirates to Stunning Series Win over Yankees (1960) | |
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| Legislating Baseball | |
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| NL Upholds Promise, Awards Franchises to Two CL Teams; AL Reneges (1960) | |
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| The Major League Perspective on Congressional Investigations (1961) | |
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| Frick Places "Distinctive Mark" on 162-Game Home Run Record (1961) | |
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| Satchel Paige MVP in Last East-West Negro All-Star Game (1961) | |
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| Roger Maris Establishes Record with Sixty-First Home Run (1961) | |
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| Major Leagues Vote Down Return of Spitball (1961) | |
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| Giants Rally in Ninth to Beat Dodgers in Playoff (Again) (1962) | |
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| American Association Latest Minor League to Be Dismantled (1962) | |
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| Marichal Bests Spahn in Sixteen-Inning Pitching Duel (1963) | |
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| Preview of TV Special "A Man Named Mays" (1963) | |
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| NL Wins Only Latin All-Star Game (1963) | |
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| Charlie Finley Suggests Playing Night Games during World Series (1963) | |
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| Jim Bunning Throws First NL Perfect Game of Century (1964) | |
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| Dodgers to Experiment with Pay Television (1964) | |
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| "Phillies 6 1/2 Up With 12 to Play" (1964) | |
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| Draft Approved, Commissioners' Powers Restored at Winter Meetings (1964) | |
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| Baseball Confronts Modernity | |
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| Design Flaws in Houston Astrodome Revealed (1965) | |
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| Marichal Attacks Dodgers' Roseboro with Bat during Game (1965) | |
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| Emmett Ashford Becomes First Black Major League Umpire (1965) | |
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| William "Spike" Eckert Elected as New Commissioner (1965) | |
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| MLBPA Executive Director Position Approved by Majors (1966) | |
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| Baseball Press Release Costs Majors in Wisconsin Antitrust Suit (1966) | |
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| "Chipmunks": New Breed of Sportswriter Emerges (1966) | |
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| Koufax, Drysdale Agree to End Joint Holdout (1966) | |
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| Review of The Glory of Their Times (1966) | |
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| Red Barber Fired by Yankees (1966) | |
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| Sandy Koufax Retires at Age Thirty (1966) | |
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| Red Sox Complete Miracle Season, Win AL Pennant (1967) | |
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| MLBPA, Owners Sign First Basic Agreement (1968) | |
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| The Era of Labor Unrest Begins | |
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| Major Leagues Agree on Divisional Play, Playoffs (1968) | |
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| McLain Wins Thirty-First Game while Allowing Mantle's 535th Home Run (1968) | |
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| Two AL Umpires Fired after Planning Union (1968) | |
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| Changes in Rules, Pitcher's Mound Approved at Winter Meetings (1968) | |
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| Teams to Experiment with "Wild-Card" Hitter in Spring Training (1969) | |
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| Bowie Kuhn, NL Lawyer, Elected as Interim Commissioner (1969) | |
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| Baseball Encyclopedia Research Adds 715th Home Run to Ruth's Total (1969) | |
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| Curt Flood Threatens to Retire after Being Traded (1969) | |
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| New York Mets Stun Baseball, Win World Series (1969) | |
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| National Labor Relations Board Rules Baseball Subject to Its Jurisdiction (1969) | |
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| Flood to File Antitrust Suit against Baseball (1969) | |
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| Counting Numbers, Dollars, and Rights | |
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| "Baseball Seminar": The First Fantasy Baseball Game? (1970) | |
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| Seymour Siwoff and the Statistics Revolution (1970) | |
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| Owners Grant Players Independent Arbitration in New Basic Agreement (1970) | |
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| Reaction to Jim Bouton's Ball Four (1970) | |
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| Rose Crushes Fosse to Win All-Star Game for NL (1970) | |
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| Umpires Strike during League Championship Series (1970) | |
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| Hall of Fame Establishes Negro Leagues Committee (1971) | |
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| Washington Senators Forfeit Franchise's Final Game (1971) | |
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| Cardinals' Owner Lectures Players on Virtues of Proposed Pension Plan (1972) | |
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| Comment on the Supreme Court Ruling against Curt Flood (1972) | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Index | |