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Preface
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Prologue: Old Hoss Is Ready
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The Importance of Grit
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I Am a Pitcher
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Raging, Tearing, Booming
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Lucky Man
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Treasure from the Gold Country
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Brimstone and Treacle
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Pneumonia Weather
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She's Yours, Rad
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Red Fire
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A Working Girl
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An Ugly Disposition
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Rendezvous of the Wayward
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Crack-up
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Drunk Enough to Be Stupid
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The Severe Wrenching
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Inward Laughs
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A Promise Kept
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The Best on Earth
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Epilogue: Called Out by the Inexorable Umpire
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Acknowledgments
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Appendix
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Sources and Notes
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Index
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