Table of Contents
Preface ix
Foreword Hank Peters xi
Introduction: A Ticker Tape Parade of Sorts 1
Chapter 1 "Mistakes" on the Lake 7
Chapter 2 Jacobs' Purchase 15
Chapter 3 Hank Peters and the Baseball Men 21
Chapter 4 Hank's Early Drafts 29
Chapter 5 Drafting Thome 35
Chapter 6 The John Hart Experiment 41
Chapter 7 The Joe Carter Trade 49
Chapter 8 Rick Wolff and the Psychology of Winning 53
Chapter 9 Johnny Mac 57
Chapter 10 The Continuing Saga of Albert Belle, Part I 63
Chapter 11 The 1991 Draft: Manny Ramírez 67
Chapter 12 Firing Johnny Mac, Introducing Hargrove 77
Chapter 13 Hart's Deals and the Five-Year Plan 81
Chapter 14 Breaking Ground 85
Chapter 15 Minor League Development 91
Chapter 16 Greg Swindell and the Long-Term Deal 99
Chapter 17 Winter Haven and the Boat Accident 107
Chapter 18 The Continuing Saga of Albert Belle, Part II 117
Chapter 19 The Omar Vizquel Trade 121
Chapter 20 Buyer's Market 125
Chapter 21 The House that Jacobs Built 131
Chapter 22 The Strike Year and What Could Have Been 139
Chapter 23 1995: The Wait is Over 147
Chapter 24 The Pennant Run 153
Chapter 25 Playoff-Bound after Forty-One Years 169
Chapter 26 The 1995 World Series 177
Chapter 27 Changing Expectations and Getting Back 185
Chapter 28 Seven in '97 199
Chapter 29 One-Thousand Runs 207
Chapter 30 The Sale 215
Epilogue 221
Acknowledgments 227
Sources 231
