Play hungry: the making of a baseball player

Preface: Thanks, Dad

Big Pete

Leland T. Jones's leather strap

Not the best baseball player

Passed over

Uncle Buddy

Geneva (not Switzerland)

Tampa

Instructional league

Macon

Straight to the bigs

Frank and Vada

Rookie of the year

Venezuela

"Hustling little Pete Rose"

Vietnam

Batting title

Morganna

Collision

"He never walks when he can run"

Brawling at Shea

Some kind of game

Winning with the Phillies

A big-league skipper

Hit king

I blew it, I know that

Pete Jr. makes the big leagues

Epilogue: Baseball has to make a few changes.