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The Fight of Their Lives

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by John Rosengren


  Roseboro, John. Transaction records, 1952–77. A. Bartlett Giamatti Research Center, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY.

  Sharp, Bonnie. Eulogy at John Roseboro memorial service, August 24, 2002.

  Swaine, Rick. Society for American Baseball Research biography project on Roy Campanella. http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/a52ccbb5.

  Topps baseball cards, 1958–1975.

  E-mails

  Bohachel, Ann Shoenagel. E-mail to Bonnie Sharp, August 22, 2002.

  Boyer, Harry. E-mail to Bonnie Sharp, August 23, 2002.

  Hochsteller, Paul. E-mail to Bonnie Sharp, August 22, 2002.

  Schneider, Rolinda Barnett. E-mail to Bonnie Sharp, August 22, 2002.

  Letters

  Calmus, Dick. Letter to Jack Kelley, September 30, 2011.

  Campanis, Jim. Letter to Jack Kelley, October 20, 2011.

  Craig, Roger. Letter to Jack Kelley, October 9, 2011.

  Demeter, Don. Letter to Jack Kelley, October 11, 2011.

  Duffie, John. Letter to Jack Kelley, September 28, 2011.

  Egan, Dick. Letter to Jack Kelley, October 17, 2011.

  Gray, Dick. Letter to Jack Kelley, October 27, 2011.

  Harkness, Tim. Letter to Jack Kelley, October 17, 2011.

  Kipp, Fred. Letter to Jack Kelley, September 26, 2011.

  McMullen, Ken. Letter to Jack Kelley, November 17, 2011.

  Miller, Larry. Letter to Jack Kelley, October 26, 2011.

  Moeller, Joe. Letter to Jack Kelley, October 13, 2011.

  Moon, Wally. Letter to Jack Kelley, September 26, 2011.

  Osteen, Claude. Letter to Jack Kelley, October 25, 2011.

  Peranowski, Ron. Letter to Jack Kelley, December 12, 2011.

  Pignatano, Joe. Letter to Jack Kelley, September 26, 2011.

  Singer, Bill. Letter to Jack Kelley, October 28, 2011.

  Torborg, Jeff. Letter to Jack Kelley, October 7, 2011.

  Trazewski, Dick. Letter to Jack Kelley, October 19, 2011.

  Warwick, Carl. Letter to Jack Kelley, November 13, 2011.

  Williams, Stan. Letter to Jack Kelley, September 19, 2011.

  Worthington, Al. Letter to Jack Kelley, September 26, 2011.

  Zimmer, Don. Letter to Jack Kelley, October 27, 2011.

  Newspapers and News Organizations

  Albany Times-Union

  Ashland Times-Gazette

  Associated Press

  Atlanta Journal

  Baltimore Sun

  Boston Globe

  Boston Herald American

  Houston Chronicle

  Kansas City Star

  Lake County (OH) News-Herald

  Long Beach Press-Telegram

  Los Angeles Herald-Examiner

  Los Angeles Times

  Mansfield (OH) News Journal

  Milwaukee Sentinel

  Minneapolis Star Tribune

  Newark Star-Ledger

  News Dispatch

  Newspaper Enterprise Association

  New York Daily News

  New York Journal-American

  New York Post

  New York Sun

  New York Times

  New York World-Telegram and Sun

  Ottoway News Service

  Pacific Stars and Stripes

  Philadelphia Evening Bulletin

  San Francisco Chronicle

  San Francisco Examiner

  Sporting News

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  Syracuse Herald American

  Syracuse Post Standard

  Toledo Blade

  Tri-City (WA) Herald

  Twin Falls (ID) Times-News

  United Press International

  USA Today

  La Voz Hispana de Colorado

  La Voz Nueva de Colorado

  Wall Street Journal

  Washington Post

  Wilmington (NC) Star-News

  Websites

  ashlandohiogenealogy.org

  baseballalmanac.com

  baseballhall.org

  baseballlibrary.com

  baseball-reference.com

  bbc.co.uk

  countrystudies.us/dominican-republic

  csmonitor.com

  dodgers-giants.com

  ESPN.com

  foxsportswest.com

  hardballtimes.com

  imdb.com

  mlb.com

  npr.org

  scouts.baseball.org

  spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk

  sportsillustrated.cnn.com

  thatsbaseball1.tripod.com

  youtube.com

  INDEX

  Index entries are hyperlinked

  Page Numbers refer to the printed book

  A

  Aaron, Hank, 12, 38, 49, 138, 171, 183, 209

  Adcock, Joe, 43

  Alba, Francisco Martinez, 7

  Alderson, Sandy, 193

  Alexander, Cliff, 25

  Allen, Richie, 70, 104, 131–32

  Almeida, Rafael, 16

  Alomar, Roberto, 192

  Alou, Felipe, 7, 9, 40, 44–45, 49, 54–55, 61

  Alou, Jesus, 52, 61, 92, 94, 104, 145, 148

  Alou, Maria, 45, 49

  Alou, Matty, 5, 7, 8, 12, 44–45, 61, 109, 126, 135

  Alston, Walt, 32, 65, 67, 75–76, 112, 137, 164, 167, 187

  Amaro, Ruben, 37

  Anderson, Doc, 76

  Andujar, Joaquin, 187

  Angell, Roger, 50

  Aparicio, Luis, 67, 68, 181, 191, 192

  August, Bob, 183, 186

  Avila, Rafael, 165–66, 199

  B

  Bailey, Ed, 58

  Baker, Dusty, 197

  Baker, Gene, 172

  Balaguer, Joaquín, 47, 48, 149–50, 153, 198, 201

  Ball Four (Bouton), 177

  Ballgame, Teddy, 161

  Banks, Ernie, 147, 171

  Barlick, Al, 58

  Baseball Writers’ Association of America, 179–87, 191–92

  Baseball’s Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy (Tygiel), 41–42

  Batista, Tony, 194

  Battey, Earl, 31

  Bavasi, Buzzie, 30, 32–33, 75–76, 77, 156

  Bay of Pigs, 46

  Becker, Joe, 33

  Bellan, Esteban, 16

  Beltre, Adrian, 194

  Bench, Johnny, 159

  Bermudez Rum Company, Dominican Republic, 4

  Betancourt, Romulo, 45

  Bisher, Furman, 50, 153, 154

  Bjarkman, Peter C., 42, 96, 180

  Black, Joe, 25

  Blanco, Jorge, 188

  Bloody Sunday, ix–x, 110–30

  Bolin, Bobby, 89, 90

  Bond, Walt, 137

  Bosch, Juan Ganio, 55, 59, 64, 84, 93, 201

  Boswell, Dave, 155, 157

  Bouton, Jim, 177

  Brock, Lou, 104, 112

  Broeg, Bob, 131

  Brooks, James, 198

  Brosnan, Jim, 39–40, 77

  Brown, Mordecai, 169

  Bryant, Clay, 30, 31

  Buckner, Bill, 163, 166

  Buhler, Bill, 77

  Buhler, Doc, 116, 117

  Bunning, Jim, 182

  Burgess, Smoky, 38

  C

  Caen, Herb, 87, 88

  Cambria, Joe, 40

  Campanella, Roy, 25, 29, 32–33, 34, 36, 65, 66–67, 71

  Campanis, Al, 166, 167–68, 195–97

  Cannon, Jimmy, 66, 67

  Carew, Rod, 155, 192

  Carvajal, Jose and Pol
onia, 47, 48

  Cepeda, Orlando, 9, 43, 49, 61–62, 109, 126, 181, 192

  Chance, Dean, 155, 156, 180

  Chandler, Happy, 41

  Chapin, William, 131

  Chasing October: The Dodgers-Giants Pennant Race of 1962 (Plaut), 70, 87

  Civil Rights Act, 78

  Claire, Fred, 200, 209

  Clemente, Roberto, 39, 41, 44, 49, 61, 181, 192, 196

  Conlin, Bill, 182

  Connor, Bull, 74

  Cosell, Howard, 125

  Craig, Roger, 69, 74

  Crandall, Del, 62

  Crawford, Shag, 112–15, 116, 118, 129, 163

  Crawford, Willie, 102

  Cronin, Joe, 88, 140, 157

  D

  Daley, Arthur, 125, 134

  Daley, Richard, 100

  Dalrymple, Clay, 38

  Dalton, Harry, 171–72, 173

  Danvers, Joseph, 124

  Dark, Alvin, 44, 48, 51–54, 62–63, 83, 88, 180

  Davalillo, Vic, 61

  Davenport, Jim, 49, 118

  Davis, George T., 75

  Davis, John, 14

  Davis, Tommy, 70, 89, 196, 207, 209

  Davis, Willie, 70, 98, 166

  Dean, Dizzy, 100, 170

  Delgado, Felix, 9

  Demeter, Don, 31

  Diamond, William, 86–87

  Díaz, Junot, 46

  Dickey, Bill, 203

  Diem, Ngo Dinh, 46

  Dihigo, Martin, 15–16, 181

  Doby, Larry, 23, 171, 195

  Dodger-Giant rivalry, 81–83, 86–90, 97

  Dominican Aviacion (Air Force) team, Dominican Republic, 4–6

  Dominican Republic

  and baseball, 2–3, 38–39, 43

  baseball academies, 193

  Era of Trujillo, 46

  Guardia Nacional, 46

  political unrest, 45–47, 48, 54, 55, 64, 81, 84–85, 91–93, 97, 136

  Dressen, Charlie, 26, 82, 140

  Drysdale, Don, 61, 66, 82, 85–86, 89–91, 93, 94–95, 145, 150, 151, 153, 170, 179, 182, 192

  Durocher, Leo, 83

  Durslag, Melvin, 87–88, 144–45, 163–64, 166

  E

  Ebbets, Charles, 82

  Echavarria, Pedro Rodriguez, 48

  Eckert, William, 55

  Egan, Dick, 69

  Eighinger, Steve, 202

  Einstein, Charles, 50, 154

  Eisenhower, President Dwight, 45

  Ellison, Jim, 139

  Evans, Harry, 124

  F

  Fairly, Ron, 111, 112, 128

  Feeney, Chub, 139, 145–46, 153

  Feller, Bob, 23, 170

  Fernandez, Leonel, 201

  Finch, Frank, 177

  Ford, Whitey, 53, 61, 75

  Forman, Al, 109

  Fouch, Nikki, 175, 176, 204

  Fox, Charlie, 114

  Fox, Nellie, 67, 68

  Franks, Herman, 89, 92, 119, 126, 135, 137

  Freedom Riders, 72

  Freehan, Bill, 157, 203

  Frick, Ford, 54–55, 63, 133

  Frye, Marquette and Ronald, 100–102

  Frye, Rena, 101

  Fuentes, Tito, 113, 114–15, 118, 128

  Furillo, Bud, 118, 144

  Furillo, Carl, 33, 83, 90

  G

  Garcia, Damaso, 187

  Garcia, Mike, 23

  Gaston, Cito, 198

  Gemini 5, 129

  Gentile, Jim, 32–33

  Giant-Dodger rivalry, 81–83, 86–90, 97

  Gibson, Bob, 57–58, 158, 170, 179, 180, 182

  Gilbert, Andy, 12–13, 50

  Giles, Warren, 90–91, 124, 125, 130, 133, 136, 137, 139, 147

  Gilliam, Jim, 70, 110, 171, 176

  Glory Days with the Dodgers and Other Days with Others (Roseboro), 20, 21, 177–78

  Gomez, Lefty, 170

  Gomez, Preston, 116

  Gomez, Ruben, 42–43, 83

  Gonzalez, Pedro, 7, 139–40

  Goodding, Gladys, 35

  Grady, Sandy, 50

  Grant, Mudcat, 153

  Greatest Game Ever Pitched: Juan Marichal, Warren Spahn, and the Pitching Duel of the Century (Kaplan), 3, 57, 141

  Gregory, Dick, 103

  Griffith, Calvin, 156–57, 176

  Griggs, Dewey, 12

  Groat, Dick, 41

  Guerrero, Pedro, 187

  Guerrero, Vladimir, 192

  Guzman, Juan, 198

  H

  Haiti, 46

  Haitian people, 1–2

  Hall, Cordell, 45

  Haller, Tom, 108–9

  Hands, Bill, 147

  Hano, Arnold, 90, 135

  Hart, Jim Ray, 57–58, 84, 86, 109, 150

  Hauser, Joe, 27

  Hegan, Jim, 23

  Herbel, Ron, 118

  Herzog, Whitey, 173

  Hiller, Chuck, 149

  Hoak, Ralph, 41

  Hodges, Gil, 32, 179

  Hodges, Russ, 117

  Holden, Nate, 209

  Honig, Donald, 181

  Hoyt, Waite, 169

  Hubbell, Carl, 14, 170

  Hunter, Bob, 77

  I

  Imbert, Julio Cesar, 8

  Irvin, Monte, 171

  Isaacs, Stan, 62

  J

  Jansen, Larry, 44, 117, 159

  Javier, Julian, 54–55, 77

  Jim Crow laws, 9

  Jiminez, Marcos Perez, 35

  John, Tommy, 165

  Johnson, Blanche, 44–45

  Johnson, Lou, 108, 110, 115, 128, 209

  Johnson, President Lyndon, 78, 85, 93–94, 99–100, 102, 129

  Johnson, Walter, 38

  Johnson, Warren, 170

  Jones, Sam, 88–89

  Jordan, Frank, 127

  Joyce, Bob, 86–87

  Juan Marichal: My Journey from the Dominican Republic to Cooperstown (Marichal), 13, 14, 38, 45, 57, 58, 61, 189

  Jupiter, Harry, 143–44, 146, 154

  K

  Kaplan, Jim, 3, 57, 141

  Kekich, Mike, 115

  Kell, George, 187

  Kelly, R. A., 127

  Kennedy, President John F., 47, 74

  Killebrew, Harmon, 155, 179, 192

  King, Clyde, 159

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 74, 103

  Kirshenbaum, Jerry, 182

  Kitano, Harry, 8

  Klein, Alan, 3, 40

  Koppel, Ted, 195

  Koppett, Leonard, 182

  Koufax, Sandy

  baseball for the Dodgers, 58–59, 61, 73–74, 75, 92–93, 95–97, 100, 104, 138, 139, 170

  and Bloody Sunday, ix–x, 110, 111–13, 115, 118, 129

  Johnny Roseboro’s illness and death, 207, 209

  retired from baseball, 152

  salaries, 145

  Koziara, Karen, 129

  Krug, Frank, 87

  Ku Klux Klan, 19

  L

  Labine, Clem, 65

  Landis, Jim, 67–68

  Landrith, Hobie, 37

  Lang, Jack, 186

  Lanier, Maxie, 137

  Lasorda, Tommy, 196, 200, 209

  Latinos and African Americans and baseball in the US, 15–17, 39–43, 52–53, 62, 130–31, 140–41, 156, 171, 172, 181, 183, 186, 187, 195–97

  Laughlin, Bob, 66, 68

  Lemon, Bob, 23

  Leones, Los, 59

  Lewis, Country, 25

  Lincecum, Tim, 91, 125

  Logan, Johnny, 34–35
/>   Long, Governor Earl, 9

  Lopez, Hector, 171

  Los Leones del Escogido, 7, 12, 13, 59–60, 63–64

  Los Tigres del Licey, 7, 64, 197–99

  Lumumba, Patrice, 46

  Luque, Dolf, 16, 42

  M

  Maduro, Bobby, 55

  Maglie, Sal “the Barber,” 83, 85

  Malcom X, 81

  Mansas, Armando, 16

  Mantilla, Felix, 9

  Mantle, Mickey, 53

  Manuel, Jerry, 195

  Marichal, Alma Rosa Carvajal, 47–48

  Marichal, Francisco, 2, 6

  Marichal, Gonzalo, 2, 4, 7

  Marichal, Juan (Juan Antonio Marichal Sanchez) “El Rey de Ponche”

  air force in Dominican Republic, 5–6

  All-Star Games, 14, 49, 95–97, 107, 169, 170

  as an author, 13, 14, 44, 51–52, 54, 150–51, 154

  baseball for the Dodgers, 166–67

  baseball for the Dominican Republic, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 43, 54–55, 59, 63–64

  baseball for the Giants after Bloody Sunday, 135–36, 137–39, 143–45, 147–49, 150–51, 152, 154–55, 158–59, 162–65

  baseball for the Giants/major league, 14, 43–44, 46, 47, 49–50, 51–52, 53, 56–59, 62, 63, 84–85, 89–91, 92–93, 94–98, 104–17

  baseball for the Giants/minor league, 8, 11, 12–15

  baseball game in Mexico, 5

  and the Baseball Hall of Fame, 169–70, 179–89

  baseball in Aruba, 7

  baseball in Venezuela, 59

  Bloody Sunday and its aftermath, xi–x, 1, 110–36, 139, 141, 144, 146–47, 148, 153, 159, 182, 191

  childhood and young adult years in the Dominican Republic, 1–6

  dealing with racism and prejudice in the US, 8–10, 12, 42, 154

  English language and communication, 11

  first Latino to pitch a no-hitter, 56

  high leg-kick motion, 50, 127

  his death and funeral, 208–10 illnesses and injuries, 4, 13–14, 43–44, 51–52, 53–54, 63, 92, 94, 139, 150, 154–55, 158, 162, 164, 165, 180–81

  as a landowner in the Dominican Republic, 146, 149

  marries Alma Rosa Carvajal, 48–49

  nicknamed “Laughing Boy,” 1, 14

  personality, 1, 50–51, 68–69

  presented with the “citizen supreme” medal by Balaguer in the Dominican Republican, 153

  requests residency papers in the US after problems with fans in the Dominican Republic, 59–60

  retired from baseball, 167–68

  returns to the Dominican Republic to live with his wife and daughters and had two more children, 178

  salaries and salary negotiations, 12, 14, 56, 61, 145–46, 153, 164

 

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