The Fight of Their Lives
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scouting in Latin America for the Oakland Athletics, 193–94
and the sidearm delivery, 3, 7, 13
sold to, played for, and released from the Boston Red Sox, 165
and the World Series, 53–54
Marichal, Maria, 2
Marichal, Natividad, 2, 5, 11, 189
Marichal, Rafael, 2
Marsans, Armando, 16
Marte, Rene, 8, 11
Martin, Billy, 157, 177
Martinez, Horacio, 7
Martinez, Pedro, 192
Mason, Joe, 19
Mauch, Gene, 38, 148
Mays, Willie, 7, 43, 49, 61, 90, 110, 116, 118, 129, 133, 147, 150, 171
Mazeroski, Bill, 41
McCorry, Bill, 10
McCovey, Willie, 49, 56, 61, 85–86, 95, 115, 118
McGinnity, Joe “Iron Man,” 82
McGraw, John, 82
McLain, Denny, 158
McMullen, Ken, 70
Mendez, Jose, 16
Meredith, James, 73
Miller, Bob, 104, 153
Miller, Dick, 172
Miller, Larry, 69
Minikus, Lee, 100–102
Minõso, Minnie, 10, 16
Moeller, Joe, 76, 78
Mondesi, Raul, 194
Monte Cristi Las Flores team, 4
Moon, Wally, 92
Morgan, Joe, 97, 196, 200
Mota, Manny, 5, 7, 8, 12, 61
Mulleavy, Greg, 32
Murakami, Masanori, 92
Murphy, Bob, 121
Murray, Jim, 69, 70, 76, 77, 87, 89, 151
Murray, Reverend Chip, 210
Murtaugh, Danny, 43
Musial, Stan, 49
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National Exhibition Company, 159
Negro League Committee, 181
Newcombe, Don, 34, 66, 176, 209
Nixon, Russ, 163
Nota Acerca del Beisbol (Velez), 3
Nuxhall, Joe, 58
O
Oliva, Tony, 41, 155, 192
Olivo, Miguel, 194
O’Malley, Peter, 197, 199–200, 207
O’Malley, Walter, 35, 168
On the Run (Wills), 90
Operation Power Pack, 85
Operation Rolling Thunder, 81
Organization of American States’ negotiating team, 97
Ortega, Maximo Hernandez, 59
Ortiz, David, 192
Owen, Mickey, 32
Ozark, Danny, 117
P
Pagan, Jose, 61–62
Park, Charlie, 88–89
Parker, Wes, 110, 111
Parker, William, 102
Parks, Bernard, 209
Parsley Massacre, Dominican Republic, 1–2
Peña, Roberto, 104
Peña, Tony, 187, 192
Pennock, Herb, 169
Pepe, Phil, 134
Perez, Tony, 159, 192
Perranoski, Ron, 74, 108, 153
Perry, Gaylord, 92–93, 135, 181–82
Perry, Jim, 155, 157
Perry, Ray, 29–30
Peters, Nick, 124
Phelon, W. A., 16
Pichardo, Francisco “Viruta,” 6, 11
Pierce, Billy, 54
Pitcher’s Story, A: The Greatest Pitcher in the Major Leagues Tells the Inside Story of His Rise to the Top (Marichal, Einstein), 44, 50, 51–52, 54, 154
Pitler, Jake, 26
Plank, Betty, 21, 24
Plank, Bud, 23–24, 30, 161
Plaut, David, 70, 87
Podres, Johnny, 65, 66
Polonia, Luis, 194
Pompez, Alejandro, 8
Power, Vic, 9–10
Pujols, Albert, 192
Q
Qasim, Abd al-Karim, 46
R
racism and prejudice in the US, 8–10, 19–22, 27–28, 29, 39–43, 71–73, 74, 78–79, 83, 100–104, 151–52, 195–97
Ramirez, Manny, 192
Ramos, Bombo, 3, 13
Rapaport, Ron, 183
Reed, Howie, 115
Regalado, Samuel, 41
Reyes, Jose, 192
Reynolds, Tommie, 195
Richter, Les, 77
Rigney, Bill, 14 Rivas, Danilo, 8
Rivera, Jim, 67, 68
Robinson, Brooks, 187
Robinson, Frank, 44, 69, 173, 180, 183, 195, 196, 198
Robinson, Jackie, 10, 25, 71, 83, 171, 195, 196
Robinson, Wilbert, 82
Rodriguez, Henry, 198
Roebuck, Ed, 69
Rogers, Andre, 44–45
Rose, Pete, 159
Roseboro, Barbara Fouch, 175, 176
Roseboro, Geri Lowery, 20–21, 155, 160
Roseboro, Jaime, 155, 203
Roseboro, Jeri Fraime, 30–31, 66, 68, 71, 73, 122–23, 176–77
Roseboro, Jim, 21, 22, 23, 30, 204–5
Roseboro, John, Jr.
adopts a boy named Jaime, 155
All-Star games, 66, 68, 73, 107, 161, 177
as an author, 20, 177
in the army during the Korean War, 28–29
baseball for the Dodgers after Bloody Sunday, 138, 139, 141, 143–45, 147–48, 150–53
baseball for the Dodgers/major league, 32–36, 65–68, 69–70, 73–77, 85, 98, 99, 104, 107–10
baseball for the Dodgers/minor leagues, 27–29
baseball for the Washington Senators, 160–62, 170
baseball in high school, 23–24
baseball in Venezuela, 30–31, 32, 35, 198
birth of first child named Shelley, 68
birth of second child named Staci, 68
Bloody Sunday and its aftermath, ix–x, 110–32, 138, 144–45, 159, 177–78, 183, 191
brother’s death, 205
childhood and young adult years in Ashland, OH, 19–24
dealing with racism and prejudice in baseballl and in the US, 22, 26, 27–28, 29, 71–72, 102–3, 172–73
employed by the Security Pacific Bank, 170
father’s death, 204
files a suit against Marichal and the Giants, 132–33, 159
financial problems, 172, 174–75, 176
fired by the California Angels, 173–74
football at Central State College, Wilberforce, OH, 24–25
football in high school, 23
Gold Glove awards, 68, 151, 177
grandchildren, 203–4
heart attack, 199
helps Marichal to achieve his goal of being inducted in the Hall of Fame, 184–86
hired as a Major League Baseball evaluator - evaluating umpires, 203
hired by the Dodgers as a roving catching instructor, 197–98
hired by the Dodgers for a managerial post in the Dominican Republic, 197–200
hired by the LAPD police department as a community relations officer, 144
hired for and coached for the California Angels, 170–72, 173–74
his death and funeral, 207–10
and Hollywood, 72–73
illnesses and injuries, 27, 76–77, 98, 165, 199, 200, 205–7
marriage problems and divorce from Jeri, 172–73, 176–77
marriage to Barbara Fouch, 176
marriage to Jeri Fraime, 31–32
mother’s death, 160, 161
part of “the Dodgers Swift Set,” 70–71
personality and social failures, 22, 66, 68–69
reconnects with his three older children, 203
released by the Minnesota Twins, 157
retired from baseball, 167–68, 170
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ries and salary negotiations in baseball, 26, 66, 75, 156–57, 170–71, 173
sets up a public relations firm with Barbara named Fouch Roseboro & Associates, 176, 194
signs with the Dodgers, 26
traded to and played for the Minnesota Twins, 153, 157
worked for the Dodgers as a hitting instructor, 194
and the World Series games, 67–68, 74–75, 141, 152, 161, 177
Roseboro, John, Sr. (father), 20–21, 23, 155, 204
Roseboro, Tony, 203
Rosenbaum, Art, 88, 183
Royster, Jerry, 197
Ruth, Babe, 125
Ryan, Nolan, 172
S
Sanguillen, Manny, 61
Schofield, Dick, 137
Schroder, Bob, 118
Schwab, Matty, 89
Scott, Lee, 119, 123
Scully, Vin, 70, 122–23, 128
Seda, Jose, 7
Sharp, Bonnie, 206
Shecter, Leonard, 40
Sheehan, Tom, 14, 43–44, 149
Sherry, Larry, 140
Short, Bob, 160–61, 171
Simmons, Lon, 118, 127–28
Singer, Bill, 163
Smith, Chester L., 129
Smith, Reggie, 209
Smith, Roger Guenveur, 121–22
Snider, Duke, 33, 44, 66
Sosa, Sammy, 192
Sota, Mario, 187
Spahn, Warren, 56–57, 61, 135
Spencer, Daryl, 77
Stargell, Willie, 135
Stengel, Casey, 42, 129
Stevens, Bob, 57
Stone, Steve, 50
Stoneham, Horace, 63, 164, 165
Stump, Al, 60, 154
Sugarball: The American Game, the Dominican Dream (Klein), 3, 40
Sullivan, Prescott, 60
T
Tejada, Miguel, 192, 194
Terry, Bill, 82
Terry, Ralph, 9
Thomas, Derrel, 195
Thomas, Frank, 104, 131–32
Thomson, Bobby, 83
Topping, Dan, 10
Torborg, Jeff, 118
Torre, Joe, 51
Tovar, Cesar, 156
Trujillo, El General Jose Garcia, 47, 48
Trujillo, Rafael “El Jefe” (Dominican dictator), 1–2, 4–5, 45–46
Trujillo, Ramfis, 4–6, 7, 46–47
Tygiel, Jules, 41–42
U
Ueberroth, Peter, 197
United Fruit Company, 2, 4, 5, 6
V
Vargas, Tetelo “the Dominican Deer,” 15
Vecsey, George, 104
Velez, Tirso, 3
Versalles, Zoilo, 153
Vietnam, 81
Virgil, Ozzie, 16–17
Viva Baseball! Latin Major Leaguers and Their Special Hunger (Regalado), 41
Voting Rights Act, 99
W
Walker, Rube, 65
Warwick, Carl, 56
Washinton, Ron, 197
Watson, Diane, 208, 209
Weiss, George, 10
Welsh, Bill, 122
Weyer, Lee, 105
White, Bill, 197, 209
Wilhelm, Hoyt, 179
Williams, Davey, 83
Williams, Dick, 173
Williams, Stan, 70
Williams, Ted, 125, 161, 177, 181
Wills, Maury, 27, 70, 86, 89, 90, 98–99, 108–9, 110–11, 126, 128, 152, 195, 198, 207, 209
Wilson, President Woodrow, 46
Winkles, Bobby, 171–72, 173
Wolfe, Tom, 162
Wynn, Early, 23, 170
Y
Young, Cy, 169, 170
Young, Dick, 33, 131–32, 171
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Rosengren is the award-winning author of seven previous books. His most recent is Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes, the definitive biography of the Hall of Fame baseball player and America’s first Jewish superstar. Prior to that, he wrote Hammerin’ Hank, George Almighty and the Say Hey Kid: The Year That Changed Baseball Forever, which chronicles the 1973 MLB season. His other books include Blades of Glory: The True Story of a Young Team Bred to Win and a collaboration with Esera Tuaolo, Alone in the Trenches: My Life as a Gay Man in the NFL. Rosengren’s articles have appeared in Men’s Journal, Reader’s Digest, Runner’s World, Sports Illustrated, Tennis, and Utne Reader, among other publications. He is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Rosengren lives with his wife, Maria, and their two children in Minneapolis. He plays catcher for the Richfield Rockets in the Federal League.
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Juan Marichal, heralded as “the Best Right Arm in Baseball,” won 191 games in the 1960s, 27 more than Bob Gibson, 33 more than Don Drysdale, and 54 more than Sandy Koufax. National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY
In September 1965 Los Angeles Times columnist Jim Murray wrote, “John Roseboro is at the moment the Most Valuable Player in the National League, if not baseball.” National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY
In 1952 Johnny posed with his parents at their Ashland home at 407 West 10th Street for a story in the Ashland Times-Gazette about Roseboro signing with the Dodgers. Photo courtesy of Shelley Roseboro
In the uncertain times that followed the assassination of the dictator Rafael Trujillo, Juan left spring training in 1962 to marry his sweetheart, Alma Rosa Carvajal, in the Dominican Republic. Photo courtesy of Marichal Family Collection
The Marichal family in 1970: Alma, Elsie, Juan, and Yvette. Photo courtesy of Marichal Family Collection
Roseboro with Roy Campanella, whom Johnny loved like a second father. One of the hardest things Roseboro had to do was take over his mentor’s position after Campy’s career-ending car accident, which left him paralyzed. National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY
Roseboro tags out Gino Cimoli of the St. Louis Cardinals. Buzzie Bavasi, the Dodgers’ general manager, called the catcher—whose toughness behind the plate was legendary—“the Rock of Gibraltar.” UPI
Roseboro fiddling with a guitar at a party hosted by actor Robert Cummings. Johnny liked to play and sing, but his roommate Maury Wills teased him about his limited musical talent. Photo courtesy of Shelley Roseboro
The Roseboros at home in 1968: Jaime, Johnny, Staci, Shelley, and Jeri. Photo courtesy of Shelley Roseboro
Los Angeles pitcher Sandy Koufax and catcher John Roseboro celebrate the Dodgers’ improbable sweep of the New York Yankees in the 1963 World Series. © AP/AP/CORBIS
Giants vs. Dodgers, the bitterest rivalry in sports, grew more bitter on August 22, 1965, after Roseboro buzzed Marichal and Marichal clubbed Roseboro. © Bettmann/CORBIS
The morning after the fight, Roseboro gave an impromptu press conference at the Roosevelt Hotel, still in his pajamas, and showed reporters his bandaged wound. National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY
Ten-year-old Dodger fan Roger Guenveur Smith was so upset by what he witnessed that he burned this 1965 Topps card of Marichal. courtesy of The Topps Company, Inc.
Dodgers manager Walt Al
ston with Marichal at Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Florida, after Juan signed with the Dodgers in March 1975. Alston once told his team to leave Marichal—the Dodgers’ archenemy—to him if a fight broke out. © Bettmann/CORBIS
John Roseboro and Juan Marichal became unlikely teammates in the Dodgers’ old-timers’ game in August 1975.
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With a flourish of their Sharpies, the two men transformed photos of their fight into a testament of reconciliation. © Bettmann/CORBIS
On July 31, 1983, the day he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Juan said in Spanish, “I accept the honor conferred on me today in the name of my family and my country, the Dominican Republic.” National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY
Johnny and Barbara in Los Angeles circa 1999. She helped him find his way out of his darkest time. Photo courtesy of Morgan Fouch-Roseboro
Johnny horsing around with his grandnephew Alex and daughters Shelley and Nikki. Nikki said, “I could not have asked for a better father.” Photo courtesy of Morgan Fouch-Roseboro
In 2005 the San Francisco Giants unveiled a statue of Juan Marichal that immortalizes his signature high leg kick. It joined statues of Willie Mays and Willie McCovey outside the San Francisco stadium. © 2013 S. F. Giants
After reconciling, Marichal and Roseboro occasionally appeared together at card shows. Photo courtesy of Morgan Fouch-Roseboro