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Seattle Mariners, 75–76, 91, 142, 159–60, 287n
Securities and Exchange Commission, 33
Seibu Lions, 75
Selig, Bud, 28, 31, 285n
ousting McCourt and, 21, 25–27
Sellers, Justin, 82, 92, 178
Shaikin, Bill, 285n, 292n
Shakespeare, William, 187
Shpunt, Vladimir, 285n
Silverman, Matthew, 268
Simmons, Andrelton, 210, 215
Smart, J. D., 66–67, 79
Smoltz, John, 46, 206
Soler, Jorge, 141, 143–44, 168
SooHoo, Jon, 3, 303n
spin rates, 276
Sports Illustrated, 124
Stafford, Matthew, 8, 72–73
Stanton, Giancarlo, 169, 200, 287n
Steinbrenner, George, 95–97
Sternberg, Stuart, 268
Stewart, Dave, 99, 251, 256
Stow, Bryan, 25–26, 285n
Street, Huston, 266
Stults, Eric, 152–53, 157
Sunkin, Howard, 26
Tampa Bay Rays, 75, 290n
Crawford’s career with, 54–56
Friedman and, 176, 267–70, 275, 299n
organizational trust of, 176
during regular season, 196–97
trading of, 265–66
in World Series, 55, 176
Taveras, Oscar, 261, 263
Texas Rangers, 10, 222, 265, 285n–87n
Thomas, Frank, 121
Time, 16
Time Warner, 34–35
Tomas, Yasmany, 168
Torre, Joe, 65, 74, 178
Kemp and, 44, 120, 123, 180
Mattingly and, 45, 91, 97–99, 123, 235
Torres, Jaime, 141
Towers, Kevin, 167–68
Trammel, Alan, 171
Trout, Mike, 10, 148–49, 163
Trumbo, Mark, 66
Tucker, Josh, 156
Tulowitzki, Troy, 186
Turner, Ted, 28, 47
Twitter, 5–6, 156, 202
Uggla, Dan, 186
Upton, B. J., 208
Upton, Justin, 216, 296n
Urias, Julio, 299n
Uribe, Juan, 82–84, 178
celebrations of, 216–17
contract of, 83, 215, 288n
Kemp and, 84, 164–65, 249
NLCS and, 217, 220, 227
NLDS and, 215–17, 282n
popularity of, 83–84, 111, 217
Puig and, 165, 181–82, 241, 248
during regular season, 82–83, 111, 164–65, 215, 248–49, 253, 260, 277
USA Today, 57, 74, 284n, 294n
Valentin, John, 257
Valentine, Bobby, 51, 53, 289n
Valenzuela, Fernando, 21, 164, 180–81
Vanity Fair, 20
Van Slyke, Andy, 128–29
Van Slyke, Scott, 128–29, 152, 253, 256
Venable, Will, 157
Vincent, Roger, 282n–83n
Volquez, Edinson, 177
Wacha, Michael:
NLCS and, 224–27, 231–34, 260
NLDS and, 260
Wainwright, Adam, 135, 228–29, 231, 261
Wallach, Tim, 99, 163, 176, 222, 248
Walter, Kimbra, 36
Walter, Mark, 29–36, 192–93
Colletti and, 40, 58, 139
comparisons between McCourt and, 35–36
in dealings with press, 35, 51, 53
Dodgers’ acquisition and, 29–34, 36, 41
Dodgers’ finances and, 33–35, 58, 168, 268
Dodgers’ TV deals and, 34–35
Friedman and, 269
Gonzalez and, 50–51, 53, 57–58, 269
Kasten’s relationship with, 46–48, 50–51, 53
Kershaw and, 7, 70, 79, 243
Mattingly and, 176, 228, 237
players’ contracts and, 58, 70, 144, 189, 243, 269
Puig and, 144, 249, 269
Ramirez and, 189, 243
Walter, Samantha, 36, 228
Ward, Turner, 170
Washington Nationals, 29, 46, 190–91, 224, 251
Watson, De Jon, 136, 272
Weaver, Earl, 127
Weaver, Jeff, 8
Webster, Allen, 53, 290n
Wells, David, 116
Werth, Jayson, 285n
White, Logan, 136, 272
Kershaw and, 75–77, 292n
players’ contracts and, 144, 299n
Puig and, 141–44, 151, 162, 299n
Williams, Matt, 171
Williams, Shelden, 121
Williams, Ted, 122
Wilson, Brian, 295n
contracts of, 200, 259, 266, 288n
Dodgers’ acquisition of, 199–200
NLCS and, 229
during regular season, 200, 259
release of, 271
in World Series, 200
Winfield, Dave, 95, 194
Withrow, Chris, 167, 210, 259
Wood, Kerry, 252
World Baseball Classic (WBC), 118, 161, 187–89
World Series, 1–2, 10, 13, 16, 21, 102, 196, 203–6, 211, 219, 227, 232, 236, 246, 269, 278
A’s in, 169
Braves in, 47, 206
Cardinals in, 2, 134, 217, 222, 235, 238
Dodgers in, 59, 84, 88, 91, 169, 209, 216, 280, 304n
Giants in, 77, 115, 200, 231, 251, 272
Marlins in, 53–54, 215
Rangers in, 222
Rays in, 55, 176
Red Sox in, 2, 18–19, 238
Royals in, 260, 272
Yankees in, 54, 91
Wrigley Field, 13, 29, 64–65, 258
Yahoo! Sports, 53, 297n
Yankee Stadium, 95, 180
Youkilis, Kevin, 289n
Young, Michael, 210, 221–23, 227
Zaidi, Farhan, 269, 271, 276
Zambia, 2, 67
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