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Confessions of a She-Fan

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by Jane Heller


  Granderson, Curtis, 1, 2

  Greenberg, sculpture of Hank, 1

  Greeniacs, 1

  “Green Monster” of Fenway Park, 1

  Groupies, baseball, 1, 2, 3

  Guerrero, Vladimir, 1

  Guidry, Ron, 1

  Guillen, Carlos, 1, 2

  Guthrie, Jeremy, 1

  Gutierrez, Franklin, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Haber, Leigh, 1

  Hafner, Travis, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Hall, Mel, 1

  Halladay, Roy, 1, 2, 3

  Halpin, Cass, 1, 2

  Hamilton, Jack, 1, 2, 3

  Hammel, Jason, 1

  Heckling in sports, 1

  Heller, Jane. See also Forester, Michael, wife of; Mientkiewicz, Doug

  at Angel Stadium, 1

  in Baltimore, 1, 2, 3

  Baltimore flight of, 1

  birthday of, 1

  book proposal about Yankees by, 1, 2, 3

  in Boston, 1, 2

  brother-in-law (Bob) of, 1, 2, 3

  at Camden Yards, 1, 2

  career of, early, 1

  childhood of, 1, 2, 3

  in Cleveland, 1, 2, 3

  Cleveland flight of, 1

  at Comerica Park, 1, 2

  couples counseling essay by, 1

  in Detroit, 1

  Detroit flight of, 1

  divorcing the Yankees essay by, 1, 2, 3

  e-mail responses to, 1, 2

  dreams about Yankees by, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  editor working with, 1

  ending essay in trilogy by, 1, 2

  father of, 1, 2, 3

  fear of flying of, 1, 2, 3, 4

  at Fenway Park, 1, 2, 3

  grandparents of, 1

  as groupie of Yankees, 1

  at Jacobs Field, 1, 2, 3, 4

  in Kansas City, 1

  Kansas City flight of, 1

  at Kauffman Stadium, 1, 2

  laryngitis of, 1

  leaving for road trip covering Yankees, 1

  Los Angeles flight of, 1

  Major League Baseball job interview of, 1

  mother of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Newark flights of, 1, 2

  in New York City, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  New York flight of, 1

  niece (Lizzie) of, 1

  niece’s husband Aaron and, 1

  as novelist, 1, 2

  passion for baseball of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  planning road trip covering Yankees, 1

  playfulness about Yankees, losing, 1

  prayers of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  returning home from road trip covering

  Yankees, 1

  at Rogers Centre, 1, 2

  in Scarsdale, 1, 2

  sister (Susan) of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  teenage years of, 1

  in Toronto, 1, 2, 3

  Toronto flights of, 1, 2, 3

  Torre (Joe) reflection essay by, 1

  at Tropicana Field, 1

  Yankees blog and, 1

  at Yankee Stadium, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Zaca Fire and, 1, 2, 3

  Heller, Jane (banker and “Other Jane Heller”), 1

  Henn, Sean, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Hernandez, Felix, 1

  Hernandez, Ramón, 1

  Hershon, Dr., 1

  Hilton (doorman and Yankee fan), 1

  Hilton Rye Town (Westchester County), 1

  Hinske, Eric, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Hoyer, Jennifer, 1

  Hughes, Phil, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

  Hunter, Catfish, 1

  Hyatt Regency (Orange County), 1

  Igawa, Kei, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  InterContinental (Cleveland), 1

  Irabu, Hideki, 1, 2

  Island (New York bistro), 1

  Jackson, Reggie, 1, 2

  Jacobs Field, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Jake (nephew of Michael Forester), 1, 2

  James, LeBron, 1

  Jeremiah (telesales specialist), 1

  Jeter, Derek, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26

  Joe Torre’s Safe at Home Foundation, 1, 2

  Johjima, Kenji, 1

  Johnson, Randy, 1

  Jolly, Tom, 1, 2, 3

  Jones, Chipper, 1

  Jones, Kim, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  “JoPo.” See Posada, Jorge

  K

  Kaline, sculpture of Al, 1

  Kandy (friend of Jane Heller), 1

  Kansas City Royals, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Karstens, Jeff, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Kauffman Stadium, 1, 2

  Kay, Michael, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Kazmir, Scott, 1, 2

  Kennedy, Ian, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Kepner, Tyler, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Kielty, Bobby, 1

  King, George, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  “K-Rod.” See Rodriguez, Francisco

  Kuhn, Bowie, 1

  Lackey, John, 1

  Landis, Billy, 1

  Landmere (New York restaurant), 1

  La Russa, Tony, 1

  Lasorda, Tommy, 1

  Laughter in baseball, 1

  Lawsie (sister of Michael Forester), 1, 2

  Leicester, Jon, 1

  Leiter, Al, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Levine, Ellen, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Levine, Randy, 1, 2, 3

  Lewis, Jensen, 1

  Lidle, Cory, 1

  Linz, Phil, 1

  Lisa (friend of Marty Bell), 1, 2

  Litsch, Jesse, 1

  Little, Grady, 1

  Lizzie (niece of Jane Heller), 1

  Lloyd, Charles, 1

  Lofton, Kenny, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  LoHud.com, 1

  Lonborg, Jim, 1

  Longo, Joe, 1, 2, 3

  Lopez, Javier, 1, 2, 3

  Los Angeles Dodgers, 1, 2

  Los Angeles flight, 1

  Lowell, Mike, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Loyalty of fans, 1, 2

  Luca (New York restaurant), 1

  Lugo, Julio, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Lyle, Sparky, 1, 2

  Maas, Kevin, 1

  Major League Baseball. See also specific team

  Heller job interview with, 1

  Opening Day (2007), 1

  steroid scandal in, 1, 2, 3, 4

  TV deal (2007) of, 1, 2

  Mantle, Mickey, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Marengo Institute (hair salon), 1

  Mariott’s RiverCafe (Detroit), 1, 2

  Maris, Roger, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Marmara (New York City hotel), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Marriott Inner Harbor (Baltimore), 1

  Marriott Key (Cleveland), 1

  Martinez, Victor, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Mathews, Eddie, 1

  Mathis, Jeff, 1

  Matsui, Hideki, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

  Mattingly, Don, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Matsuzaka, Daisuke (“Dice-K”), 1, 2, 3

  Maybin, Cameron, 1

  Mazmanian, Nancy, 1

  McCartney, Doug, 1

  McCartney, Sandy, 1, 2, 3

  McGraw, Tug, 1

  McGriff, Fred, 1

  Media, 1, 2. See also specific organization

  Midges, 1, 2

  Mientkiewicz, Doug

  in ALDS of 2007, 1, 2, 3, 4

  in Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Yankees game, 1, 2

  in Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees games, 1, 2

  Bowa and, 1

  at first base, 1

  Girardi and, 1

  Heller and

  first meeting, 1, 2

  interest in interviewing, 1, 2, 3

  interview with, 1

  phonecall to set up interview, 1

  injury of, 1, 2

  Kennedy and, 1

  Mattingly and, 1

  New York Yankees fans and, 1, 2

  Pena (Tony) and, 1

  Pettitte and, 1

  return from injury, 1 />
  Rodriguez (Alex) and, 1, 2, 3

  talent of, 1, 2

  in Toronto Blue Jays vs. New York Yankees game, 1

  Torre (Joe) and, 1

  as Yankee, best part of, 1

  Millar, Kevin, 1, 2

  Miller, Jon, 1

  Minnesota Twins, 1, 2, 3

  Mitchell, George, 1

  “Mo.” See Rivera, Mariano

  Molina, Jose, 1, 2, 3

  Monahan, Gene, 1, 2

  Moore, Marcus, 1

  “Moose.” See Mussina, Mike

  Mora, Melvin, 1

  Mr. Laffs (New York hot spot), 1

  Munson, Thurman, 1

  Murcer, Bobby, 1

  Murti, Sweeny, 1, 2, 3

  Musial, Stan, 1

  Mussina, Mike (“Moose”), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35

  Myers, Mike, 1, 2, 3

  Navarro, Dioner, 1, 2

  Newsday, 1

  New York Mets, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  New York Post, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

  New York Times, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  New York Yankees

  ALDS (2007)

  Game 1, 2

  Game 1, 2

  Game 1, 2

  Game 1, 2

  Anaheim Angels vs., 1, 2, 3

  Arizona Diamondbacks vs., 1

  Baltimore Orioles vs., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Boston Red Sox vs., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Chicago White Sox vs., 1, 2, 3, 4

  Cleveland Indians vs., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Colorado Rockies vs., 1

  Detroit Tigers vs., 1, 2, 3, 4

  fans, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Kansas City Royals vs., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  midges in Cleveland and, 1, 2

  Minnesota Twins vs., 1, 2

  New York Mets vs., 1, 2

  Oakland A’s vs., 1, 2

  Opening Day of 2007 season, 1

  Pittsburgh Pirates vs., 1

  playing with, thoughts about, 1, 2

  rivalry with Red Sox, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  San Francisco Giants vs., 1

  Seattle Mariners vs., 1, 2, 3

  slow starts of, 1

  symbolism of, 1

  Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Texas Rangers vs., 1, 2

  Toronto Blue Jays vs., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Nieves, Jose, 1

  9/11 anniversary, 1

  Nixon, Trot, 1, 2

  NL pennant race (2007), 1, 2

  Oakland A’s, 1, 2

  O’Brien, Kat, 1, 2

  Obrycki (Baltimore restaurant), 1

  Ohlendorf, Ross, 1, 2, 3

  Okajima, Hideki, 1, 2, 3

  Olbermann, Keith, 1

  O’Neill, Paul, 1, 2

  Ordonez, Magglio, 1

  Ortiz, David, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Orza, Gene, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Palmer, Jim, 1

  Panic in baseball, 1, 2

  Papelbon, Jonathan (“Pap Smear”), 1, 2, 3, 4

  Park Hyatt (Toronto), 1, 2, 3, 4

  Patty (baseball groupie), 1, 2

  Pavano, Carl, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Pedroia, Dustin, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Pena, Carlos, 1, 2, 3

  Pena, Tony, 1, 2

  Pepitone, Joe, 1

  Peralta, Jhonny, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Perez, Rafael, 1, 2, 3

  Pettitte, Andy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

  Phelps, Josh, 1, 2

  Philadelphia Phillies, 1, 2

  Phillips, Andy, 1, 2, 3

  Phillips (Baltimore restaurant), 1

  Piazza, Mike, 1, 2

  Pierzynski, A. J., 1

  Pittsburgh Pirates, 1

  Play-off baseball, 1. See also specific event

  Polonia, Luis, 1

  Posada, Jorge (“JoPo”), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

  Post House (steak house), 1

  Powell, Boog, 1, 2

  Prejudice of Tiger fans, 1

  Pressure in baseball, 1

  Proctor, Scott, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Queen Latifah, 1

  Rally Monkey, 1

  Ramirez, Edwar, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Ramirez, Manny, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Randolph, Willie, 1

  Rasner, Darrell, 1, 2, 3

  Renaissance (Cleveland), 1

  Renaissance Harborplace Hotel (Baltimore), 1, 2

  Renaissance Hotel (Toronto), 1

  Renaissance Vinoy Hotel (St. Petersburg), 1, 2

  Rios, Alex, 1, 2, 3

  Ripken, Cal, 1, 2, 3

  Ritz-Carlton (Boston), 1, 2, 3

  Ritz-Carlton (Cleveland), 1

  Rivera, Mariano (“Mo”), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29

  Rizzuto, Phil, 1

  Roberts, Brian, 1

  Robinson, Brooks, 1

  Robinson, Frank, 1

  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1

  “the Rocket.” See Clemens, Roger

  Rodriguez, Alex (“A-Rod”)

  agent working for, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  in ALDS (2007), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  in Anaheim Angels vs. New York Yankees game, 1

  in Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Yankees game, 1

  batting slump of, 1

  in Boston vs. New York Yankees games, 1, 2, 3

  Cashman and, 1

  in Chicago White Sox vs. New York Yankees game, 1, 2

  Clarkand, 1, 2, 3

  in Cleveland Indians vs. New York Yankees game, 1

  contract renewal with New York Yankees, 1, 2, 3, 4

  crowd reactions to, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  daughter of, 1

  end-of-year performance in 2007, 1

  extramarital accusations against, 1

  500th homer of, 1

  Heller’s dreams about, 1, 2

  homers in 2007, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

  during interviews, 1

  Jeter and, 1, 2, 3

  in Kansas City Royals vs. New York Yankees games, 1, 2

  King and, 1

  Levine’s learning about, 1

  Mientkiewicz and, 1, 2, 3

  New York Post and, 1

  100th RBI of, 1

  opting out of Yankee contract rumors, 1, 2, 3, 4

  party hosted by, 1

  Pedroia’s comments about, 1

  personality of, 1

  photo in New York Post, 1

  pop-ups and, 1

  press conference of, 1

  in Seattle Mariners vs. New York Yankees game, 1

  in Spuntini restaurant, 1, 2

  steroid use accusations and, 1, 2

  in Toronto Blue Jays vs. New York Yankees games, 1, 2

  Towers and, 1, 2

  wife of, 1, 2, 3

  Rodriguez, Cynthia (“C-Rod”), 1, 2, 3

  Rodriguez, Francisco (“K-Rod”), 1

  Rodriguez, Natasha, 1

  Rogers Centre, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  “Roll call” at Yankee Stadium, 1, 2

  Rosenthal, Ken, 1

  Royals Express bus and fans, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Royle, Jen, 1, 2, 3

  Rubenstein, Howard, 1, 2

  Ruth, Babe, 1

  Sabathia, CC, 1, 2, 3

  Salaries of professional players, 1, 2

  Sandi, Reverend, 1

  Sandomir, Richard, 1

  San Francisco Giants, 1

  Santa Barbara Mission, 1

  Santana, Johan, 1, 2

  Sarabeth (New York restaurant), 1

  Sardinha, Bronson, 1

  Schiffman, Amy, 1

  Schilling, Curt, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Scutaro, Marco, 1

  Seattle Mariners, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Selig, Bud, 1

  She-Fans, 1, 2, 3, 4
, 5, 6, 7

  Sheffield, Gary, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Sheppard, Bob, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Shields, Scot, 1

  Shoppach, Kelly, 1

  Sibel, Jeff, 1

  Silverman, Matt, 1, 2, 3

  Sizemore, Grady, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Smith, Kate, 1

  Snyder, Kyle, 1

  Spencer, Shane, 1

  Spitting in baseball, 1

  Sports, professional, 1

  Sports fans, general, 1

  Spring training, 1, 2, 3

  Spuntini (Toronto restaurant), 1, 2, 3, 4

  Stairs, Matt, 1

  Stargell, Willie, 1

  Stats in sports, 1

  Steinbrenner, George (“the Boss”), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Steinbrenner, Hal, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Steinbrenner, Hank, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Stenhouse, Jay, 1

  Sterling, John, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

  Steroids scandal, 1

  Stetka, Bill, 1

  StubHub, 1, 2

  Sulkes, Kathy, 1

  Superstitions in baseball, 1

  Susan (sister of Jane Heller), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Suzuki, Ichiro, 1, 2

  Takeuchi, Mike, 1

  Talk radio, 1

  Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Texas Rangers, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Thames, Marcus, 1

  Thomas, Frank (“the Big Hurt”), 1, 2, 3, 4

  Tofias, Susan, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Toronto Blue Jays, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Torre, Frank, 1

  Torre, Joe

  ALDS (2007), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Anaheim Angels vs. New York Yankees game and, 1

  in Baltimore, 1

  Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Yankees and, 1

  Boston Red Sox vs. Yankees games and, 1, 2, 3

  “Cherry Sisters” and, 1

  classiness of, 1

  Cleveland Indians vs. New York Yankees and, 1

  on close games, 1

  contract offer for one year, 1

  father of, 1

  future with New York Yankees and, questions surrounding, 1, 2

  last game of 2007 season, 1

  Los Angeles Dodgers contract with, 1, 2

  midges in Cleveland and, 1, 2

  Mientkiewicz and, 1

  motivation created by, 1

  Opening Day of 2007 season and, 1

  panic early in season and, 1

  press conference of, 1

  respect for, 1

  Seattle Mariners vs. New York Yankees game and, 1

  successors of, possible, 1

 

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