2. Craig Neff, “In-Vince-Able Man of Steel,” Sports Illustrated, June 17, 1985.
3. Cathie Burnes Beebe, “In-Vinceable Thief Coleman Elevates Art of Stealing,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 12, 1989.
4. Rick Hummel, “‘Egotistical’ Coleman Quiets Critics,” Sporting News, August 13, 1990.
5. Juan Williams, “Jackie Robinson Fought for Justice in Baseball and in America,” Washington Post, May 3, 1987.
6. Wins above replacement (WAR) is an advanced metric that represents the number of wins a player adds to his team’s total above a replacement player at that same position; it is meant to capture the overall contribution of a player.
7. Bob Klapisch and John Harper, The Worst Team Money Could Buy (New York: Random House, 1993), 93, 258.
8. Dwight Gooden with Ellis Henican, Doc: A Memoir (Boston: New Harvest, 2013), 122.
9. Steve Serby, Miguel Garcilazo, and Corky Siemaszko, “Mets’ Coleman Tagged as Firework Hurts Fans,” Daily News, July 26, 1993.
10. Steve Marantz, “Royal Reckoning,” Sporting News, February 14, 1994.
11. Marantz, “Royal Reckoning.”
12. Is It September Yet?
1. Jack Lang, “Lee Mazzilli: Portrait of a Loving Family,” 1981 Mets Scorebook.
2. Steve Serby, “Serby’s Sunday Q&A with . . . Lee Mazzilli,” New York Post, June 17, 2007.
3. George Vecsey, “Mazzilli’s Rude Awakening,” New York Times, August 18, 1981.
4. Dick Young, “Mazzilli Ready to Switch-Throw for Mets,” Daily News, March 8, 1980.
13. Nobody Home
1. Gooden with Henican, Doc, 19–20.
2. Gooden with Henican, Doc, 276–77, 271.
14. Gone Fishing
1. Bob Verdi, “The Cubs Dig Hebner’s Wit,” Chicago Tribune, April 2, 1984.
2. Gerry Dulac, “New Digs,” Pittsburgh Press, April 17, 1988.
3. Fred Mitchell, “Cub Veterans Wait Nervously by Phone,” Chicago Tribune, March 16, 1986.
16. Captain Comeback
1. Thomas Boswell, “Heart on His Sleeve, Good Stuff Inside,” Washington Post, April 7, 1992.
17. Straight Outta Compton
1. Sid Bordman, “Royals Find Jewel in Steady Clouter Cowens,” Sporting News, October 8, 1977.
2. Allen Abel, “Cowens Now a Villain,” Globe and Mail, June 28, 1980.
Epilogue
1. “Vince Coleman’s Cardinals Hall of Fame Speech,” YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnPpW3KwVkE.
2. Graham Winfrey, “Judd Apatow on the Surprise Outcome of His First Documentary, ‘Doc and Darryl,’” IndieWire, June 30, 2016, https://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/judd-apatow-espn-30-for-30-documentary-doc-and-darryl-strawberry-dwight-gooden-1201701325/.
About Brad Balukjian
Brad Balukjian is director of the Natural History and Sustainability Program and teaches biology at Merritt College in Oakland, California. He is also a freelance writer and has published articles in Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times, National Geographic, Slate, Discover, Smithsonian, Natural History, NOVA Next, and Islands.
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