6Chapter 4: The Failed Manager
40— Interlude: October 1934: The Gashouse Gang —
7— Interlude: January 1921: The Commissioner —
41Chapter 32: The Cost of Being First
8Chapter 5: The Price of a Prospect
42Chapter 33: Tommy Comes Home
9Chapter 6: The Map on the Wall
43Chapter 34: The Report
10Chapter 7: Not Stars Yet
44Chapter 35: What Everybody Copies
11Part II: Building the Machine
45— Interlude: 1936–1941: What Everybody Copies —
12Chapter 8: Signed for a Train Ticket
46Chapter 36: The Field Behind the Field
13Chapter 9: The Lowest Rung
47Epilogue
14Chapter 10: Teaching Baseball
48Author’s Note
15Chapter 11: The Notebook
49A Note on the History
16Chapter 12: Numbers No One Asked For
50What the Farm System Was
17Chapter 13: Tommy Tries Out
51The Controversy
18Chapter 14: Too Many Boys
52The Cost to Players
19Chapter 15: The Old Baseball Men
53What This Book Compressed or Simplified
20Chapter 16: The Commissioner Notices
54A Note on Statistics
21— Interlude: November 1929: What Landis Sees —
55Cast of Characters
22Chapter 17: Buck Learns to Pitch
56Historical People
23Chapter 18: Eli Changes His Swing
57Fictional Characters
24Part III: Proof, Pressure, and Backlash
58Source Notes
25Chapter 19: First Crop
59Part I: The Poor Team’s Problem
26Chapter 20: The Boy from the System
60Part II: Building the Machine
27Chapter 21: Everybody Wants In
61Part III: Proof, Pressure, and Backlash
28Chapter 22: Landis Cuts the Wires
62Part IV: The Game Changes
29— Interlude: March 1932: The Hearing —
63A Note on Invented Dialogue for Historical Figures
30Chapter 23: Rickey’s Defense
64Bibliography
31Chapter 24: Tommy’s Release
65Primary Sources and Archives
32Chapter 25: Sam Quits the Notebook
66Secondary Sources
33Chapter 26: The Gashouse Future
67For Further Reading
34Chapter 27: Cheap or Smart?
