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Examines the life of the baseball player in a new light, as a man who took his marriage to Marilyn Monroe very seriously long after their divorce, and had trouble finding a new role for himself during his retirement from the sport. Full description
Table of Contents:
- "Our national exaggeration"
- The walloping wop
- Joltin' Joe and the ghost of Lou Gehrig
- "C'mon, Joe, talk to me"
- The wounded warrior
- The princess of Yankee Stadium
- Mr. Marilyn Monroe
- "Bigger than the Statue of Liberty"
- The greatest living ball player
- The biggest fan of them all
- Finale : an outfielder's sky.