An American Journey: My Life on the Field, in the Air, and on the Air »

With six and a half decades on the national sports scene, Jerry Coleman's career has brought him acclaim and affection both on and off the baseball field. As a brilliant second baseman, Coleman played on eight New York Yankee pennant-winning teams, six of them World Series champions, in the decade following World War II, when baseball was king and the Yankees dominated the game.

Foreword     vii
Acknowledgments     ix
A Bittersweet Day     1
San Francisco Memories     11
Up from the Sandlots     23
Going to War     35
The Road to Yankee Stadium     51
Becoming a Yankee     63
The Great Pennant Race     79
The Making of a Dynasty     95
Skies Over Korea     107
A Yankee Again     119
Finale for a Golden Age     131
Beyond the Diamond     145
With Mel and Red and the Scooter     159
"Hang a Star"     173
The Man in the Dugout     189
Life with Maggie     201
Then and Now     213
Notes     229