Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter One. The Decline and Fall of the Pirates Family: The 1980–1985 Seasons
Chapter Two. The Unknowns Syd Thrift and Jim Leyland: The 1986–1989 Seasons
Chapter Three. Leyland and Barry Bonds Lead the Way: The 1990 Season
Chapter Four. The Pirates Take on the Nasty Boys: The 1990 National League Championship Series
Chapter Five. Winning the Division, after Losing Sid Bream: The 1991 Season
Chapter Six. Too Much Steve Avery: The 1991 National League Championship Series
Chapter Seven. Barry Bonds’s Last Hurrah: The 1992 Season
Chapter Eight. Sid Bream’s Slide into History: The 1992 National League Championship Series
Chapter Nine. The Pirates Slide into History: The 1993–2010 Seasons
Chapter Ten. Hurdle, McCutchen, and the End of the Slide: The 2011–2013 Seasons
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index