Foreword.Introduction.Part I: Getting Started (Before Your First At-Bat).Chapter 1: What Is Baseball?Chapter 2: Suiting Up: Equipment.Chapter 3: The Rules of the Game.Part II: Taking Your Swings: How to Play the Game.Chapter 4: Training: Getting into Baseball Shape.Chapter 5: Swinging the Lumber: Hitting Like a Major Leaguer.

Chapter 6: Winning the Arms Race: Pitching Like a Major Leaguer.Chapter 7: The Third Dimension: Defense.Chapter 8: The Science of Baserunning.Chapter 9: Joe's Baseball Playbook.Part III: From Little League to the Major Leagues: Organized Baseball.Chapter 10: T-Ball to College Baseball and Everything in Between.Chapter 11: The Minors and Other Leagues.Chapter 12: There Are Tricks to This Game: Coaching.

Chapter 13: Men in Blue: Umpiring Like a Professional.Chapter 14: Major-League Baseball.Chapter 15: Off-the-Field Baseball Jobs and How to Snag Them.Chapter 16: Measuring Performance: Calculating Baseball's Statistics.Chapter 17: Going All the Way: Postseason Play and the World Series.Part IV: We Don't Care if We Ever Get Back: A Spectator's Guide.Chapter 18: Following the Bouncing Baseball.Chapter 19: Keeping Up with the Show: Baseball Online, on the Air, and on the Newsstand.

Chapter 20: Fantasy Baseball.Part V: The Part of Tens.Chapter 21: Joe Morgan's Top Ten Current Players and His All-Time All-Star Team.Chapter 22: Joe Morgan's Top Ten Current Pitchers.Chapter 23: Joe Morgan's Top Ten Current Fielders.Chapter 24: Joe Morgan's Top Ten Current Relievers.Chapter 25: Joe Morgan's Ten Negro League Legends.Chapter 26: Ten Things to Love about Baseball.

Chapter 27: Ten Baseball Nicknames That Hit the Mark.Chapter 28: Joe Morgan's Top Ten Future Stars.Part VI: Appendixes.Appendix A: Baseball Speak: A Glossary.Appendix B: Baseball Organizations.Index.