Becoming Mr. October
REGGIE JACKSONwas inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993. He hit 563 home runs and drove in 1,702 runs over the course of his twenty-one-year career. He played three World Series–winning seasons with the Oakland Athletics and two with the New York Yankees. He is a special adviser to the Yankees.KEVIN BAKERis the prize-winning author of the historical novelsDreamland,Paradise Alley, andStrivers Row; the baseball novelSometimes You See It Coming; and, most recently,The Big Crowd. He served as chief historical researcher for the nonfiction bestsellerThe American Century. His writing has appeared inThe New York Times,The Washington Post, theChicago Tribune, theLos Angeles Times, andHarper’s Magazine, among other publications.