Ten innings at Wrigley : the wildest ballgame ever, with baseball on the brink
(2019)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
796.35764/COOK,K
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
253 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781250182036 (hardcover), 1250182034 (hardcover)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Starting lineups and rosters -- Prologue: May 1979 -- National league least -- The Cubs: foiled again -- The Phillies: unloved losers -- Ten innings -- Legacies -- Miracle on Broad Street -- Kong vs. the media -- Disgrace under pressure -- Moore and the split -- Ball in the family -- Epilogue: money, metrics, and music -- Box score
"The dramatic story of a legendary 1979 slugfest between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies, full of runs, hits, and subplots, at the tipping point of a new era in baseball history"--