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Ten innings at Wrigley : the wildest ballgame ever, with baseball on the brink / Kevin Cook.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cook, Kevin, 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)--History--20th century.
- Chicago Cubs (Baseball team).
- Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball team)--History--20th century.
- Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball team).
- Wrigley Field (Chicago, Ill.)--History--20th century.
- Wrigley Field (Chicago, Ill.).
- Baseball--United States--History--20th century.
- Baseball.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 253 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- 10 innings at Wrigley
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- May 17, 1979. Nobody expected an afternoon game to be much more than a lazy early-season contest matching two teams heading in opposite directions-- the first-place Phillies and those lovable losers, the Cubs. Cook provides a vivid account of a game that saw a combination of thirteen runs in the first inning-- and only got crazier from there. Among those involved: Hall of Famers, a surly slugger, a troubled relief pitcher, and two managers pulling out what was left of their hair. Cook reveals the human stories behind the game-- and how money, muscles and modern statistics were about to change baseball forever. -- adapted from jacket
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-237) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781250182036
- 1250182034
- OCLC:
- 1073036205
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