Ten Innings at Wrigley
The Wildest Ballgame Ever, with Baseball on the Brink
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 253 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
"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.
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.
Subjects:
Chicago Cubs (Baseball team) -- History -- 20th century.
Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball team) -- History -- 20th century.
Wrigley Field (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century.
Baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Chicago Cubs (Baseball team) -- History -- 20th century.
Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball team) -- History -- 20th century.
Wrigley Field (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century.
Baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781250182036 (hardcover)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SPORTS Baseball Coo | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
SPORTS Baseball Coo | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-237) and index.