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Holt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10
1250182034
ISBN-13
9781250182036
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26038843770
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Book Title
Ten Innings at Wrigley : the Wildest Ballgame Ever, with Baseball on the Brink
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Topic
Baseball / History, United States / 20th Century, Baseball / General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Sports
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Yes
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Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, History
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Hardcover
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0.9 in
Item Weight
15.5 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
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6.1 in
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2018-047864
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"Hugely enjoyable . . . A natural raconteur with a jaunty press-box style, Cook . . . winningly captures the atmosphere of a looser, shaggier Wrigley, with off-duty waitresses and college students smoking pot in the bleachers and jawing at Phillies outfielders . . . A raffish, freewheeling book." -- The Washington Post "Every year there is a new crop of baseball books of varying quality, with one or two of them rising above the pack. Ten Innings at Wrigley will be among the 2019 releases that will be read for years ." -- Booklist (starred review) " Ten Innings at Wrigley does much more than give you a play by play of the game. . . . Most impressive about this book is how Cook delve[s] into the triumphs and tragedies of the protagonists." -- Daily Herald "Fine, tasty fare for dedicated baseball fans." -- Kirkus Reviews "A slice of history fans of any team will relish." -- Shelf Awareness (starred review) "This book is a must-read for every baseball fan!" -- Ryne Sandberg , longtime Chicago Cubs second baseman and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame "A vivid tale of a dramatic contest." -- The Washington Post "Like the finest play-by-play announcers, [Kevin Cook] settles into a good rhythm , alternating between the action on the field and colorful asides . . . . Cook makes good use of TV and radio broadcasts, as well as his own interviews with players and fans. He turns some nice phrases , too." -- Jonathan Eig , The Wall Street Journal "Cook will treat readers to all manner of baseball nuggets, like the kind of color commentator you like to have in the broadcast booth. . . . The tempo, the color, the tension all combine to make manifest the excitement as each batter [comes] to the plate." -- The Minneapolis Star Tribune "There's an enthusiasm throughout that is infectious , drawing the reader up into the whirlwind combination of time, place and participants. . . . Ten Innings at Wrigley is an engaging account of one of MLB's greatest games." -- The Maine Edge "Kevin Cook has taken one of the greatest box scores in baseball history and written a wonderful book that perfectly explains that day and that game. It is funny, it is personal, it is expertly researched. I learned something on every page." -- Tim Kurkjian , senior writer and analyst, ESPN, and author of I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies "This would be a great book even without my dad's five RBIs!" -- Aaron Boone , manager of the New York Yankees, "Every year there is a new crop of baseball books of varying quality, with one or two of them rising above the pack. Ten Innings at Wrigley will be among the 2019 releases that will be read for years ." -- Booklist (starred review) "Fine, tasty fare for dedicated baseball fans." -- Kirkus Reviews "A slice of history fans of any team will relish." -- Shelf Awareness (starred review) "This book is a must-read for every baseball fan!" -- Ryne Sandberg , longtime Chicago Cubs second baseman and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame "A vivid tale of a dramatic contest." -- The Washington Post "There's an enthusiasm throughout that is infectious , drawing the reader up into the whirlwind combination of time, place and participants. . . . Ten Innings at Wrigley is an engaging account of one of MLB's greatest games." -- The Maine Edge "Kevin Cook has taken one of the greatest box scores in baseball history and written a wonderful book that perfectly explains that day and that game. It is funny, it is personal, it is expertly researched. I learned something on every page." -- Tim Kurkjian , senior writer and analyst, ESPN, and author of I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies "This would be a great book even without my dad's five RBIs!" -- Aaron Boone , manager of the New York Yankees, "Every year there is a new crop of baseball books of varying quality, with one or two of them rising above the pack. Ten Innings at Wrigley will be among the 2019 releases that will be read for years ." -- Booklist (starred review) "Fine, tasty fare for dedicated baseball fans." -- Kirkus Reviews "This book is a must-read for every baseball fan!" -- Ryne Sandberg , longtime Chicago Cubs second baseman and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame "Kevin Cook has taken one of the greatest box scores in baseball history and written a wonderful book that perfectly explains that day and that game. It is funny, it is personal, it is expertly researched. I learned something on every page." -- Tim Kurkjian , senior writer and analyst, ESPN, and author of I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies "This would be a great book even without my dad's five RBIs!" -- Aaron Boone , manager of the New York Yankees, "Every year there is a new crop of baseball books of varying quality, with one or two of them rising above the pack. Ten Innings at Wrigley will be among the 2019 releases that will be read for years ." -- Booklist (starred review) "Fine, tasty fare for dedicated baseball fans." -- Kirkus Reviews "This book is a must-read for every baseball fan!" -- Ryne Sandberg , longtime Chicago Cubs second baseman and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame "A vivid tale of a dramatic contest." -- The Washington Post "Kevin Cook has taken one of the greatest box scores in baseball history and written a wonderful book that perfectly explains that day and that game. It is funny, it is personal, it is expertly researched. I learned something on every page." -- Tim Kurkjian , senior writer and analyst, ESPN, and author of I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies "This would be a great book even without my dad's five RBIs!" -- Aaron Boone , manager of the New York Yankees, "Fine, tasty fare for dedicated baseball fans." -- Kirkus Reviews "This book is a must-read for every baseball fan!" -- Ryne Sandberg , longtime Chicago Cubs second baseman and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame "Kevin Cook has taken one of the greatest box scores in baseball history and written a wonderful book that perfectly explains that day and that game. It is funny, it is personal, it is expertly researched. I learned something on every page." -- Tim Kurkjian , senior writer and analyst, ESPN, and author of I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies "This would be a great book even without my dad's five RBIs!" -- Aaron Boone , manager of the New York Yankees, "Every year there is a new crop of baseball books of varying quality, with one or two of them rising above the pack. Ten Innings at Wrigley will be among the 2019 releases that will be read for years ." -- Booklist (starred review) " Ten Innings at Wrigley does much more than give you a play by play of the game. . . . Most impressive about this book is how Cook delve[s] into the triumphs and tragedies of the protagonists." -- Daily Herald "Fine, tasty fare for dedicated baseball fans." -- Kirkus Reviews "A slice of history fans of any team will relish." -- Shelf Awareness (starred review) "This book is a must-read for every baseball fan!" -- Ryne Sandberg , longtime Chicago Cubs second baseman and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame "A vivid tale of a dramatic contest." -- The Washington Post "Like the finest play-by-play announcers, [Kevin Cook] settles into a good rhythm , alternating between the action on the field and colorful asides . . . . Cook makes good use of TV and radio broadcasts, as well as his own interviews with players and fans. He turns some nice phrases , too." -- Jonathan Eig , The Wall Street Journal "Cook will treat readers to all manner of baseball nuggets, like the kind of color commentator you like to have in the broadcast booth. . . . The tempo, the color, the tension all combine to make manifest the excitement as each batter [comes] to the plate." -- The Minneapolis Star Tribune "There's an enthusiasm throughout that is infectious , drawing the reader up into the whirlwind combination of time, place and participants. . . . Ten Innings at Wrigley is an engaging account of one of MLB's greatest games." -- The Maine Edge "Kevin Cook has taken one of the greatest box scores in baseball history and written a wonderful book that perfectly explains that day and that game. It is funny, it is personal, it is expertly researched. I learned something on every page." -- Tim Kurkjian , senior writer and analyst, ESPN, and author of I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies "This would be a great book even without my dad's five RBIs!" -- Aaron Boone , manager of the New York Yankees, "Every year there is a new crop of baseball books of varying quality, with one or two of them rising above the pack. Ten Innings at Wrigley will be among the 2019 releases that will be read for years ." -- Booklist (starred review) "Fine, tasty fare for dedicated baseball fans." -- Kirkus Reviews "A slice of history fans of any team will relish." -- Shelf Awareness (starred review) "This book is a must-read for every baseball fan!" -- Ryne Sandberg , longtime Chicago Cubs second baseman and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame "A vivid tale of a dramatic contest." -- The Washington Post "Kevin Cook has taken one of the greatest box scores in baseball history and written a wonderful book that perfectly explains that day and that game. It is funny, it is personal, it is expertly researched. I learned something on every page." -- Tim Kurkjian , senior writer and analyst, ESPN, and author of I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies "This would be a great book even without my dad's five RBIs!" -- Aaron Boone , manager of the New York Yankees, "This book is a must-read for every baseball fan!"-- Ryne Sandberg , longtime Chicago Cubs second baseman and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame "This would be a great book even without my dad's five RBIs!"-- Aaron Boone , manager of the New York Yankees, "This book is a must-read for every baseball fan!" -- Ryne Sandberg , longtime Chicago Cubs second baseman and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, "Hugely enjoyable . . . A natural raconteur with a jaunty press-box style, Cook . . . winningly captures the atmosphere of a looser, shaggier Wrigley, with off-duty waitresses and college students smoking pot in the bleachers and jawing at Phillies outfielders . . . A raffish, freewheeling book." -- The Washington Post "Every year there is a new crop of baseball books of varying quality, with one or two of them rising above the pack. Ten Innings at Wrigley will be among the 2019 releases that will be read for years ." -- Booklist (starred review) " Ten Innings at Wrigley does much more than give you a play by play of the game. . . . Most impressive about this book is how Cook delve[s] into the triumphs and tragedies of the protagonists." -- Daily Herald "Cook writes with a fan's heart and a journalist's eye about that memorable day but, more importantly, he plays up the inherent hope and optimism that baseball has." -- Pop Matters , Best Books of 2019: Non-Fiction "Fine, tasty fare for dedicated baseball fans." -- Kirkus Reviews "A slice of history fans of any team will relish." -- Shelf Awareness (starred review) "This book is a must-read for every baseball fan!" -- Ryne Sandberg , longtime Chicago Cubs second baseman and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame "A vivid tale of a dramatic contest." -- The Washington Post "Like the finest play-by-play announcers, [Kevin Cook] settles into a good rhythm , alternating between the action on the field and colorful asides . . . . Cook makes good use of TV and radio broadcasts, as well as his own interviews with players and fans. He turns some nice phrases , too." -- Jonathan Eig , The Wall Street Journal "Cook will treat readers to all manner of baseball nuggets, like the kind of color commentator you like to have in the broadcast booth. . . . The tempo, the color, the tension all combine to make manifest the excitement as each batter [comes] to the plate." -- The Minneapolis Star Tribune "There's an enthusiasm throughout that is infectious , drawing the reader up into the whirlwind combination of time, place and participants. . . . Ten Innings at Wrigley is an engaging account of one of MLB's greatest games." -- The Maine Edge "Kevin Cook has taken one of the greatest box scores in baseball history and written a wonderful book that perfectly explains that day and that game. It is funny, it is personal, it is expertly researched. I learned something on every page." -- Tim Kurkjian , senior writer and analyst, ESPN, and author of I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies "This would be a great book even without my dad's five RBIs!" -- Aaron Boone , manager of the New York Yankees, "This book is a must-read for every baseball fan!"-- Ryne Sandberg , longtime Chicago Cubs second baseman and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame "Kevin Cook has taken one of the greatest box scores in baseball history and written a wonderful book that perfectly explains that day and that game. It is funny, it is personal, it is expertly researched. I learned something on every page."-- Tim Kurkjian , senior writer and analyst, ESPN, and author of I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies "This would be a great book even without my dad's five RBIs!"-- Aaron Boone , manager of the New York Yankees, "Every year there is a new crop of baseball books of varying quality, with one or two of them rising above the pack. Ten Innings at Wrigley will be among the 2019 releases that will be read for years ." -- Booklist (starred review) "Fine, tasty fare for dedicated baseball fans." -- Kirkus Reviews "A slice of history fans of any team will relish." -- Shelf Awareness (starred review) "This book is a must-read for every baseball fan!" -- Ryne Sandberg , longtime Chicago Cubs second baseman and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame "A vivid tale of a dramatic contest." -- The Washington Post "Like the finest play-by-play announcers, [Kevin Cook] settles into a good rhythm , alternating between the action on the field and colorful asides . . . . Cook makes good use of TV and radio broadcasts, as well as his own interviews with players and fans. He turns some nice phrases , too." -- Jonathan Eig , The Wall Street Journal "There's an enthusiasm throughout that is infectious , drawing the reader up into the whirlwind combination of time, place and participants. . . . Ten Innings at Wrigley is an engaging account of one of MLB's greatest games." -- The Maine Edge "Kevin Cook has taken one of the greatest box scores in baseball history and written a wonderful book that perfectly explains that day and that game. It is funny, it is personal, it is expertly researched. I learned something on every page." -- Tim Kurkjian , senior writer and analyst, ESPN, and author of I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies "This would be a great book even without my dad's five RBIs!" -- Aaron Boone , manager of the New York Yankees
Table Of Content
Starting Lineups and Rosters Prologue: May 1979 PART ONE: NATIONAL LEAGUE LEAST The Cubs: Foiled Again The Phillies: Unloved Losers PART TWO: TEN INNINGS PART THREE: 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 A Note on Sources Acknowledgments Index
Synopsis
The dramatic story of a legendary 1979 slugfest between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies, full of runs, hits, and subplots, on the cusp of a new era in baseball history It was a Thursday at Chicago's Wrigley Field, mostly sunny with the wind blowing out. Nobody expected an afternoon game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs on May 17, 1979, to be much more than a lazy early-season contest matching two teams heading in opposite directions--the first-place Phillies and the Cubs, those lovable losers--until they combined for thirteen runs in the first inning. "The craziest game ever," one player called it. "And then the second inning started." Ten Innings at Wrigley is Kevin Cook's vivid account of a game that could only have happened at this ballpark, in this era, with this colorful cast of heroes and heels: Hall of Famers Mike Schmidt and Bruce Sutter, surly slugger Dave Kingman, hustler Pete Rose, unlucky Bill Buckner, scarred Vietnam vet Garry Maddox, troubled relief pitcher Donnie Moore, clubhouse jester Tug McGraw, and two managers pulling out what was left of their hair. It was the highest-scoring ballgame in a century, and much more than that. Cook reveals the human stories behind a contest the New York Times called "the wildest in modern history" and shows how money, muscles, and modern statistics were about to change baseball forever., 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 It was a Thursday at Chicago's Wrigley Field, mostly sunny with the wind blowing out. Nobody expected an afternoon game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs on May 17, 1979, to be much more than a lazy early-season contest matching two teams heading in opposite directions--the first-place Phillies and the Cubs, those lovable losers--until they combined for thirteen runs in the first inning. "The craziest game ever," one player called it. "And then the second inning started." Ten Innings at Wrigley is Kevin Cook's vivid account of a game that could only have happened at this ballpark, in this era, with this colorful cast of heroes and heels: Hall of Famers Mike Schmidt and Bruce Sutter, surly slugger Dave Kingman, hustler Pete Rose, unlucky Bill Buckner, scarred Vietnam vet Garry Maddox, troubled relief pitcher Donnie Moore, clubhouse jester Tug McGraw, and two managers pulling out what was left of their hair. It was the highest-scoring ballgame in a century, and much more than that. Bringing to life the run-up and aftermath of a contest The New York Times called "the wildest in modern history," Cook reveals the human stories behind the game--and how money, muscles and modern statistics were about to change baseball forever.
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