Ten innings at Wrigley : the wildest ballgame ever, with baseball on the brink /
Cook, Kevin, 1956-
Ten innings at Wrigley : the wildest ballgame ever, with baseball on the brink / 10 innings at Wrigley Kevin Cook. - First edition. - 253 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-237) and index.
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"--
9781250182036 1250182034
2018047864
Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)--History--20th century.
Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball team)--History--20th century.
Wrigley Field (Chicago, Ill.)--History--20th century.
Baseball--History--United States--20th century.
Ten innings at Wrigley : the wildest ballgame ever, with baseball on the brink / 10 innings at Wrigley Kevin Cook. - First edition. - 253 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-237) and index.
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"--
9781250182036 1250182034
2018047864
Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)--History--20th century.
Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball team)--History--20th century.
Wrigley Field (Chicago, Ill.)--History--20th century.
Baseball--History--United States--20th century.