Ten Innings at Wrigley: The Wildest Ballgame Ever, with Baseball on the Brink

by Kevin Cook

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250182034
• ISBN13: 9781250182036
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"