The Slide: Leyland, Bonds, and the Star-Crossed Pittsburgh Pirates

by Richard Peterson and Stephen Peterson

Book Overview

In the deciding game of the 1992 National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves, the Pittsburgh Pirates suffered the most dramatic and devastating loss in team history when former Pirate Sid Bream slid home with the winning run. Bream's infamous slide ended the last game played by Barry Bonds in a Pirates uniform and sent the franchise reeling into a record twenty-season losing streak. The Slide tells the story of the myriad...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822964449
• ISBN13: 9780822964445
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"