num_pages: 272
description: 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 historyIt 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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title: Ten Innings at Wrigley: The Wildest Ballgame Ever, with Baseball on the Brink
publisher: Henry Holt & Company