The Greatest Game
Subtitle: The Yankees, the Red Sox, and the Playoff of '78
Publisher: Free Press
Published: March 18, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781416534389
Subjects: Baseball; Sports & Recreation; Sports; Baseball - History; Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General; Baseball - General; United States - 20th Century; Boston Red Sox (Baseball team); History; New York Yankees (Baseball team)
Description: An account of the pivotal playoff game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox traces the season leading up to the game; the contributions of such figures as Carlton Fisk and Reggie Jackson; and the stakes that made the contest particularly significant.