{"product_id":"bottom-of-the-33rd-dan-barry-9780062014498","title":"Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBottom of the 33rd\u003c\/em\u003e is chaw-chewing, sunflower-spitting, pine tar proof that too much baseball is never enough.\" --Jane Leavy, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Last Boy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSandy Koufax\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e columnist Dan Barry comes the beautifully recounted story of the longest game in baseball history--a tale celebrating not only the robust intensity of baseball, but the aspirational ideal epitomized by the hard-fighting players of the minor leagues. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn April 18, 1981, a ball game sprang eternal. For eight hours, the night seemed to suspend a town and two teams between their collective pasts and futures, between their collective sorrows and joys--the shivering fans; their wives at home; the umpires; the batboys approaching manhood; the ejected manager, peering through a hole in the backstop; the sportswriters and broadcasters; and the players themselves--two destined for the Hall of Fame (Cal Ripken and Wade Boggs), the few to play only briefly or forgettably in the big leagues, and the many stuck in minor-league purgatory, duty bound and loyal forever to the game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eBottom of the 33rd, \u003c\/em\u003e Barry delivers a lyrical meditation on small-town lives, minor-league dreams, and the elements of time and community that conspired one fateful night to produce a baseball game seemingly without end. An unforgettable portrait of ambition and endurance, \u003cem\u003eBottom of the 33rd\u003c\/em\u003e is the rare sports book that changes the way we perceive America's pastime--and America's past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Barry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062014498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062014498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/29\/2012 pg. 24","brand":"Dan Barry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046292779263,"sku":"9780062014498","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11dbcdc9-845b-4fe2-b73f-f5f248689d00.jpg?v=1684983748","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bottom-of-the-33rd-dan-barry-9780062014498","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}