{"product_id":"ten-innings-at-wrigley-kevin-cook-9781250268372","title":"Ten Innings at Wrigley: The Wildest Ballgame Ever, with Baseball on the Brink","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTen Innings at Wrigley\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was the highest-scoring ballgame in a century, and much more than that. Cook reveals the human stories behind a contest the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called \"the wildest in modern history\" and shows how money, muscles, and modern statistics were about to change baseball forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Cook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250268370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250268372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt McDougal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Kevin Cook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043401920767,"sku":"9781250268372","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_89392aa1-c6a4-4e9f-9b46-0e722adee162.jpg?v=1684966936","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ten-innings-at-wrigley-kevin-cook-9781250268372","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}