{"product_id":"bottom-of-the-33rd-hope-redemption-and-baseballs-longest-game","title":"Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDan Barry\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780062014498\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHarper Perennial\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2012\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e272\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\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\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game | Dan Barry | Paperback | 9780062014498 | Used: Good | 1771649","offer_id":49551056797848,"sku":"1771649","price":174.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81qx5Z1IC9L.jpg?v=1784913004","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/bottom-of-the-33rd-hope-redemption-and-baseballs-longest-game","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}