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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Best Game Ever: Pirates 10, Yankees 9: October 13, 1960di Jim Reisler
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. One of the best books ever about a single World Series and its impact on a community. Well-written and informative. ( ) The funny thing is, I know I watched this game on television because I remember vividly the ball that bounced and hit Tony Kubek in the throat, but I didn't remember anything else about the game until reading this inning by inning account. Reisler wisely keeps the play by play portions short and fills in the back story with colorful anecdotes and capsule portraits of the players and managers--and with Danny Murtaugh and Casey Stengel, he had plenty of material. As a Pirates fan, he focuses on the lesser known Pirates rather than on the stories of Roberte Clemente, Mickey Mantle, etc. Any fan would know the outcome of this game, the seventh of the 1960 World Series. If you didn't know, the cover picture would be a dead giveaway. But that doesn't take away the suspense on each page of this book. Although it is about one day in the life of the Pirates and Yankees, the author manages to tie in the history of the teams and their players. You learn all about their private lives, how they came to the team, what this game meant to the cities, and even what a forkball is. The names I remember from my childhood come alive once again. Each chapter is one inning of the game, complete with the scoreboard introducing each chapter. This book isn't just for baseball junkies; there is enough here for anyone interested in that era. I highly recommend this book.
Aside from simple slip-ups about Forbes Field's dimensions and seating capacity, batting stances and last names, Reisler is a fount of boneheaded baseball statements. Premi e riconoscimenti
October 13, 1960: The hardscrabble Pirates were a hungry squad, led by Roberto Clemente, Bill Mazeroski, and a colorful bunch of overachievers who hit singles and rode solid fielding and pitching to the franchise's first World Series appearance in 35 years. The Yankees, lordly and corporate, were making their 12th trip to the World Series in 15 years and, through the managing of Casey Stengel, power hitting, and immense talent, usually found a way to win. Featuring such legends as Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, and Roger Maris, the Yankees had outscored the Pirates 46-16 through six games -- only to go down, 10-9, when Mazeroski became the only player ever to decide a World Series Game 7 with a walk-off home run. From extensive personal interviews with those who were there, along with newspaper, radio, and television accounts, Reisler reconstructs this fall classic pitch by pitch, from analysis of managerial tactics and the chatter of the players on the field to the lively atmosphere within the ballpark and throughout the country. The result is the feeling of being right there from the seemingly predictable start to the truly unbelievable finish of the best game ever. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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