The greatest game ever pitched : Juan Marichal, Warren Spahn, and the pitching duel of the century
(2011)
By:
Kaplan, Jim
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
796.357/KAPLAN,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Chicago, Ill. : Triumph Books, [2011]
©2011
©2011
DESCRIPTION
xiv, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781600783418 :, 1600783414, 1600783414 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
High-kicking to glory -- Searching for Juan in Cooperstown -- Searching for Spahn in Buffalo -- Big league in the bush leagues -- From the sticks to the Series -- Something in reverse? -- Denouement -- Extra innings. Winding down with Juan ; Winding up with Warren
Intertwines the personal histories of baseball Hall of Famers Juan Marichal and Warren Spahn with the events of their sixteen-inning pitching duel at San Francisco's Candlestick Park in the summer of 1963