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perri's review against another edition
An extraordinary event- a baseball game with 33 innings lasting into the wee hours of the morning, but dissected down into minutiae made for dull reading. DNF
conalo's review against another edition
4.0
Who knew that a story about the Red Sox would be this interesting. To be 100% forthcoming, the story is about the Pawtucket Red Sox and not that team from Boston.
This story is about a minor league (Triple A) baseball game played in April 1981 between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings that turned out to be the longest game ever played in professional baseball, stretching to 33 innings played over two days when the game was halted after the end of the 32nd inning on the original date played.
Dan Barry has done a fantastic job in researching the details, the people and the back story of this historic baseball game. I can recommend this to anyone who loves the game of baseball...
This story is about a minor league (Triple A) baseball game played in April 1981 between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings that turned out to be the longest game ever played in professional baseball, stretching to 33 innings played over two days when the game was halted after the end of the 32nd inning on the original date played.
Dan Barry has done a fantastic job in researching the details, the people and the back story of this historic baseball game. I can recommend this to anyone who loves the game of baseball...
alanfederman's review against another edition
4.0
It's not always easy to explain to non-baseball fans the allure of the sport. Like no other it has quirks, stats, idiosyncrasies, and memorable characters. This book hooked me from page 1. Ostensibly it's the story of the longest game in organized baseball history - 33 innings. It started on Holy Saturday, continued into the wee hours of Easter Sunday until it was mercifully suspended until mid June (the story of the suspension is fascinating in and of itself). But just like Moby Dick really isn't about a whale, this really isn't about baseball. It's about every day struggles, near misses, humor, passion, in short, life.
stellar_raven's review against another edition
4.0
*This review is based on a copy of the book I won through Goodreads FirstReads Giveaways.*
On Saturday, April 18th, 1981 a minor league baseball game between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings began, and apparently refused to end. The two teams played on for over eight hours--and 32 innings--into early Sunday morning, before the game was halted and set to resume for one final inning some two months later.
This book is the story of that game, but it is also so much more. It's the story of the men who played the game as well as those who surrounded them (managers, umpires, bat boys, fans, etc.). It's the story of McCoy Stadium and it's the story of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
The personal stories of the players and all of those involved in this historic game are interspersed with the story of the game itself, and it's all done so eloquently that anything I write here will fail to do it proper justice.
There are the stories of guys who went on to Major League super-stardom, like Wade Boggs and Cal Ripkin, Jr., but there are also the heartbreaking stories of guys like Dave Koza and Win Remmerswaal and they're all woven together against the backdrop of a seemingly never ending game in such a way that I had tears in my eyes much of the time while reading it.
I highly recommend this book to any baseball fan.
On Saturday, April 18th, 1981 a minor league baseball game between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings began, and apparently refused to end. The two teams played on for over eight hours--and 32 innings--into early Sunday morning, before the game was halted and set to resume for one final inning some two months later.
This book is the story of that game, but it is also so much more. It's the story of the men who played the game as well as those who surrounded them (managers, umpires, bat boys, fans, etc.). It's the story of McCoy Stadium and it's the story of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
The personal stories of the players and all of those involved in this historic game are interspersed with the story of the game itself, and it's all done so eloquently that anything I write here will fail to do it proper justice.
There are the stories of guys who went on to Major League super-stardom, like Wade Boggs and Cal Ripkin, Jr., but there are also the heartbreaking stories of guys like Dave Koza and Win Remmerswaal and they're all woven together against the backdrop of a seemingly never ending game in such a way that I had tears in my eyes much of the time while reading it.
I highly recommend this book to any baseball fan.
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