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Heartbreakers
John Kuenster
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Description for Heartbreakers
Paperback. From the editor of "Baseball Digest"comes the stories of baseball's most "tragic" losses. Fifteen of the game's most painful "disasters" are looked at from the losers' point of view, and includes interviews with those involved. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Bobby Thomson’s home run in the ninth to beat Brooklyn and give the Giants the 1951 National League pennant. Bill Mazeroski’s ninth-inning homer for Pittsburgh to beat the Yankees in the 1960 World Series. The Mets’ amazing 1969 stretch drive. It’s the winners we remember in baseball’s most dramatic episodes. But baseball being a game of inches, it's often a fine line between victory and defeat. Losing is unexpected, unpredictable, frequently a consequence of fickle fate. The game is designed to break your heart, Bart Giamatti said. In Heartbreakers, veteran baseball writer John Kuenster recalls fifteen of the game’s most ... Read more
Bobby Thomson’s home run in the ninth to beat Brooklyn and give the Giants the 1951 National League pennant. Bill Mazeroski’s ninth-inning homer for Pittsburgh to beat the Yankees in the 1960 World Series. The Mets’ amazing 1969 stretch drive. It’s the winners we remember in baseball’s most dramatic episodes. But baseball being a game of inches, it's often a fine line between victory and defeat. Losing is unexpected, unpredictable, frequently a consequence of fickle fate. The game is designed to break your heart, Bart Giamatti said. In Heartbreakers, veteran baseball writer John Kuenster recalls fifteen of the game’s most ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566634120
SKU
V9781566634120
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Ref
99-15
About John Kuenster
John Kuenster is editor of Baseball Digest and a former staff writer and columnist for the Chicago Daily News. He has written extensively for newspapers and magazines and is also co-author of To Sleep with the Angels, the story of the Our Lady of the Angels school fire.
Reviews for Heartbreakers
A refreshing approach to the games...it makes for an interesting read.
Tampa Tribune
This book tells the real story of why sports are so great.
Sparky Anderson John Kuenster lets those who suffered baseball's most epic defeats know that he feels their pain.
Bob Costas, NBC Sports Kuenster does a fine job of summing up the ... Read more
Tampa Tribune
This book tells the real story of why sports are so great.
Sparky Anderson John Kuenster lets those who suffered baseball's most epic defeats know that he feels their pain.
Bob Costas, NBC Sports Kuenster does a fine job of summing up the ... Read more