Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game, (Paperback)

from Othemts

I've long been aware that Pawtucket's McCoy Stadium hosted the longest professional baseball game in history, a 33-inning affair between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings in 1981. I knew that the game featured two future Hall of Famers, Wade Boggs and Cal Ripken. Barry's book fill...

from ssimon2000

In 1981, I was 16 and following the Columbus Clippers, then the Triple-A farm team for the New York Yankees. The Clippers were part of the International League, of which the Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings were part, as well. I saw all these teams play several times a year, and saw seve...

from ConalO

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 Wi...

from mysterymax

Bottom of the 33rd, is the story of the longest game in baseball's history, a game between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings. I admit that I was predisposed to like the book. Once when I was responsible for coming up with some trivia questions I chose to make questions about this ...

from BellaFoxx

Baseball is my favorite sport, I am counting the days until it starts again. I'm not kidding, I have a countdown clock on my phone and every morning I look at it and get all excited about how many days until pitchers and catchers report for spring training. It therefore should not be surprising t...