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“ Bottom of the 33rd is chaw-chewing, sunflower-spitting, pine tar proof that too much baseball is never enough.” —Jane Leavy, author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax “What a book—an exquisite exercise in story-telling, democracy and myth-making.” —Colum McCann, winner of the National... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Dave Koza: Add a description of this character.
- Wade Boggs
- Ben Mondor: Ben was the team's president for over 30 years. His career began in 1981 and ended when he died in 2010 October. He was a great man, and the street was named after him: 1 Ben Mondor Way.
- Bobby Bonner
- Ripken
- Joe Morgan
- Bob Ojeda
- Ann
- Bob Drew
- Sam Bowen
- McCoy Stadium: McCoy was built in the early 1900's and was named after former Pawtucket mayor Thomas McCoy.
- Hood
- Billy Broadbent
- Remmerswaal
- Bruce Hurst
- Mike Tamburro
- Grilli
- Weaver
- Jim Umbarger
- Marty Barrett
- Harold Cooper
- Doc Edwards
- Russ Laribee
- Aponte
- Dave Huppert
- Hazewood
- Luebber
- Chico Walker
- Roger Lafrancois
- Lou Schwechheimer
- Ted Williams
- Pete Torrez
Setting & Locations edit
McCoy Stadium
- Pawtucket
- Rochester
- Rhode Island
- Boston
- Torrington
- New York
- New England
- Wyoming
- Baltimore
- Florida
- Elmira
- Massachusetts
- Texas
- Syracuse
- Connecticut
- Providence
- Bristol
- Alabama
- Pennsylvania
- Woonsocket
- West Virginia
- Ohio
- Toronto
- California
- Columbus
- Fenway Park
- Indiana
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Netherlands
- Pond Street
- Cooperstown
- United States
- Georgia
- Good Morning America
- Chicago
- Charlotte
- Worcester
- Lincoln
- Bluefield
- Washington
First Sentence edit
Three thirty in the morning.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
Innings 1 to 9
Innings 10 to 21
Innings 22 to 32
Inning 33
Thirty Years Later
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Kirkus Reviews: Best Nonfiction of 2011. (authoritative list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9780062014481
Page Count: 255
Publisher: Harper
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9780062014481
Page Count: 255
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: GV863.A1 B3744 2011
- Dewey: 796.357'630973
Subjects edit
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- New York Times Book Review: In April 1981, in a dumpy stadium in blue-collar Pawtucket, R.I., two minor-league baseball teams played one of the strangest games in history: 32 unbroken innings beginning in twilight on Holy Saturday and pausing, more than eight hours later, near dawn on Easter Sunday. The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings were tied 2-2 when the umpires were finally ordered to set aside the rule book — which, because of a preseason clerical error, omitted the usual curfew — and suspend play until a later date.
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