I grew up near Wrigley Field and was a little boy when this game was played. It was quite a memorable day. The entire game is on YouTube, and I watched it as I followed along with the book.
The backstories were really interesting, in particular the frosty relationship between Buckner and Kingman.
The only minor quibble is that some of the quotes attributed to broadcaster Jack Brickhouse were spoken by Lou Boudreau. He was the Cubs radio color commentator at the time, and he and Brickhouse would switch seats during the middle innings. Tug McGraw's disastrous inning which included Buckner's grand-slam, had Boudreau behind the TV microphone.
As a Cubs fan, I knew the ending of course, but despite that, the book was a great read.
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A Fun and Nostalgic Recap Of History
This book was a great poolside read. I received it as a gift from my sister, as we are both Philadelphia Phillies fans, and during the season featured game in the book, very familiar with all the players from that era. The book obviously can’t focus solely on one game, so the author had an interesting way to lay it out. The first 1/4 of the book is the history of the two teams, the middle 2/4 focuses on the game itself, along with some asides, and the last fourth focuses on individual players from both teams and what they went on to do afterwards.This was a great time capsule of a different era in baseball, one that I enjoyed and miss. This was my childhood era. It was an uplifting walk back in time, and I was able to remember certain of the incidents that occurred in the book in future games after the featured one. Many of the players on both teams were characters, and I got quite a few laughs as certain antics and comments were highlighted. I would definitely recommend this book, especially if you are a Phillies or Cubs fan from this nostalgic moment in time.
