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Bottom of the 33rd LP
Bottom of the 33rd LP: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game | Dan Barry
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On April 18, 1981, a ball game sprang eternal. What began as a modestly attended minor league game between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings became not only the longest ever played in baseball history, but something else entirely. With Bottom of the 33rd, celebrated New York Times journalist Dan Barry has written a lyrical meditation on small-town lives, minor league dreams, and the elements of time and community that conspired one fateful night to produce a baseball game seemingly without end. This genre-bending book, a reportorial triumph, portrays the myriad lives held by the night’s unrelenting grip. An unforgettable portrait of ambition and endurance, Bottom of the 33rd is the rare sports book, one that changes the way we perceive America’s pastime, and America’s past.
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Suet624 Joe Morgan? 4y
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Suet624 I tried reading this book several years ago and got bored. Does it get better? 4y
keithmalek @Suet624 I loved it. I don't know how far into it you got, but I pretty much liked it right from the beginning. 4y
Suet624 I usually like reading about sports and I like the author so I was surprised by my reaction. Maybe it just wasn‘t the right time. 4y
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Wade Boggs

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He rises from the ground after receiving the shortstop's thumping tag, on his injured foot no less, with his uniform dirty and his red helmet off his head, his pride spilled before him in the dirt. He cannot stay; he must leave. He picks up his helmet and trots off, chastened.

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I don't care about sports, but Dan Barry is one of my favorite writers, and this book is pure magic. In 1981, a minor league game lasted 33 innings, the longest in baseball history. Barry masterfully tells the stories of those involved, from the players (which included Wade Boggs and Cal Ripken Jr.) coaches, fans, announcers, and even the bat boy. The players desperately wanted this game to end.

Readers of this book will feel just the opposite.

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Anyone want one of these books? (I won‘t be offended if no one responds. 🙂)

TheSpineView If no one else does. 6y
Suet624 @TheSpineView I‘d be happy to send it to you. Just send me your info at SueT624 at gmail. I‘ll get it right out to you. (edited) 6y
TheSpineView That's awesome! Email sent and thanks! 6y
Suet624 @TheSpineView you‘re very welcome. 😀 6y
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This is about the longest baseball game ever, between two minor league teams (Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings, who are the teams that feed the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles rosters respectively) in 1981. It was so entertaining and fun to listen to, zeroing in on the game and the players but also zooming out to talk about life in the minor leagues and the business around it. Cal Ripken Jr. played in the game! #audiobook