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The Best Game Ever: Pirates 10, Yankees 9: October 13, 1960 | 
 enlarge | Author: Jim Reisler
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 305825
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 0786719435
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357646
EAN: 9780786719433
ASIN: 0786719435
Publication Date: November 1, 2007
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October 13, 1960: The hardscrabble Pirates were a hungry squad, led by Roberto Clemente, Bill Mazeroski, and a colorful bunch of overachievers who hit singles and rode solid fielding and pitching to the franchise's first World Series appearance in 35 years. The Yankees, lordly and corporate, were making their 12th trip to the World Series in 15 years and, through the managing of Casey Stengel, power hitting, and immense talent, usually found a way to win. Featuring such legends as Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, and Roger Maris, the Yankees had outscored the Pirates 46–16 through six games — only to go down, 10–9, when Mazeroski became the only player ever to decide a World Series Game 7 with a walk-off home run. From extensive personal interviews with those who were there, along with newspaper, radio, and television accounts, Reisler reconstructs this fall classic pitch by pitch, from analysis of managerial tactics and the chatter of the players on the field to the lively atmosphere within the ballpark and throughout the country. The result is the feeling of being right there from the seemingly predictable start to the truly unbelievable finish of the best game ever.
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 Best Game Ever----Best Baseball book ever! October 8, 2008
This is a fantastic baseball book you MUST add to your sports library. It takes you inning by inning thru the 7th game of the 1960 World Series, but also includes a whole lot of background information about both the Pirates and Yankees....information about how each team reached the WS. It also includes some great photos like Tony Kubek lying on the infield ground after being hit in the throat by a wicked ground ball hit by Bill Virdon......This book deserves 6 stars on a 5-star scale!
Great game, good book. September 22, 2008
No, I didn't see or hear the Maz homer. I did see the Kubek bad hop in school (6th grade), but when school was out, we were shooed away and by the time I'd pedaled home, it was over.
This book is a nice but not great recounting of that game. There were mistakes in the writing and proofing, I was able to get around them. I discovered things I didn't know about the game, such as that the Doctor was asked to come to the Stadium so Kubek could stay with the team. The play-by-play, many times, pitch-by-pitch accounting of the game added to my knowledge. I just wish it were better written and more accurate in it's details.
The Title Says It All! Highly Recommended! July 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Forget the complaints in prior reviews concerning a few minor errors in this book. They don't take away a bit from the story which is a very fascinating pitch by pitch chronology of one of the greatest World Series game ever played. We all know the outcome but the highlights include a biographical sketch of the participants with information most baseball fans have never heard. (For example: before game #1 Harvey Haddix told the Pirate's radio announcer that the hero of the series would be Bill Mazeroski. When asked why, he said of the light hitting 2nd baseman "Because they'll pitch to him!". Also the author provides an inside look at the strategies of both Stengel and Murtaugh in a game that had enough twists and turns to qualify for a roller coaster ride. Enjoy!
 A test to a reader's attention span June 22, 2008
Using one game as a basis for a book, even if it is one of the greatest games ever, is a challenge for any writer. Author Jim Reisler takes an inning-by-inning approach to the seventh game of the 1960 World Series between the Pirates and Yankees. Of course, every serious baseball fan knows it's the game the Pirates' Bill Mazeroski hit a homer in the bottom of the ninth to win the Series.
Because the game is so well-known, there's little suspense. Like some other readers, I occasionally felt like just flipping ahead to the chapters about the eighth and ninth innings. Reisler sandwiches a lot of Pirates' history in between innings. But Reisler tests the reader's attention span as he sometimes writes 20-plus pages before returning to the account of the game.
Reisler includes some interesting nuggets, but he also commits a number of glaring errors, as noted by other reviewers. The book is heavily tilted toward the Pittsburgh perspective. Pirates fans will delight in the book, while others may find it less satisfying.
 Maz, the Bucs and the Eternal Clout....with many Errors May 12, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The statistics told only part of the story; the club was outscored in runs 55-27, outhit 91-60, out-batted .338 to .256, out-homered 10-4, had two complete games pitched against them by one of the greats for the era and was not on the diamond for a World Series MVP.
But even the brilliance of New York Yankee pitching great Whitey Ford and the seven-game performance by teammate Bobby Richardson could not deny the Pittsburgh Pirates from pulling off the World Series upset.
Author Jim Reisler relives the build-up to Bill Mazeroski's shot off of Ralph Terry that cleared the Forbes Field wall in the bottom of the ninth inning in the decisive seventh game.
But his research - aside from a nifty interview with Pittsburgh shortstop Dick Groat - is hampered by a number of glaring errors. Included in the miscues are ballpark dimensions & seating capacity, batting stances and last names, along with sophomoric analysis of game strategies.
The photograph of Maz crossing home plate has a permanent place in American sports history. But Reisler dropped the ball on delivering a solid performance that would have done that moment proud.
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