Baseball Records Registry: The Best and Worst Single-Day
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dittmar, Joseph J., PUBLISHER: McFarland & Company, On May , the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Robins battled to a 1-1 tie--after 26 innings, the longest major league ong>gameong> ever. While the Braves-Robins ong>gameong> featured impeccable pitching and fielding, the same cannot be said of the Kansas City Athletics ong>gameong> against the Chicago White Sox on April . On that day, the Chisox scored 11 runs in the seventh inning on only one base hit. These historic ong>gameong>s and 246 others are fully covered in this unique reference work. Through meticulous research the author has unearthed many heretofore unknown baseball records and has corrected many others that have been erroneously reported for decades. For each ong>gameong>, there is a narrative that details the records and the personalities behind them, along with a comprehensive boxscore and photos of the ong>gameong>s hero or goat. Many entries also include tables and charts, as well as contemporary newspaper cartoons or artwork. Fully indexed.