| Hard-Luck Harvey Haddix and the Greatest Game Ever Lost Contributor(s): Freedman, Lew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786441240 ISBN-13: 9780786441242 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History - History |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| LCCN: 2009017878 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6.48" W x 9.08" (0.69 lbs) 218 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: He pitched a baseball game that was more than perfect, and yet he lost. Southpaw Harvey Haddix had logged a solid but unspectacular career by the time he took the mound on May 26, 1959. Facing the Milwaukee Braves, he set down the first 36 batters in a row, or 12 innings' worth--a perfect game three innings longer than the norm. But his Pittsburgh Pirates couldn't score, either, and Haddix lost in the 13th inning on a controversial play. This book recounts Haddix's one-of-a-kind performance and describes the official decisions that changed the historical record. |