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Down to the Last Pitch
How the 1991 Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves Gave Us the Best World Series of All Time
Description
Never in baseball history had a team ranked last rebounded to take the pennant the following season. Yet in 1991 lightning struck twice as the Minnesota Twins and the Atlanta Braves, a pair of cellar dwellers the year before, faced each other in an unforgettable World Series. When the final out was recorded, the cover headline in Baseball Weekly read: Best World Series Ever.”
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Praise
The most underrated great World Series is finally getting its due
brilliantly [brought] to life by Tim Wendel.”Claire Smith, award-winning ESPN news editor
Just when you think you've seen everything, read everything, along comes a book and an author in whose gifted hands the past comes alive and makes you believe in miracles all over again.”Jane Leavy, author of The Last Boy
"Tim Wendel, a great baseball writer and historian, relives the only time that two last-place teams rebounded the next year to play for the championship."Minneapolis Star Tribune
"The reader is in for a treat. Down to the Last Pitch is Wendel at his best."Tampa Tribune
"[A] classic tale of an authentic Fall Classic"Charleston Post and Courier
This is a winner.”San Francisco Book Review
Hudson Valley News, 6/29/15
A fine new book for the baseball fan.”
Just when you think you've seen everything, read everything, along comes a book and an author in whose gifted hands the past comes alive and makes you believe in miracles all over again.”Jane Leavy, author of The Last Boy
"Tim Wendel, a great baseball writer and historian, relives the only time that two last-place teams rebounded the next year to play for the championship."Minneapolis Star Tribune
"The reader is in for a treat. Down to the Last Pitch is Wendel at his best."Tampa Tribune
"[A] classic tale of an authentic Fall Classic"Charleston Post and Courier
This is a winner.”San Francisco Book Review
Hudson Valley News, 6/29/15
A fine new book for the baseball fan.”