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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
Down to the Last Pitch How the 1991 Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves Gave Us the Best World Series of All Time Author:Tim Wendel “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 — Never in baseball history had a last place team rebounded to take the pennant the following season. Yet in 1991, as author Tim Wendel vividly recounts in Down to the Last Pitch, lightning ... more »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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ISBN-13: 9780306823749 ISBN-10: 0306823748 Publication Date: 3/31/2015 Pages:304 Edition:First Trade Paper Ed Rating: