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 inBaseball Weeklyread: “Best World Series Ever.”
Tim Wendelwas a founding editor of
USA Today's
Baseball Weeklyand is the award-winning and highly acclaimed author of eleven books, including
Summer of .68. He has served as exhibit adviser to the Baseball Hall of Fame and has been a writer-in-residence at Johns Hopkins University. He lives near Washington, DC.“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 Pitchis 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 ReviewHudson Valley News, 6/29/15“A fine new book…for the baseball fan.”
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