“
Bottom of the 33rd
is chaw-chewing, sunflower-spitting, pine tar proof that too much baseball is never enough.” —Jane Leavy, author of
The Last Boy
and
Sandy Koufax
“What a book—an exquisite exercise in story-telling, democracy and myth-making.” —Colum McCann, winner of the National Book Award for
Let The Great World Spin
From Pulitzer Prize-winning
New York Times
columnist Dan Barry comes the beautifully recounted story of the longest game in baseball history—a tale celebrating not only the robust intensity of baseball, but the aspirational ideal epitomized by the hard-fighting players of the minor leagues. In the tradition of
Moneyball
,
The Last Hero
, and
Wicked Good Year
, Barry’s
Bottom of the 33
rd
is a reaffirming story of the American Dream finding its greatest expression in timeless contests of the Great American Pastime.