The Greatest Game Ever Played

by Jerry Izenberg

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805005137
• ISBN13: 9780805005134
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent book!

After the Astros won a playoff series in 2004 and actually made the World Series in 2005 a big weight was lifted off the shoulders of all Astro fans. They had finally won a playoff series! Yes, there were the first round losses of 1997-1999 and 2001 that were tough to swallow. The league championship series losses in 1980 and 1986 were just plain heartbreaking! In my opinion the two best league championship series ever, and the Astros came up heartbreakingly short in both series. Izenberg's book recaptures the twists and turns of the 1986 league championship series and goes into detail of game six - "The greatest game ever played". I was a little leary of the book when on page one Izenberg mentions Carlton Fisks memorable home run in the 1976 World Series - of course, Fisk hit the home run in game six of the 1975 World Series. But after that, except for a couple of typos (ex. Winterhaven instead of Winter Haven) the book was great. Even though I knew the eventual outcome of the series, and game six in particular, as I read the book I kept thinking "maybe the Astros can pull it out and win this thing".

Izenberg's Work Sets Standard for Sports Histories

Jerry Izenberg's Greatest Game Ever Played is a review and analysis of Game 6 of the 1986 National League Championship, a duel between the New York Mets and Houston Astros. Replete with player biographies and an in-depth study of key plays throughout the series, this book is a must-read for any baseball fan, but particularly those in New York and Houston who reminisce about the Greatest Game Ever Played, Knepper vs. Ojeda.