{"product_id":"baseballs-iconic-10-games-9780810885783","title":"Baseballs Iconic 10 Games","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough very few baseball games end with a final score of one to zero, and such a score line might suggest a contest devoid of drama, nothing could be further from the truth. Since the 1876 inaugural season of professional baseball, many 1-0 games have proved as compelling as those featuring a parade of pitchers and a plethora of home runs. In Baseball's Iconic 1-0 Games Warren Wilbert has chronicled the tensest 1-0 nail-biters that have occurred since baseball's first professional season.   Organized thematically, Baseball's Iconic 1-0 Games starts by examining 1-0 games achieved on Opening Day, with the finest selected from the more than 50 that have occurred since 1876. Regular season games, in which less than three percent result in a 1-0 score, are then detailed, including those games pitched by such greats as John Jocko Flynn and Randy Johnson. Championship play, from the first inning of playoffs to the final out of the World Series, has its own share of 1-0 drama, and this, too\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations  Acknowledgments  To Begin With . . .  1 Opening Day  2 1-0: The Great Ones during Regular Season Play  3 1-0 Games at the Summit  4 No-Hit Wonders  5 The Titans  6 1-0 Marathons  7 Strange Bedfellows  8 In These Latter Days  Appendix A: 1-0 No-Hit Pitchers  Appendix B: Greatest at 1-0  Appendix C: Brooklyn 1, Chicago 0: 1890 Appendix D: The Perfect 1-0 Loss Appendix E: Other Venues, Other 1-0 Stars Selected Bibliography  Name Index  About the Author","brand":"Scarecrow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038377541975,"sku":"9780810885783","price":78.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780810885783.jpg?v=1750940116","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/baseballs-iconic-10-games-9780810885783","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}