{"product_id":"9780061986192","title":"Fifty-nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had","description":"\u003cp\u003e“All fans of baseball, all fans of a good story, will love this book.\" \u003cbr\u003e— Professor Gordon Wood, Pulitzer and Bancroft Prize winner \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a beautifully written, meticulously researched story about a bygone baseball era that even die-hard fans will find foreign, and about a pitcher who might have been the greatest of all time.” — Joseph J. Ellis, Pulitzer prize-winning historian \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing in the tradition of the sleeper bestseller \u003cem\u003eCrazy ‘08, Fifty-Nine in '84\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of Charles Radbourn, a brilliant major league baseball pitcher who, in the 1884 season, won an astonishing 59 games, a record that has never been broken. Set against the backdrop of 19th century baseball, \u003cem\u003eFifty-Nine in '84\u003c\/em\u003e gives readers a glimpse of the dangerous and violent game that preceded the sport we enjoy today. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070239097072,"sku":"9780061986192","price":8.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061986192_p0.jpg?v=1769890983","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061986192","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}