The Breaks Even Out and Midnight Comes Quickly for Cinderella ~ Paperback ~ John Shiffert

The 2008 baseball season was, in many ways, like every other baseball season. It had a little bit of everything, and pretty much everything that happened in baseball in 2008 had some sort of historical precedent, whether it was a similar situation that had occurred sometime during the past 150 years or so, or perhaps something that illustrated baseballas seeming failure to learn from historya]because, he who fails to learn from history is doomed to repeat it. This is 2008, as compared and contrasted against similar stories and people from baseballas past. The steroids mess, great pitchers and great pitching feats, unassisted triple plays, no-hitters, 500/600 home run hitters, big trades, the Hall of Fame, record breakers, The House That Ruth Built. Plus some lighter momentsa]Billy Crystal making the majors, funny team nicknames, abaseballa in Finland. All leading up to the World Series and the weirdest game to ever conclude a season.