Heartbreakers

Veteran baseball writer John Kuenster recalls fifteen of the game's most painful disasters of the last half-century and looks at them from the losers' point of view. With a reporter's skill and a fan's enthusiasm, he sets the scene for these memorable matchups, surveys the players who led each team to the big moment, and tells the story of the game and the emotions that can't be erased. Kuenster has hit a Grand Slam. —Sparky Anderson. John Kuenster lets those who suffered baseball's most epic defeats know that he feels their pain. —Bob Costas, NBC sports. Illustrated.