Hard-Luck Harvey Haddix and the Greatest Game Ever Lost

<p> He pitched a baseball game that was more than perfect and yet he lost. Southpaw Harvey Haddix had logged a solid but unspectacular career by the time he took the mound on May 26 1959. Facing the Milwaukee Braves he set down the first 36 batters in a row or 12 innings' worth--a perfect game three innings longer than the norm. But his Pittsburgh Pirates couldn't score either and Haddix lost in the 13th inning on a controversial play. This book recounts Haddix's one-of-a-kind performance and describes the official decisions that changed the historical record.</p>