Join us for a local author talk with Joseph Badowski author of 406: A Story about the Greatest Baseball Game Ever Played.

The story possesses a winning combination of historical intrigue, emotional resonance, multifaceted storytelling, and timely themes. The book is a captivating narrative that celebrates America’s favorite pastime. The story is centered around the 1960 baseball World Series, specifically game 7, that many baseball experts feel was the greatest game ever played in the history of Major League Baseball. On that day, around 3:00 p.m., Bill Mazeroski, the second baseman for the Pirates, hit a walk- off home run in the top of the ninth inning to win the game. On the second pitch thrown by Yankee pitcher Ralph Terry, Mazeroski hit a ball over the 406 sign in left field, which gave the Pirates an improbable and almost miraculous win over the heavily favored New York Yankees. 

This book, however, is about more than the 1960 World Series. It is also about two nine-year-old boys who meet each other in the summer of 1960 and become close friends, united by not only baseball but also by a crisis that plagues one of the main character's family. Although the focus of this book is the seventh game of the 1960 World Series, it is the relationship of the characters that will inspire readers.