| Out of My League: The Classic Account of an Amateur's Ordeal in Professional Baseball Contributor(s): Plimpton, George (Author), Leavy, Jane (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0316284548 ISBN-13: 9780316284547 Publisher: Little Brown and Company OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - Essays & Writings - Biography & Autobiography | Sports - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| LCCN: 2015952969 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.65 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This baseball classic that Ernest Hemingway called "beautifully observed and incredibly conceived" includes a foreword from Jane Leavy and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton archives. The first of Plimpton's remarkable forays into participatory journalism, Out of My League chronicles with wit, charm, and grace what happens when a self-professed amateur has the chance to answer every fan's question: could he strike out a major league star? Plimpton's inspired idea -- to get on the mound and pitch a few innings to the All-Stars of the American and National Leagues -- begins as a fun-filled stunt and comes to a deeply hellish, nearly humiliating end. This honest and hilarious tale features Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Whitey Ford, Ralph Houk, and other baseball greats and is "a baseball book such as no one else ever wrote, and one of the best ever."-New York Herald Tribune |