Out of My League - Softcover
Publisher: HARPER
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Review:
"Beautifully observed and incredibly conceived, this account of a self-imposed ordeal has the chilling quality of a true nightmare. It is the dark side of the moon of Walter Mitty."--Ernest Hemingway ""Out of My League" copes with the problem of the imaginary nightmare of walking every batter and the glittering triumph (the shutout) of striking them out, one after the other."--Marianne Moore "A baseball book such as no one else ever wrote, and one of the best ever."--New York Herald Tribune
From the Back Cover:
A classic of sport, and the first of George Plimpton’s remarkable forays into participatory journalism, Out of My League chronicles with wit, charm, and grace what happens when a self-professed amateur takes the baseball mound in a major league game.
On an ordinary afternoon in the third-baseline seats of Yankee Stadium, Plimpton hits on what seems like an inspired idea: to pitch a few innings to All-Stars in the American and National Leagues. What begins as a fun-filled stunt comes to a nearly humiliating end. This honest and hilarious tale follows America’s favorite sports dilettante as he tries his arm against Hall-of-Fame baseball players, and it recalls the dreams of every man who still has the noble heart of youth.
On an ordinary afternoon in the third-baseline seats of Yankee Stadium, Plimpton hits on what seems like an inspired idea: to pitch a few innings to All-Stars in the American and National Leagues. What begins as a fun-filled stunt comes to a nearly humiliating end. This honest and hilarious tale follows America’s favorite sports dilettante as he tries his arm against Hall-of-Fame baseball players, and it recalls the dreams of every man who still has the noble heart of youth.
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1153075148
- ISBN 13 9781153075145
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages74
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