Out of my league : the classic hilarious account of an amateur's ordeal in professional baseball / / George Plimpton ; foreword by Jane Leavy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910148645903321
• Autore: Plimpton George
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY : , : Little, Brown and Company, , [2016]; ©2016
• ISBN: 0-316-28452-1; 0-316-37943-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (137 pages)
• Disciplina: 796.357
• Soggetti: Baseball; Baseball - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TITLE PAGE -- WELCOME -- EPIGRAPH -- FOREWORD -- AUTHOR'S NOTE -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- CHAPTER 7 -- CHAPTER 8 -- CHAPTER 9 -- CHAPTER 10 -- CHAPTER 11 -- CHAPTER 12 -- CHAPTER 13 -- CHAPTER 14 -- CHAPTER 15 -- CHAPTER 16 -- CHAPTER 17 -- CHAPTER 18 -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- BOOKS BY GEORGE PLIMPTON -- NEWSLETTERS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- COPYRIGHT.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Out of My League chronicles Plimpton's first foray into participatory journalism, among players like Mickey Mantle, Billy Martin, Willie Mays, Ernie Banks, Whitey Ford, Ralph Houk, Richie Ashburn, and other baseball greats. What began as a fan's daydream comes thrillingly, sometimes humiliatingly, always vividly, to life as Plimpton shows the world what happens when an amateur takes the mound in a major league game and tries his arm against baseball's very best"--Page 4 of cover.