Out of My League

The Classic Account of an Amateur's Ordeal in Professional Baseball

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By George Plimpton

Foreword by Jane Leavy

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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

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On Sale
Apr 26, 2016
Page Count
176 pages
ISBN-13
9780316284547

George Plimpton

About the Author

George Plimpton (1927-2003) was the bestselling author and editor of nearly thirty books, as well as the cofounder, publisher, and editor of the Paris Review. He wrote regularly for such magazines as Sports Illustrated and Esquire, and he appeared numerous times in films and on television.

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