Home Run
Home Run by George Plimpton is a reprint edition published by Harcourt, Incorporated in 2001, featuring 278 pages in English. This collection brings together a selection of both fiction and nonfiction writing that captures the excitement surrounding baseball’s most thrilling moment: the home run. The anthology includes various pieces that reflect on the impact of home runs, showcasing memorable moments from baseball history and the emotions they evoke in players and fans alike.
Readers will find a diverse range of writings, from memoirs detailing Ted Williams’s iconic 1946 All-Star game homer to fictional narratives involving Babe Ruth. The collection also covers significant events such as Mark McGwire’s record-setting home runs and Bobby Thomson’s legendary “Shot Heard ‘Round the World.” With contributions from notable authors like John Updike and Don DeLillo, this book offers a comprehensive exploration of the cultural and historical significance of home runs in baseball, making it a valuable addition for enthusiasts of sports and recreation.
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An all-star collection of the best fiction and nonfiction writing about baseball’s most exciting moment
The game of baseball is full of moments of greatness. But no moment during a game elicits the roar of the crowd as does the hitting of a home run. And, as witnessed during the past few seasons, home-run fever has swept the fans and the players. Now George Plimpton, famed sports amateur and chronicler of the game of baseball-among many other sports-collects the best writing about the moment a home run is hit. From a memoir of Ted Williams’s 1946 All-Star game homer to a fictional visit Babe Ruth made to Lake Wobegon, from Mark McGwire’s 69th and 70th home runs to Hank Aaron’s pursuit of the Babe’s record to Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ‘Round the World,” we see the effects on the athletes and the fans of that ineffable moment when wood hits leather and the ball sails out over the stands.
This delightful and absorbing collection is the most complete, most authoritative, and most compelling assemblage of home-run writing ever put together.
Includes glorious prose by John Updike, Don DeLillo, Roger Angell, Paul Gallico, Grantland Rice, Red Smith, Robert Creamer, Garrison Keillor, Donald Hall, Rick Reilly, and Rick Telander, among others.
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