Out of my League
  • Published: 18 August 2016
  • ISBN: 9780224100410
  • Imprint: Yellow Jersey
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $30.00

Out of my League

An Amateur's Ordeal in Professional Baseball

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4 Aug 2016
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18 Aug 2016
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From the author of Paper Lion.

George Plimpton goes behind the scenes of a professional baseball team in the classic that Ernest Hemingway called ‘beautifully observed and incredibly conceived’

From the author of Paper Lion

It began as a fun filled stunt and came to a deeply hellish, nearly humiliating end. George Plimpton had the chance to answer every baseball fan’s question: could I strike out a major league star? Out of My League chronicles what happened next as his inspired idea – to get on the mound and pitch a few innings to the All-Stars of the American and National Leagues – got seriously out of hand.

The original foray into participatory journalism that started it all, Out of my League announced George Plimpton as a giant of sports journalism, able to penetrate deep into the very spirit of sport, with his characteristic wit, charm and grace.
  • Published: 18 August 2016
  • ISBN: 9780224100410
  • Imprint: Yellow Jersey
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $30.00
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About the author

George Plimpton

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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