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Title: Out of My League : The Classic Hilarious Account of an Amateur's Ordeal in Professional Baseball by George Plimpton ISBN: 1-59228-014-5 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book (...)
Comment: This novel was about a guy who went to a Yankee game. He was a very rich man who sat right in the front down on field level. He was watching the famous Yankee's like Babe Ruth, and Lou Gerhig. He came up with this crazy idea to pitch in the so called " All Star Game" against Babe Ruth, Lou Gerhig and Hank Aaron. He knew a lot of baseball players so he was just talking about the idea but everyone thought it was just a crazy idea. Soon he really started asking about it as a real idea. The commissioner and Hank Aaron (the captain of the National League) and Babe Ruth (The Captain of the American League). He was asking if he could pitch in the all-star game. He was wondering if he could really do it and how much it would cost. He thought that if he hired a pitching coach and practiced everyday until the game that he would be good enough to really do good in the all-star game. He was starting to have press conferences about the idea and having talks with the two all-star team coaches. After about a week of thinking about the idea the commissioner of baseball told him that he would be able to pitch in the all-star game. When he started to warm up in the bullpen the crowd was going crazy. He came in the 5th inning. He started off pitching to Hank Aaron. He struck him out. That is a good start. He pitched two innings perfect. He did so great that he got to pitch in the major league after that.
I liked this book because it was about baseball. It was about the old great players of baseball. It had to do with a fan like me making up a crazy idea that I would make up. To play baseball and pitch against major league great players to pitch against. It was a very cool sports book also so it was a good book. It is a very good sport baseball book that I think every baseball fan should be able to read because it is great.
I would recommend this book to all players who like baseball and sports. But if you had to read you might want to study up on your all-time baseball's greatest player. Also boys should read this book that is about 8-teen in age. It has not such good language in it for young kids. It was a long book also so I would recommend this to people that have time to read this book. You have to take a long time and read every little detail to get this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: No, it isn't
Comment: The book referred to in the review below (which should be deleted) is "Paper Lion". "Out of my League" concerns Plimpton's BASEBALL exploits, when he faced the A.L. & N.L. All-Star line-ups in Yankee Stadium in Autumn 1960. It is not as brilliant a book as "Paper Lion", but is certainly a DIFFERENT one.
Rating: 4
Summary: An interesting look into a NFL training camp in the late 50s
Comment: This book was about a journalist, George Plimpton, working for S.I. He joins the Detroit Lions training camp and becomes one of them. It is an interesting story with many stories from many famous players including Johnny Unitas and "Night Train" Lane.
With some humor, Plimpton sacrificed his body and time for a great, well written book
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Title: Paper Lion : Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback by George Plimpton ISBN: 1592280153 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Shadow Box : An Amateur in the Ring by George Plimpton ISBN: 1592281419 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Bogey Man : A Month on the PGA Tour by George Plimpton ISBN: 1592280455 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Mad Ducks and Bears by George Plimpton ISBN: 1592281168 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Open Net by George Plimpton ISBN: 1592281206 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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