Out of my League

An Amateur's Ordeal in Professional Baseball

George Plimpton

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Yellow Jersey Press
18 August 2016

Memoirs; Reportage & collected journalism; Baseball

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.

By: George Plimpton
Imprint: Yellow Jersey Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 117g
ISBN: 9780224100410
ISBN 10: 0224100416
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 18 August 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Out of my League: An Amateur's Ordeal in Professional Baseball

Beautifully observed and incredibly conceived, this account of a self-imposed ordeal has the chilling quality of a true nightmare. It is the dark side of the moon of Walter Mitty -- Ernest Hemingway A baseball book such as no one else ever wrote, and one of the best ever New York Herald Tribune