The Curious Case Of Sidd Finch
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Author | : George Plimpton |
Publisher | : Jove Books |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781557730640 |
Plimpton continues the astounding and (almost) true story of baseball's craziest legend--Sidd Finch, a name every sports fan will remember from Sports Illustrated's 1985 April Fool's issue. Sidd Finch cannot hit, field or steal bases, but with a 168-mph fastball, he's the best pitcher in the sport.
Author | : George Plimpton |
Publisher | : Atlantic Monthly Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780871135032 |
Collects profiles, essays, articles, and short stories by the American sportswriter.
Author | : George Plimpton |
Publisher | : Little, Brown |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2016-04-26 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0316284432 |
The book that made a legend -- and captures America's sport in detail that's never been matched, featuring a foreword by Nicholas Dawidoff and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton Archives. George Plimpton was perhaps best known for Paper Lion, the book that set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experiences in talking his way into training camp with the Detroit Lions, practicing with the team, and taking snaps behind center. His breezy style captures the pressures and tensions rookies confront, the hijinks that pervade when sixty high-strung guys live together in close quarters, and a host of football rites and rituals. One of the funniest and most insightful books ever written on football, Paper Lion is a classic look at the gridiron game and a book The Wall Street Journal calls "a continuous feast...The best book ever about football -- or anything!"
Author | : Jay Horwitz |
Publisher | : Triumph Books |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2020-05-19 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1641254009 |
Anyone who knows Jay Horwitz knows he loves stories and has a wealth of them to share. As the beloved, longtime PR director for the New York Mets, he has witnessed and quietly shaped some of the most memorable moments in team history, becoming a trusted friend and mentor to generations of players, from Darryl Strawberry to Jacob deGrom. In this fascinating memoir, Horwitz tells the unlikely story of a childhood dream come true, offering an unparalleled insider's perspective on four dynamic and unpredictable decades of Mets baseball. Featuring reflections and anecdotes only Horwitz can tell, on subjects ranging from clubhouse hijinks to the chaotic New York media scene to navigating moments of greatness and defeat, Mr. Met is a remarkable behind-the-scenes ride that fans will not want to miss.
Author | : Paul D. Staudohar |
Publisher | : Lawrence Hill Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997-03 |
Genre | : Baseball stories, American |
ISBN | : 9781556523199 |
This anthology brings together 28 exceptional short stories about the great game of baseball. Written over several decades by some of America's famous writers, many of the stories are about the game itself; others use baseball as a backdrop for timeless themes, such as morality, greed, and love. All of them pay tribute to a game that has merged with America's national identity.
Author | : George Plimpton |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 546 |
Release | : 1998-11-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0385491735 |
He was the most social of writers, and at the height of his career, he was the very nexus of the glamorous worlds of the arts, politics and society, a position best exemplified by his still legendary Black and White Ball. Truman truly knew everyone, and now the people who knew him best tell his remarkable story to bestselling author and literary lion, George Plimpton. Using the oral-biography style that made his Edie (edited with Jean Stein) a bestseller, George Plimpton has blended the voices of Capote's friends, lovers, and colleagues into a captivating and narrative. Here we see the entire span of Capote's life, from his Southern childhood, to his early days in New York; his first literary success with the publication of Other Voices, Other Rooms; his highly active love life; the groundbreaking excitement of In Cold Blood, the first "nonfiction novel"; his years as a jet-setter; and his final days of flagging inspiration, alcoholism, and isolation. All his famous friends and enemies are here: C.Z. Guest, Katharine Graham, Lauren Bacall, Gore Vidal, Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, John Huston, William F. Buckley, Jr., and dozens of others. Full of wonderful stories, startlingly intimate and altogether fascinating, this is the most entertaining account of Truman Capote's life yet, as only the incomparable George Plimpton could have done it.
Author | : George Plimpton |
Publisher | : Little, Brown |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2016-04-26 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 031632678X |
George Plimpton takes to the ice with the Boston Bruins in this memorable portrait of the rough-and-tumble world of professional hockey, repackaged and featuring a foreword from Denis Leary and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton Archives. In Open Net, George Plimpton takes to the ice as goalie for his beloved Boston Bruins. After signing a release holding the Bruins blameless if he should meet with injury or death, he survives a harrowing, seemingly eternal five minutes in an exhibition game against the always-tough Philadelphia Flyers. With reflections on such hockey greats as Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr, and Eddie Shore, Open Net is at once a celebration of the thrills and grace of the greatest sport on ice and a probing meditation into the hopes and fears of every man.
Author | : Arthur Naylor Wollaston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 1882 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Desmond Young |
Publisher | : Read Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2013-01-30 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1447484819 |
This book contains the story of Rommel, the famous German Field Marshal of World War II, commonly known as Desert Fox. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author | : George Plimpton |
Publisher | : Da Capo Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2004-03-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781568582962 |
In April 1985, Sports Illustrated published an article that stunned the sports community. George Plimpton's 13-page profile of Sidd Finch, a mysterious pitcher who had been signed by the New York Mets and reportedly threw 168 mph, came complete with photos from spring training, scouting reports, and interviews with Mets players and management. A week later, SI apologized to readers around the world for their role in what is generally regarded as the greatest hoax in the history of sports journalism. The magazine had teamed up with the legendary author and Paris Review bon vivant for an April Fool's Day prank of unprecedented proportions. After the success of the article, Plimpton decided to turn the story into a novel — a rousing baseball fairy tale that is considered one of the most memorable sports novels of the last half-century.