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One shot at forever : a small town, an unlikely coach, and a magical baseball season / Chris Ballard.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781401324384
- ISBN: 140132438X
- Physical Description: viii, 254 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Hyperion, c2012.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary, etc.: | In 1971, a small-town high school baseball team from rural Illinois playing with hand-me-down uniforms and peace signs on their hats defied convention and the odds. Led by an English teacher with no coaching experience, the Macon Ironmen emerged from a field of 370 teams to become the smallest school in Illinois history to make the state final, a distinction that still stands. There, sporting long hair, and warming up to Jesus Christ Superstar, the Ironmen would play a dramatic game against a Chicago powerhouse that would change their lives forever. |
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| Subject: | Baseball > Illinois > Macon > History. High school athletes > Illinois > Macon > History. Macon (Ill.) > Social life and customs. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | ANF 796.357 BAL (Text) | 33260000133398 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Minor Memorial Library - Roxbury | 796.3 BAL (Text) | 33630137019035 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Morris Public Library | 796.3 BAL (Text) | 33460116799351 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| Windham Free Library - Windham Center | 796.357 BAL (Text) | 33760119175677 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Author Notes
One Shot at Forever : A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season
Chris Ballard is a Senior Writer at Sports Illustrated. In his ten years at the magazine he's written features, columns and bonus-length stories and covered a range of subjects, from the NBA and MLB to high-stakes pigeon racing and bass fishing. His work has been anthologized in the Best American Sports Writing series and he has twice been nominated by SI for a National Magazine Award. Ballard has also written a number of stories for the New York Times Magazine and is the author of three books: Hoops Nation (Holt, 1998), The Butterfly Hunter (Doubleday, 2006) and The Art of a Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan's Tour of the NBA (Simon & Schuster/SI Books, 2009). He lives in Berkeley, CA.
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