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Home Run (Harvest Original)

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Interesting writers like George Plimpton and Garrison Keillor join with some of the great baseball writers of all time to put together a collection of fact and fiction centering around the excitement of the home run. Plimpton is the editor and he also contributes Chapter 1 which covers the history of the home run and the single season home run record.

Plimpton is not a sports writer but he made his entry into sports writing with the story Paper Lion, a true story about his experience as he attempts to play football for the real Detroit Lions. After that he became recognized as one who writes about sports.

This is a great collection with some articles that should interest every baseball fans, As the other amazon reviewer says, he found that the stories he didn't could easily be skipped. I do not see a single story that is not interesting to me.

Good stuff from Angell, Reilly, Rice, Smith and Telander. And the vital essay by Updike.

Could have done without the fictional excerpts about the Babe and Thomson, but the great thing about collections like these is the parts you don't like are easy to skip.

The History of baseball has had some great moments and some great players, and Home Run is a great book for any one who wants to relive the experience. Home Run is a special kind of book because it doesn't have just one genre. Home Run actually splits into the 3 genres of fiction, non-fiction, and biography. Now some people might not like the idea of having a lot of different genres in one book, but it is an interesting concept and if you like reading about funny "after the game" stories while learning about your favorite players, then you should be satisfied. The first part of the book talks about some interesting stories that never happened which should satisfy most people looking for a good story, while the second part of the book talks about stuff that actually happened, giving new readers knowledge and the older readers nostalgia. Throughout the whole book, information about the former baseball stars, giving indication of biography. However as the book goes on, reading all the small text is difficult if you don't have enough light. The book can also be rather boring if you aren't the biggest fan of baseball. If you are a baseball fan, then this book is a must have, but if you aren't then this book is considered okay if you need some time to waste during the weekend.