Home Run: The Definitive History of Baseball's Ultimate Weapon - Softcover

Vincent, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1597970360 ISBN 13: 9781597970365

Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc., 2008

Synopsis

Rare book

About this title

Review:

"David Vincent knows more about home runs than any person has a right to know."--Dave Niehaus, Seattle Mariners broadcaster--Dave Niehaus

"When you hit a home run, it's like no other feeling in the game. Everything becomes slow motion, and for those 15-20 seconds from the time you make contact until you touch home plate it really feels like things come to a standstill. The feeling never gets old--obviously some home runs are more significant than others, but each one is almost as exciting as the first one."--Jim Thome, Chicago White Sox--Jim Thome

"David Vincent hit it out of the park with Home Run."--Post and Courier--Post and Courier (08/12/2007)

"In the history of American sports, there is nothing as sacred as the home run. It was that way a century ago, and it will be that way a century from now. Take a trip back, back, back with David Vincent as he visits the legend of the long ball."--Chris Berman, ESPN-- (12/06/2006)

"Delves into the long history of the home run with great detail and color."--SABR Bulletin--SABR Bulletin (07/17/2007)

"Everything you wanted to know about the home run is in this book. . . .from charts to anecdotes, history to histrionics."--Toronto Star-- (08/19/2007)

"I suggest that you wear your glove and pay attention while reading this book. Never have more home runs flown off the printed page. David Vincent has chronicled America's long and giddy obsession with the long ball, delivering a fusillade of dingers, taters, circuit clouts, and four-ply wallops. Nice work."--Leigh Montville, author of The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth-- (12/28/2006)

About the Author:

David Vincent is the author of Home Run: The Definitive History of Baseball's Ultimate Weapon and coauthor of the award-winning book The Midsummer Classic: The Complete History of Baseball's All-Star Game, and SABR Presents the Home Run Encyclopedia: The Who, What, and Where of Every Home Run Hit Since 1876. Major League Baseball, ESPN, FOX, USA Today, and many other media entities consult him regularly on the history of the home run. He lives in Centreville, Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1597970360
• ISBN 13: 9781597970365
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304