The baseball classic that Ernest Hemingway called ‘beautifully observed and intensely conceived,’ now recorded and including a foreword from Jane Leavy.

The first of Plimpton’s remarkable forays into participatory journalism, OUT OF MY LEAGUE chronicles with wit, charm, and grace what goes on when a self-professed amateur gets the chance to answer every fan’s question: could he strike out a significant league star?

Plimpton’s inspired idea–to can get on the mound and pitch several innings to the All-Stars from the American and National Leagues–begins being a fun-filled stunt and involves a deeply hellish, nearly humiliating end. This honest and amusing tale features Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Whitey Ford, Ralph Houk, and additional baseball greats and it is ‘a baseball book such as for example nobody else ever published, and one of the better ever.’ –New York Herald Tribune