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Hitting into the wind, Bill Meissner

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Summary
Hitting into the Wind is a wonderfully fresh and continuously delightful book of stories. A minor-league ballplayer realizes he'll never make it; an umpire makes his toughest decision - that his marriage is on the rocks; a man fondly collects old baseballs; what really happened to Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn; a kid affectionately calls his Wiffle ball "JFK" until tragedy strikes; a man leaves his wife every morning to hit baseballs until his wife finally leaves him ..
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
205 pages
Contents
  • The outfielder -- Just another baseball story -- The John F. Kennedy wiffle ball -- A bird, a stone, and something else -- Water -- Midgets, jujubes, and beans -- Caught off base: Vietnam baseball -- The call -- Kirby Puckett's legs: a symphony in nine innings -- The man who rescued baseballs -- Freight trains, flights of geese, shoes and homers: The whole truth about the journey of an American baseball -- Note left in the house for the widows of the over thirty baseball players
  • A song for Hank Aaron's swing -- Wintering the season -- The glove lacers -- The heaven of baseball -- In the middle of a pitch -- Things are always so close -- The unwinding -- The here and now -- Baseball hands -- Lights: Joe and Marilyn, an American love story -- Ancient fires -- What about the world -- Baseball, fathers, and dreams -- The language of baseball caps -- The certain pull toward evening -- Where the old ballplayers go -- Keeping time -- Hitting into the wind
Isbn
9780679429296
Instance
Label
Hitting into the wind
Title
Hitting into the wind
Statement of responsibility
Bill Meissner
Creator
Contributor
Author
Former owner
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Hitting into the Wind is a wonderfully fresh and continuously delightful book of stories. A minor-league ballplayer realizes he'll never make it; an umpire makes his toughest decision - that his marriage is on the rocks; a man fondly collects old baseballs; what really happened to Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn; a kid affectionately calls his Wiffle ball "JFK" until tragedy strikes; a man leaves his wife every morning to hit baseballs until his wife finally leaves him ..
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
813/.54
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3563.E38
LC item number
H57 1994
Literary form
fiction
Label
Hitting into the wind, Bill Meissner
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Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The outfielder -- Just another baseball story -- The John F. Kennedy wiffle ball -- A bird, a stone, and something else -- Water -- Midgets, jujubes, and beans -- Caught off base: Vietnam baseball -- The call -- Kirby Puckett's legs: a symphony in nine innings -- The man who rescued baseballs -- Freight trains, flights of geese, shoes and homers: The whole truth about the journey of an American baseball -- Note left in the house for the widows of the over thirty baseball players
  • A song for Hank Aaron's swing -- Wintering the season -- The glove lacers -- The heaven of baseball -- In the middle of a pitch -- Things are always so close -- The unwinding -- The here and now -- Baseball hands -- Lights: Joe and Marilyn, an American love story -- Ancient fires -- What about the world -- Baseball, fathers, and dreams -- The language of baseball caps -- The certain pull toward evening -- Where the old ballplayers go -- Keeping time -- Hitting into the wind
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
205 pages
Isbn
9780679429296
Lccn
93024772
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Note
Spec. Coll. copy is part of the Andy McCue Collection of Baseball Fiction Books (Collection 2257). This item does not circulate but may be viewed in Library Special Collections upon request. Search the collection title to request the item from the collection record. Item is in box 58. Illustrated dust jacket. Quarter burgundy cloth; yellow paper, blind stamped, over boards. Spine stamped in gilt. Publisher's press materials laid in front. Gift of Andy McCue.
System control number
  • (OCoLC)28222398
  • ucoclc28222398
Label
Hitting into the wind, Bill Meissner
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The outfielder -- Just another baseball story -- The John F. Kennedy wiffle ball -- A bird, a stone, and something else -- Water -- Midgets, jujubes, and beans -- Caught off base: Vietnam baseball -- The call -- Kirby Puckett's legs: a symphony in nine innings -- The man who rescued baseballs -- Freight trains, flights of geese, shoes and homers: The whole truth about the journey of an American baseball -- Note left in the house for the widows of the over thirty baseball players
  • A song for Hank Aaron's swing -- Wintering the season -- The glove lacers -- The heaven of baseball -- In the middle of a pitch -- Things are always so close -- The unwinding -- The here and now -- Baseball hands -- Lights: Joe and Marilyn, an American love story -- Ancient fires -- What about the world -- Baseball, fathers, and dreams -- The language of baseball caps -- The certain pull toward evening -- Where the old ballplayers go -- Keeping time -- Hitting into the wind
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
205 pages
Isbn
9780679429296
Lccn
93024772
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Note
Spec. Coll. copy is part of the Andy McCue Collection of Baseball Fiction Books (Collection 2257). This item does not circulate but may be viewed in Library Special Collections upon request. Search the collection title to request the item from the collection record. Item is in box 58. Illustrated dust jacket. Quarter burgundy cloth; yellow paper, blind stamped, over boards. Spine stamped in gilt. Publisher's press materials laid in front. Gift of Andy McCue.
System control number
  • (OCoLC)28222398
  • ucoclc28222398

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