One Shot at Forever : : a Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season
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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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Great submitted by DL on August 11, 2013, 3:23pm Great story about a high school baseball team that rose to the best players they could be.
PUBLISHED
New York : Hyperion, c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: viii, 254 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781401324384
140132438X
SUBJECTS
Baseball -- Macon -- History.
High school athletes -- Macon -- History.
Macon (Ill.) -- Social life and customs.