One Shot at Forever : a Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season
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Compact discs.
Unabridged.
Read by Mike Chamberlain.
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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PUBLISHED
Old Saybrook, CT : Tantor Media, Inc., p2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 7 sound discs (9 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: Book on CD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781452640297
1452640297
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Chamberlain, Mike.
Tantor Media.
SUBJECTS
Baseball -- Macon -- History.
High school athletes -- Macon -- History.
Macon (Ill.) -- Social life and customs.