One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season

by Chris Ballard

Book Overview

"One Shot at Forever is powerful, inspirational. . . This isn't merely a book about baseball. It's a book about heart." -- Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author of Boys Will Be Boys and The Bad Guys Won

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140132438X
• ISBN13: 9781401324384
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher