| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Welcome to Macon. Beginnings -- Shark -- Write your own obituary -- "Practice is optional" -- Lost in the corn -- He ain't got shit -- It only takes one -- The announcement -- Long summer nights -- Un-American, or unpatriotic -- pt. 2. The forever season. Another shot -- Hippies, tape decks, and a silent infield -- The first step -- We've only just begun -- Big coop -- Riding into Peoria -- The baseball factory -- The drums -- One shot -- June 1971 -- pt. 3. Ghosts. Never the same -- The return. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Audience |
1000 Lexile. |
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1000L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.0 12 163042 |
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Accelerated Reader UG 7.0 12 163042 |
| Summary |
Recounts the journey of hippie, dreamer, and intellectual Lynn Sweet, who arrived in Macon, Illinois, in 1966 and became the reluctant coach of the high school baseball team, leading the Macon Ironmen through an improbable season to the state final. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Baseball -- Illinois -- Macon -- History.
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High school athletes -- Illinois -- Macon -- History.
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Baseball. |
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High school athletes. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Macon (Ill.) -- Social life and customs.
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Illinois -- Macon. |
| Genre |
Electronic books. |
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ballard, Chris. One shot at forever New York : Hyperion, c2012 9781401324384 (DLC) 2011042752 (OCoLC)757483753 |
| ISBN |
9780316330763 : $75.00 |
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0316330760 : $75.00 |
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