Out of My League

A few years after George Plimpton played alongside Mickey Mantle at Yankee Stadium, Roger Maris donned the pinstripes. Plimpton wrote Out of My League after his experience pitching in an exhibition All-Star game. Maris wrote his name in the baseball … Continue reading →

Terry McDonell knows good writing. He has edited it for major publications for the last 30 years. McDonell, a producer of Plimpton!, is the editor of Time Inc.’s Sports Illustrated Group. Under his direction, SI Group produces Sports Illustrated and … Continue reading →

Most people wonder what it would be like to step on the mound in a big league stadium, stare down at an All-Star batter and throw him a curve. George Plimpton did it and he wrote about it in Out … Continue reading →