Its Outta Here!, Matt Doeden
Its Outta Here!, Matt Doeden
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It's Outta Here!
The Might and Majesty of the Home Run

Author: Matt Doeden

Narrator: Book Buddy Digital Media

Unabridged: 1 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Lerner

Published: 01/01/2022


Synopsis

It's outta here! In 1921, New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth smashed a home run that sailed 575 feet (175 m), the longest homer ever hit in a Major League Baseball game. Ruth's home runs thrilled fans and revolutionized the game. One hundred years later, the home run is still the most exciting play in baseball. Do you know: Why it’s easier to hit home runs in some ballparks than others? Why Reggie Jackson’s nickname is Mr. October? Who Major League Baseball’s all-time home run leaders are? Read about baseball’s greatest sluggers and the most incredible, jaw-dropping home runs in the sport. Find out how home runs went from afterthoughts in baseball’s early years to awesome, game-changing moments that fans can’t stop talking about. The walk-offs, moon shots, and record breakers are all here in thrilling detail. "Holy cow! It is high; it is far; it is gone! A game winner."—starred, Kirkus Reviews

About Matt Doeden

Matt Doeden began his career as a sports writer. Since then, he’s spent more than a decade writing and editing children’s nonfiction. Matt lives in Minnesota with his family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa on April 08, 2021

The history of, and skill behind major league home runs. From the great Babe Ruth through the home run kings of today, we learn about their statistics, the race to the top and how home runs have changed the game of baseball. Short sections put together perfectly to keep the middle school reader enga......more

Goodreads review by Jami on July 24, 2021

Very informative for baseball fans. I would recommend it to any higher elementary or middle school student. For my purposes of reading it, it is a no-go, but it would be a valuable contribution to any juvenile non-fiction section.......more