FS: "The Ball" Mark McGwire's 70th Homerun Ball.. 1st Edition Book
"The Ball" Mark McGwire's 70th Homerun Ball.. 1st Edition Book
I have for sale the 1st edition, hardcover book "The Ball" ('Mark McGwire's 70th Homerun Ball and the Marketing Of The American Dream') by Daniel Paisner (1999). The 1st edition, hardcover contains 206 pages of text profiling Mark McGwire's quest for 70 Homeruns. Front Jacket Excerpt: "In a small factory in Costa Rica, a worker stitches about fifty cents' worth of tanned cowhide over a tightly wound mass of string and rubber and sticks it in a box. Nine months later, that same sphere is auctioned for three million dollars. This book tells what happened in between-how that ball, now bearing secret infrared markings, found its way into an umpire's pocket, up to a pitcher's maound, off Mark McGwire's bat, into Phil Ozersky's glove, and then into Time, Newsweek, People, USA Today, Tonight with Jay Leno, and a bulletproof plexiglass box guarded like the Hope diamond. It becomes the fantasy about heroes, marketing, and money. Donald Trump gives it a press conference. The IRS threatens to tax it. One man wants to chop it up into a million pieces to be sewn into collectible dolls. Another who made zillions in comic books covets it. And at the heart of the story, Phil Ozersky, who just wants to meet McGwire and then do a little good with the money." The hardcover, 1st edition book "The Ball" ('Mark McGwire's 70th Homerun Ball and the Marketing Of The American Dream') is in MINT condition. Price $15. US plus postage Please include your "postal mailing address" so I can calculate postage costs to your destination. Thank you |
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