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Old August 31st 03, 05:30 AM
Jim Sinclair
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"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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