Ebook {Epub PDF} Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball by Donald Hall

 · Now that Donald Hall has been named poet laureate of the United States, maybe Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball will get a little of the attention it's long deserved. This is one of those fun books (like David Foster Wallace's A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, or Nicholson Baker's U and I, or Steve Almond's Candyfreak) that Hall wrote because he had come to a place in his career /5(3).  · Donald Hall, one of the country's great poets, writes with passion about Dock Ellis, one of baseball's most colorful figures. If all you know about Dock Ellis is that he once pitched a no-hitter on LSD, then you need to read this book and learn the other 90% of his story.  · Overview. One of America's finest poets joins forces with one of baseball's most outrageous pitchers to paint a revealing portrait of our national game. Donald Hall's forceful, yet elegant, prose brings together all the elements of Dock Ellis's story into a seamless whole. The two of them, the pitcher and the poet, give us remarkable insight into the customs and culture of this closed clannish Brand: Touchstone.

Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from to and complete from then on. Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since ) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available. Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the. Donald Hall was considered one of the major American poets of his generation. His poetry explores the longing for a more bucolic past and reflects the poet's abiding reverence for nature. Although Hall gained early success with his first collection, Exiles and Marriages (), his later poetry is generally regarded as the best of his career. Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball. Dock Ellis, the former pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates and several other teams, died on Dec. He was 63 years old and his death was reported on sports.

Dock Ellis in the country of baseball – Hardcover () by Donald Hall, Dock Ellis. Coward, McCann Geoghegan. ISBN: X. ISBN Go to a list of all editions. Showing 29 Copies. Overview. One of America's finest poets joins forces with one of baseball's most outrageous pitchers to paint a revealing portrait of our national game. Donald Hall's forceful, yet elegant, prose brings together all the elements of Dock Ellis's story into a seamless whole. The two of them, the pitcher and the poet, give us remarkable insight into the customs and culture of this closed clannish world. item 3 Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball by Donald Hall (Simon Schuster, ) 3 - Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball by Donald Hall (Simon Schuster, ) $ item 4 Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball, Paperback by Hall, Donald; Ellis, Dock 4 - Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball, Paperback by Hall, Donald; Ellis, Dock.