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MATT DOEDEN
MILLBROOK PRESS MINNEAPOLIS
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For Dad and the endless hours
he played catch and pitched to me
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Names: Doeden, Matt, author.
Title: Its outta here! : the might and majesty of the home run / Matt Doeden.
Description: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, 2021. | Series: Spectacular sports
| Includes bibliographical references and index. | Audience: Ages 1018
| Audience: Grades 46 | Summary: For more than one hundred years,
the home run has been the most exciting play in baseball. Read about the
longest, strangest, and most important home runs in Major League Baseball
history Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020020855 (print) | LCCN 2020020856 (ebook) | ISBN
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Subjects: LCSH: Home runs (Baseball)Juvenile literatue. | BaseballUnited
StatesHistoryJuvenile literature.
Classification: LCC GV868.4 .D64 2021 (print) | LCC GV868.4 (ebook) | DDC
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CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
GOING DEEP
T he pitcher looks in to the catcher for the sign and delivers. Its a fastball, high
in the strike zone, and the batter is ready. Within a fraction of a second, the
hitter figures out the pitchs spin and location and begins to swing. Crack! The ball
launches off the bat at more than 100 miles (161 km) per hour. It sails down the
left-field line.
The crowd roars as the left fielder sprints toward the corner. Will the ball be fair
or foul? Will it have enough distance to clear the fence? It soars just inside the foul
pole. Home run! Its the biggest play in baseball, and nothing gets fans more excited.
Mike Trout of the Los Angeles
Angels hits a home run in 2019.
Trout hit 302 homers in his first ten