Dingers!: A Short History of the Long Ball - Hardcover

Takes a close-up look at the history of baseball's home run and the players who have transformed the sport, examining the relationship among home runs, players, and fans and analyzing the significance of the long ball in the game. 40,000 first printing.

With Dingers!, "ESPN the Magazine" senior writer Peter Keatingapplies his investigative skills and his sense
of humor to baseball's signature act: the home run. For the last five years, Keating has authored "The Biz," a column that tackles financial issues from the fan's perspective. His profile of super-agent Leigh Steinberg was named a notable story of 2002 in Best American Sports Writing. Before coming to ESPN, Keating was a senior writer at "George," where he covered national politics, and at "Money," where he wrote "The Advocate" columnand won the IRE Award for best magazine article of 1997 for his investigation into drug-switching in the pharmaceutical industry. His work has appeared in publications ranging from "Mother Jones" to "New York" to "Fortune." He lives in Montclair, N.J. with his wife, Karen, and daughter, Eleanor.