Lights Out!

by Carroll Conklin

Where were you when Willie Mays slammed four home runs against the Milwaukee Braves … when Frank Howard hit his tenth home run in 20 at-bats, when Roger Maris launched his 61st?Where were you when Jim Bunning, Sandy Koufax and Catfish Hunter pitched perfect games, and when Tom Seaver came within two outs of matching their perfection?Lights Out! brings you 60 days of baseball at its best, outstanding performances from baseball’s real golden age, the 1960s.You’ll relive the exploits of some of the best hurlers to toe the pitching rubber … Marichal, Ford, Gibson, Chance and Drysdale. You’ll be amazed by the accomplishments of some of the era’s most exciting hitters … Aaron, Cepeda, Mantle, Robinson, Banks, Yastrzemski, Colavito and (for one day) Art Shamsky.Isn’t it time to once again savor baseball the way it was meant to be played … 2-hour games with great pitching, power hitting, and no advanced chemistry?

496 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 14, 2013