Dingers: The 101 Most Memorable Home Runs in Baseball History

by Tommy Shea, Joshua Shifrin

From splitters to spitters; from a frozen rope to the suicide squeeze; from extra innings to no hitters, baseball is truly a great game. But nothing hypes up a crowd like a home run, a round tripper, a big bomb . . . the long ball! Hitting the ball out of the park is one of the greatest feats in baseball, and doing so in the clutch can make an average player a hero overnight.

In Dingers, authors Joshua Shifrin and Tom Shea break down the 101 most memorable home runs in baseball history, telling their stories and how they affected the game of baseball. Whether it’s “The Shot Heard ’Round the World” or Hank Aaron’s 715th blast, readers will get an inside scoop on some of the most famous moments that now live in baseball lore.

Whether you were there when Reggie Jackson hit three-straight home runs in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series, watched Joe Carter’s 1993 World Series-winning home run live, or have seen highlights from Bill Mazeroski’s memorable shot in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, Dingers is for baseball fans young and old. Relive the moments you cherish to the ones you’ve only heard tales about.

Genres: Baseball, Sports

332 pages, Hardcover

First published May 3, 2016

Reviews

[AJ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book a lot because it had a lot of memorable home runs in the history of baseball and the effect it had on the game.

[Tim · Rating 2 out of 5]

I figured this book would be a no brainer as it combines two of my favorite things - lists/rankings and baseball. Sadly it was not meant to be. Memorable is used very liberal here and for a bunch of the homeruns at the bottom of the list there is no one specific hit listed, rather they just talk in general about a player. I didn't think this was all that well written either, honestly.

[Rick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dingers was fun to read but it had some failings as a baseball book. The first thing is that 101 required stretching the great home runs really thin. Some of those home runs were really thin and did not quite rock the baseball world and were pretty quickly forgotten outside the local area. It was probably # 40 before we got into the ones that were really memorable. The book brought back a lot of memories which made me think that there must have been a lot of pre-1960s home runs which are mentioned but must be as memorable as some of the PR era. There are some mentioned but I think an LCS homer must pale compared to some other home runs.

Not a must read but light and fun