Never bogged down with too much fact or numbers, filled with tons of wonderful quotes and recollections by many others who also experienced the moment that will be forever remembered. A wonderful read for the sports lover and the historian alike as there's a touch of both throughout the story. The special moments that surrounded this monumental moment in sports history are brought to life with a creative technique that is unlike any other typical memoir I've seen. Never before has anyone so easily told you the story behind the story and made you feel as if you were there. Never before have I read a tribute to an event so meaningful to the real people, the children of America, the generation of the 50's. Growing up in a world of confusion and newness all around him he sites baseball and in particular his favorite New York Yankees as the way he saw a reprieve from the stresses of moving and being confronted with a country of turmoil. He discusses how baseball effected his life and how he managed trials and tribulations of a typical young man. Bell points out the imperfections of the time with everything from the Cold War to racial tensions happening all around him. The perfect game from the eyes of a kid growing up in an age that was far from perfect, but considered some of the best of times. The details of what was happening all around him. The details of where he was when it happened. Unlike most people, author Albert Bell decided to approach this memorable event by not only telling the story of the perfect game but the story of life around it. This beautiful memoir of the moment made in history is written like no other memoir I've ever seen. He pitched a perfect game during the 1956 World Series. Don Larsen did something that no one before him and no one after has yet to accomplish. The 1950's brought television, rock and roll and The Cold War into the history books but along with those memorable moments there was history in the making happening as millions watched on. While not everyone can give verbal records and history, most can tell you the memorable names related to this favorite game that has become known as America's favorite.įifty years ago another piece of history played out before a generation that was experiencing more than most others have ever experienced. Even the non-sports enthusiasts can tell you who Babe Ruth was or Mickey Mantle. For centuries the American people have loved and followed this age old sport. As much a part of American History as the civil war, the Declaration of Independence or The Boston Tea Party, baseball will always be known as America's past time. When you think American sports, you automatically think baseball. If you're not a sports fan this book probably won't be as excellent to you, but it's still excellent in the sense of being a beautiful memoir. I love sports and this was a great opportunity for me. Others on Twitter suggested the phrase “I hit dingers” should be on a T-shirt, maybe as a scholarship fund for Delia.As one of my professional review books, this one excited me simply because it was a sports book. “I love that kid with all my heart,” Clemquon tweeted.ĭalton Johnson of NBC’s Bay Area affiliate headlined his article, “Get Big Al and His Dingers in the Giants’ Lineup,” in reference to Delia’s prowess. “Big Al is an ANIMAL,” Barstool Sports tweeted while posting another short clip of Delia dancing in the dugout during the game. “Welp, found my favorite baseball player ever,” Sports Liker tweeted. Middletown lost to Maryland on Friday in the Little League Mid-Atlantic tournament and won’t make it to the Little League World Series, but that didn’t stop many sports sites and regular fans from recognizing the confidence and personality evident in Delia’s clip and commenting about it on social media. At home they call me ‘Big Al,’ and I hit dingers,” Delia says in the video. In a six-second ESPN clip that's now viral, the 12-year-old Little League player from Middletown, New Jersey, introduces himself as "Big Al" and says he hits "dingers," or home runs. Alfred "Big Al" Delia hits dingers, and the internet is his latest fan.
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