{"product_id":"one-last-double-header-joe-baumans-homerun-summer-paperback","title":"One Last Double-Header: Joe Bauman's Homerun Summer - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDewey Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1954, Joe Bauman moved to Roswell, NM and purchased the new Texaco station on the road to Ruidoso. Locals knew of him. He had played first base for the Class C Longhorn League Artesia Drillers, forty miles away. He hit 50 home runs in 1952 and 53 more in 1953, the most in organized baseball both years.\u003cbr\u003e His signing in 1954 with the Roswell Rockets, also in the Longhorn League, gave fans high hopes for the team. When he hit ten home runs in the first eleven games of the season, they asked, \"Can he break the record?\" Babe Ruth hit 60 homers in 1927, but the record they were interested in was 69, held jointly by minor leaguers Joe Hauser, 1933, and Bob Crues, 1948. Fans thought Big Joe had a chance. By July 4, he had hit 36!\u003cbr\u003e As the season wore on, belting 70 proved difficult. Opposing pitchers preferred to walk him rather than risk a hit. Four games were lost to rain and were not rescheduled. And the pressure was getting to him. Roswell sport writer Bucker Lanier wrote, \u003ci\u003e\"The eyes of the United States are on Roswell at present... If Joe does break it, pictures of him will be on the sports pages of every paper in the U.S.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As the season wound down and the record seemed unlikely, the question was, \"Does Big Joe still have time?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 102\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47687864254685,"sku":"9798321709955","price":25.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/46xbrORcS9798321709955.webp?v=1774040506","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/one-last-double-header-joe-baumans-homerun-summer-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}