Dazzling Debuts

<p>Every baseball player experiences a series of <em>firsts</em> when they step onto the field: the nervous excitement of entering the locker room the pride of putting on the team uniform the awe-inspiring moment of exiting the dugout and crossing the white lines. But when a player walks up to the plate and hits a home run in his first major-league at-bat he creates a wave of excitement among the fans achieves a rare feat for the record books - and experiences the thrill of a lifetime in his professional career. </p><p><br></p><p><em>Dazzling Debuts: First At-Bat Home Runs</em> celebrates those moments - from inside-the-park homers to grand slams to those hit by pitchers. Some foreshadowed many homers to come; in other cases the first at-bat homer was the only one the player ever hit. </p><p><br></p><p>Each major-league franchise is represented in one way or another and we also look at first at-bat home runs hit in the Negro Leagues Japan Korea Mexico and Puerto Rico. We hope to have conveyed some of the excitement of a player entering a game and promptly hitting one <em>outta here</em>!</p><p><br></p><p>This book represents the collaborative effort of 33 members of the Society for American Baseball Research.</p>