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Chris Ballard

Biography

Chris Ballard

Chris Ballard

Books by Chris Ballard

by Chris Ballard - Nonfiction, Sports

In 1971, a small-town high school baseball team from rural Illinois playing with hand-me-down uniforms and peace signs on their hats defied convention and the odds. Led by an English teacher with no coaching experience, the Macon Ironmen became the smallest school in Illinois history to make the state final, a distinction that still stands.