Pitching In A Pinch Or Baseball From The Inside

An inside baseball memoir from the game’s first superstar, with a foreword by Chad Harbach Christy Mathewson was one of the most dominant pitchers ever to play baseball. Posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of the “Five Immortals,” he was an unstoppable force on the mound, winning at least twenty-two games for twelve straight seasons and pitching three complete-game shutouts in the 1905 World Series. Pitching in a Pinch, his witty and digestible book of baseball insights, stories, and wisdom, was first published over a hundred years ago and presents readers with Mathewson’s plainspoken perspective on the diamond of yore—on the players, the chances they took, the jinxes they believed in, and, most of all, their love of the game. Baseball fans will love to read first-hand accounts of the infamous Merkle’s Boner incident, Giants manager John McGraw, and the unstoppable Johnny Evers and to learn how much—and just how little—has really changed in a hundred years. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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High quality reprint of Pitching in A Pinch: or, Baseball from the inside by Christopher (Christy) Mathewson.

In one of baseball?s earliest and greatest memoirs, Christy Mathewson takes readers back in time to the "dead ball" era of baseball before the days of power hitting sluggers like Babe Ruth. This period was characterized by low scoring games and teams relying on infield play and stolen bases to score their points. Of the dead ball pitchers, there was no one better than Christy "Big Six" Mathewson who played nearly his entire career with the New York Giants. He remains one of the most winning pitchers in baseball history and his play in the 1905 World Series is often considered to be the greatest pitching performance of all time. In "Pitching in a Pinch," Mathewson provides valuable and intriguing insight into a classic era in baseball history. At the same time, his experience, wisdom and journey into the mind of a player remains relevant today. As a classic, entertaining and unforgettable work of baseball history, "Pitching in a Pinch" ranks among the best.

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Christy Mathewson's famous book of "Baseball From the Inside," originally published in 1912, now presented in a brand new edition by historian, actor, writer and biographer Eddie Frierson with additional writings by Matty never before published in book form. This is a grand piece of history experienced by one of the greatest ballplayers that has ever lived. Christy Mathewson was more than baseball during his lifetime. He was the most recognizable American across the glove (along with Teddy Roosevelt) during the first two decades of the 20th Century. His insights on life and the lessons he taught continue to inspire those who discover him today. The Mathewson Foundation brings you this all new edition and hopes to introduce you, the reader, to a new friend and fascinating man.

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