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The Year of the Pitcher
Author | : Sridhar Pappu |
Publsiher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 413 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY |
ISBN | : 9780547719276 |
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The story of the remarkable 1968 baseball season: an epic battle of pitchers, Bob Gibson and Denny McClain, which culminated in one of the greatest World Series of all time
Year of the Pitcher
Author | : Sridhar Pappu |
Publsiher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 413 |
Release | : 2017-10-03 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781328768131 |
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The story of the remarkable 1968 baseball season. “Seldom does an era, and do sports personalities, come alive so vividly, and so unforgettably.” —The Boston Globe In 1968, two remarkable pitchers would dominate the game as well as the broadsheets. One was black, the other white. Bob Gibson, together with the St. Louis Cardinals, embodied an entire generation’s hope for integration at a heated moment in American history. Denny McLain, his adversary, was a crass self-promoter who eschewed the team charter and his Detroit Tigers teammates to zip cross-country in his own plane. For one season, the nation watched as these two men and their teams swept their respective league championships to meet at the World Series. Gibson set a major league record that year with a 1.12 ERA. McLain won more than 30 games in 1968, a feat not achieved since 1934 and untouched since. Together, the two have come to stand as iconic symbols, giving the fans “The Year of the Pitcher” and changing the game. Evoking a nostalgic season and its incredible characters, this is the story of one of the great rivalries in sports and an indelible portrait of the national pastime during a turbulent year—and the two men who electrified fans from all walks of life. “Explores so much more than the battle between two pitchers and their teams . . . A fine history of a vital period in the history of not only baseball, but America.” —Kirkus Reviews “A compelling tale of all that America was in the turbulent year of 1968, told through a (mostly) baseball prism.” —New York Post
Sixty Feet Six Inches
Author | : Bob Gibson,Reggie Jackson,Lonnie Wheeler |
Publsiher | : Doubleday Books |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9780385528696 |
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Draws on the insider perspectives of the Cy Young Award-winning all star and the World Series home-run champion to evaluate "America's pastime" while describing their visions for its future, sharing behind-the-scenes stories of such athletes as Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Joe Torre.
Nolan Ryan s Pitcher s Bible
Author | : Nolan Ryan,Tom House,Jim Rosenthal |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1991-04-15 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9780671705817 |
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Offers advice on the mechanics of pitching, and recommends a program of weight training, aerobic exercise, and sound nutrition.
Odd Man Out
Author | : Matt McCarthy |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2009-02-19 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781101015933 |
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A hilairious inside baseball account of year in the minor leagues Odd Man Out captures the gritty essence of our national pastime as it is played outside the spotlight. Matt McCarthy, a decent left-handed starting pitcher on one of the worst squads in Yale history, earned a ticket to spring training as the twenty-sixth-round draft pick of the 2002 Anaheim Angels. This is the hilarious inside story of his year with the Provo Angels, Anaheim's minor league affiliate in the heart of Mormon country, as McCarthy navigates the ups and downs of an antic, grueling season, filled with cross-country bus trips, bizarre rivalries, and wild locker-room hijinks.
Still Pitching
Author | : Jim Kaat,Phil Pepe,Joe Torre,David Halberstam |
Publsiher | : Triumph Books |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2012-10-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781623681616 |
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He pitched to Ted Williams and Tony Gwynn. His career spanned three commissioners, four decades and five times in six cities. Before he becomes elected to the baseball Hall of Fame, learn about the fascinating career of one of the most unheralded hurlers.
A Pitcher s Story
Author | : Roger Angell |
Publsiher | : Grand Central Publishing |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2008-12-14 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780446554220 |
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Baseball's best writer offers an extraordinarily candid and thorough exploration of the inner craft of pitching from one of the game's best, David Cone. There is no big league pitcher who is more respected for his skill than David Cone. In his stellar career Cone has won multiple championships andcountless professional accolades. Along the way, the perennial all-star has had to adjust to five different ballclubs, recover from a career-threatening arm aneurysm, cope with the lofty expectations that are standard for the games highest paid players, and overcome a humbling three-month, eight-game losing streak in the summer of 2000. Cone granted exclusive and unlimited access to baseballs most respected writer Roger Angell of the New Yorker. The result is just what baseball fans everywhere would expect from Angell: an extraordinary inside account of a superstar.
Out of My League
Author | : Dirk Hayhurst |
Publsiher | : Citadel Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-03 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0806534869 |
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A humorous, candid and insightful memoir of Hayhurst's rookie season in the majors. . .Grade: Home Run. --Cleveland Plain Dealer After six years in the minors, pitcher Dirk Hayhurst hopes 2008 is the year he breaks into the big leagues. But every time Dirk looks up, the bases are loaded with challenges--a wedding balancing on a blind hope, a family in chaos, and paychecks that beg Dirk to answer, "How long can I afford to keep doing this?" Then it finally happens--Dirk gets called up to the Majors, to play for the San Diego Padres. A dream comes true when he takes the mound against the San Francisco Giants, kicking off forty insane days and nights in the Bigs. Like the classic games of baseball's history, Out of My League entertains from the first pitch to the last out, capturing the gritty realities of playing on the big stage, the comedy and camaraderie in the dugouts and locker rooms, and the hard-fought, personal journeys that drive our love of America's favorite pastime. "A rare gem of a baseball book." --Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated "A fun read. . .This book shows why baseball is so often used as a metaphor for life." --Keith Olbermann "Entertaining and engaging. . .reminiscent of Jim Bouton's Ball Four." --Booklist "Observant, insightful, human, and hilarious." --Bob Costas