K : : a History of Baseball in ten Pitches

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Call Number: Adult Book / Nonfiction / Sports & Recreation / Sports / Baseball
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch

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The slider : a little itty bitty dot -- The fastball : velo is king -- The curveball : a karate chop with a ball -- The knuckleball : grabbing the wing of a butterfly -- The splitter : through the trapdoor -- The screwball : the Sasquatch of baseball -- The sinker : the furthest strike from the hitter's eyes -- The changeup : a dollar bill hooked on a fishing line -- The spitball : hit the dry side -- The cutter : at the end, it will move.
"From the New York Times baseball columnist, a ... history of the national pastime as told through the craft of pitching, based on years of archival research and interviews with more than three hundred people from Hall of Famers to the stars of today"--Dust jackt flap.

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Baseball submitted by clorenz on July 20, 2019, 1:45pm This book is great. It is very detailed, and it has tons of research and information from real players and coaches. This book has details about ten major pitches in the baseball world, along with stories about them, the players that threw them, and the history of each one. A must-read.

baseball submitted by shanbao on July 30, 2019, 9:56pm pitch in