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2) Pitcher
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Introduces the skills needed to play the position of pitcher, discussing throwing and coordination, strength, and speed.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"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 jacket flap.
The baseball is an amazing plaything. We can grip it and hold it so many different ways, and even the slightest calibration can turn an ordinary pitch into a weapon to thwart the...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mariano Rivera tells his story for the first time: the championships, the bosses (including the Boss), the rivalries, the struggles of being a Latino baseball player in the United States, and of maintaining Christian values in professional athletics. The twelve-time All-Star will discuss what it's like to run up to that mound with the game, or the season squarely on his shoulders.
10) 108 stitches: loose threads, ripping yarns, and the darndest characters from my time in the game
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This is New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-nominated broadcaster Ron Darling's 108 baseball anecdotes that connect Americas game to the men who played it. In 108 Stitches , Ron Darling offers his own take on the "six degrees of separation" game and knits together a collection of wild, wise, and wistful stories reflecting the full arc of a life in and around our national pastime. Darling has played with or reported on just about everybody who...
11) The grip
Author
Series
Marcus stroman volume 1
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marcus, a young baseball pitcher, learns that perfect games only come with a lot of practice--and some strikeouts.
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