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Author: W. Leon Smith Publisher: ISBN: 9781612963112 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 70
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The Switch Pitcher is the story of young George Herman Brubaker, who out of necessity learns to pitch both right and left-handed. As his team, the Pups, nears the big championship showdown with the Ponies, he is ready for action. But how do you handle a player who is two pitchers in one? This baseball novelette ignites fond memories in those who played youth baseball decades ago while at the same time inspires youths of today to get involved in a sport that is an American tradition.
Author: W. Leon Smith Publisher: ISBN: 9781612963112 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 70
Book Description
The Switch Pitcher is the story of young George Herman Brubaker, who out of necessity learns to pitch both right and left-handed. As his team, the Pups, nears the big championship showdown with the Ponies, he is ready for action. But how do you handle a player who is two pitchers in one? This baseball novelette ignites fond memories in those who played youth baseball decades ago while at the same time inspires youths of today to get involved in a sport that is an American tradition.
Author: R. Bruce Stock Publisher: Page Publishing Inc ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 132
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When Carter Browne makes his mid-season MBL debut as an ambidextrous reliever for the New York Americans in the ninth, and the batters can't hit him, the die is cast, as he takes his team from fifteen games out of first place to the postseason. But rather than describe the rest of the plot and its unexpected twists and turns, some of which are life-threatening, let's hear from those most involved, the players--those with him or against him. Visitors He's hard to figger, and he keeps you guessin' as you burn up the strikes. --Roy Higgins, Boston Blue Sox I heard so much about this kid. I just wanted to watch him throw. Then I was out. --Johnny Barilko, Baltimore Eagles What the hell is he trying to do, change the game? We don't need something we've never seen before to make this game innerestin'. --Bobby Valentino, Manager, Boston Blue Sox Home You gotta love him. Never misses a sign, intimidates the batters, and always throws strikes. --Tommy Sarbrucken, catcher, The New York Americans We think he's champion even if he's always reducing our workload. Beauty! --Bill Boyd, relief pitcher, The New York Americans If you think he's dangerous as a pitcher, wait till you see him hitting. The ball doesn't have a snowball's chance of seeing the catcher's glove! --Benny Wilder, hitting coach, The New York Americans
Author: K.P. Wee Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476615594 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 269
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Most baseball fans know Tom Candiotti as a knuckleballer but he began his career as a conventional pitcher in 1983--after becoming just the second player to appear in the major leagues following Tommy John surgery, at a time when only Tommy John himself had ever come back from the operation. Candiotti, whose arm recovered, threw fastballs and curveballs in his first two years in the majors before switching over to the knuckleball for the 1986 season. He would then go on to use primarily the knuckleball for the rest of his career, though he threw a good enough curveball to get hitters out. This biography is based on the recollections of Candiotti himself, his former teammates and managers, newspaper and periodical accounts, and archival resources.
Author: Joseph Adler Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc." ISBN: 1491949422 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 486
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Baseball Hacks isn't your typical baseball book--it's a book about how to watch, research, and understand baseball. It's an instruction manual for the free baseball databases. It's a cookbook for baseball research. Every part of this book is designed to teach baseball fans how to do something. In short, it's a how-to book--one that will increase your enjoyment and knowledge of the game. So much of the way baseball is played today hinges upon interpreting statistical data. Players are acquired based on their performance in statistical categories that ownership deems most important. Managers make in-game decisions based not on instincts, but on probability - how a particular batter might fare against left-handedpitching, for instance. The goal of this unique book is to show fans all the baseball-related stuff that they can do for free (or close to free). Just as open source projects have made great software freely available, collaborative projects such as Retrosheet and Baseball DataBank have made great data freely available. You can use these data sources to research your favorite players, win your fantasy league, or appreciate the game of baseball even more than you do now. Baseball Hacks shows how easy it is to get data, process it, and use it to truly understand baseball. The book lists a number of sources for current and historical baseball data, and explains how to load it into a database for analysis. It then introduces several powerful statistical tools for understanding data and forecasting results. For the uninitiated baseball fan, author Joseph Adler walks readers through the core statistical categories for hitters (batting average, on-base percentage, etc.), pitchers (earned run average, strikeout-to-walk ratio, etc.), and fielders (putouts, errors, etc.). He then extrapolates upon these numbers to examine more advanced data groups like career averages, team stats, season-by-season comparisons, and more. Whether you're a mathematician, scientist, or season-ticket holder to your favorite team, Baseball Hacks is sure to have something for you. Advance praise for Baseball Hacks: "Baseball Hacks is the best book ever written for understanding and practicing baseball analytics. A must-read for baseball professionals and enthusiasts alike." -- Ari Kaplan, database consultant to the Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, and Baltimore Orioles "The game was born in the 19th century, but the passion for its analysis continues to grow into the 21st. In Baseball Hacks, Joe Adler not only demonstrates thatthe latest data-mining technologies have useful application to the study of baseball statistics, he also teaches the reader how to do the analysis himself, arming the dedicated baseball fan with tools to take his understanding of the game to a higher level." -- Mark E. Johnson, Ph.D., Founder, SportMetrika, Inc. and Baseball Analyst for the 2004 St. Louis Cardinals
Author: Peter Morris Publisher: Ivan R. Dee ISBN: 1566639549 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 663
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A fascinating and charming encyclopedic collection of baseball firsts, describing how the innovations in the game—in rules, equipment, styles of play, strategies, etc.—occurred and developed from its origins to the present day. The book relies heavily on quotations from contemporary sources.
Author: Mitchell Frogge Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1462096700 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 386
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John Roberts was the best baseball player of generation, but he never went professional. After not playing for 16 years he sneaks in the spring training and earns a place on the Indianapolis Comets. He lands a contract where he is allowed to choose which games he pitches until he looses. He starts with the first game of the season. However, in mid-April team management discovers John dark secret, one that will only allow possibly the most talented player of all time to play for one season. John is helped in his quest by old friends from high school and new ones in the form of the Indianapolis Comets players, coaches, and owner. He plays the entire summer, leading his team into the playoffs even as the team management fights to keep his secret hidden from the league and the press. In October, John gathers what strength he has left to face the World Series and the terrible exposure of his secret.
Author: Steve Bodansky Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781502792266 Category : Languages : en Pages : 384
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Switch Pitcher is a book within a book. The narrator of the book Hugo is a first time novelist. He is falling in love with his girl friend Stacy whom he has recently met. Hugo notices a curiosity shop near to where he lives in Manhattan. The shop is never open and Hugo is curious as to why. He gets Stacy to play detective with him and this leads them into philanthropy and world adventures. Meanwhile he is reading his novel to Stacy as he is writing it. The book is about a young baseball player named Darwin.There are a number of associations with the real Charles Darwin as Hugo is a fan of his works. Both Hugo and his character Darwin evolve as the dual stories proceed.
Author: W. Leon Smith
Author: W. Leon Smith
Author: Marc J. Reilly
Author: R. Bruce Stock
Author: R. Bruce Stock
Author: K.P. Wee
Author: Al Carmona
Author: Joseph Adler
Author: Peter Morris
Author: Mitchell Frogge
Author: Steve Bodansky