Author: James Buckley, Jr.
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN: 9781572438293
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Looks at the history of the greatest performances by pitchers in the history of baseball including perfect games, near-misses, no-hitters, and the 20-strikeout games, highlighting such pitchers as Johnny Vander Meer, Nolan Ryan, and Roger Clemens.
Unhittable
Author: James Buckley, Jr.
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN: 9781572438293
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Looks at the history of the greatest performances by pitchers in the history of baseball including perfect games, near-misses, no-hitters, and the 20-strikeout games, highlighting such pitchers as Johnny Vander Meer, Nolan Ryan, and Roger Clemens.
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN: 9781572438293
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Looks at the history of the greatest performances by pitchers in the history of baseball including perfect games, near-misses, no-hitters, and the 20-strikeout games, highlighting such pitchers as Johnny Vander Meer, Nolan Ryan, and Roger Clemens.
Unhittable, Reliving the Magic and Drama of Baseball's Best-pitched Games
Author: James Buckley (Jr.)
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN: 9781572436664
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Looks at the history of the greatest performances by pitchers in the history of baseball including perfect games, near-misses, no-hitters, and the 20-strikeout games, highlighting such pitchers as Johnny Vander Meer, Nolan Ryan, and Roger Clemens.
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN: 9781572436664
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Looks at the history of the greatest performances by pitchers in the history of baseball including perfect games, near-misses, no-hitters, and the 20-strikeout games, highlighting such pitchers as Johnny Vander Meer, Nolan Ryan, and Roger Clemens.
Double No-Hit
Author: James W. Johnson
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803271395
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The average pitcher has about a .000645 chance of throwing a no-hitter. In the spring of 1938, Cincinnati Reds rookie pitcher Johnny Vander Meer pitched two, back to back. The feat has never been duplicated, which comes as no surprise to sports professionals and aficionados alike. Decade after decade, in one poll after another (from Sport magazine, Sports Illustrated, and ESPN),Vander Meer?s consecutive no-hitters turn up as one of baseball?s greatest and most untouchable achievements. Double No-Hit offers an inning-by-inning account of that historic second consecutive no-hitter accomplished during the first night game in New York City, with the Cincinnati Reds facing the Brooklyn Dodgers in Ebbets Field. James W. Johnson sets the stage and assembles the colorful cast of characters. Highlighting the story with recollections and observations from owners, managers, and players past and present, he fills in the details of Vander Meer?s accomplishment?and his baseball career, which never lived up to expectations heightened by his sensational performance. In the end, Double No-Hit brings to life a bygone era of the national pastime and one shining spring night, June 15, 1938, when a twenty-two-year-old fireballing left-hander with lousy control pitched his way into the top tier of baseball?s record book.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803271395
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The average pitcher has about a .000645 chance of throwing a no-hitter. In the spring of 1938, Cincinnati Reds rookie pitcher Johnny Vander Meer pitched two, back to back. The feat has never been duplicated, which comes as no surprise to sports professionals and aficionados alike. Decade after decade, in one poll after another (from Sport magazine, Sports Illustrated, and ESPN),Vander Meer?s consecutive no-hitters turn up as one of baseball?s greatest and most untouchable achievements. Double No-Hit offers an inning-by-inning account of that historic second consecutive no-hitter accomplished during the first night game in New York City, with the Cincinnati Reds facing the Brooklyn Dodgers in Ebbets Field. James W. Johnson sets the stage and assembles the colorful cast of characters. Highlighting the story with recollections and observations from owners, managers, and players past and present, he fills in the details of Vander Meer?s accomplishment?and his baseball career, which never lived up to expectations heightened by his sensational performance. In the end, Double No-Hit brings to life a bygone era of the national pastime and one shining spring night, June 15, 1938, when a twenty-two-year-old fireballing left-hander with lousy control pitched his way into the top tier of baseball?s record book.
Off Speed
Author: Terry McDermott
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 0307379426
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
"A wonderfully informative, exuberant, and entertaining book--part sports history, part personal history--that explores America's romance with baseball through one "perfect game" and the drama of pitching. In Off Speed, Terry McDermott weaves the fascinating story of baseball's 150-year hunt for the perfect pitch. Using the framework of a single game (9 chapters, 9 innings, 9 pitches), he explores the history of every type of pitch, combining the folk wisdom of the players with the enormous wealth of new data brought to the sport by the growing legion of statisticians who are transforming many of the sport's once sacred beliefs. As a lifelong baseball fan, McDermott approaches his subject with the love every fan brings to the park plus the expertise of an investigative journalist, exploring with irrepressible enthusiasm and curiosity both the technical side and the romance of the game"--
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 0307379426
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
"A wonderfully informative, exuberant, and entertaining book--part sports history, part personal history--that explores America's romance with baseball through one "perfect game" and the drama of pitching. In Off Speed, Terry McDermott weaves the fascinating story of baseball's 150-year hunt for the perfect pitch. Using the framework of a single game (9 chapters, 9 innings, 9 pitches), he explores the history of every type of pitch, combining the folk wisdom of the players with the enormous wealth of new data brought to the sport by the growing legion of statisticians who are transforming many of the sport's once sacred beliefs. As a lifelong baseball fan, McDermott approaches his subject with the love every fan brings to the park plus the expertise of an investigative journalist, exploring with irrepressible enthusiasm and curiosity both the technical side and the romance of the game"--
American Book Publishing Record
Unhittable!
Author: Gabriel Schechter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967522128
Category : Pitchers (Baseball)
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967522128
Category : Pitchers (Baseball)
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Book Review Index
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.
Change-Up: Mystery at the World Series (The Sports Beat, 4)
Author: John Feinstein
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375893512
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
New York Times bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein takes readers behind the scenes at the World Series in this exciting baseball mystery. When teen sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the World Series, the talk of the tournament is Norbert Doyle—a late call-up for an underdog team. But the more they learn about him, the more conflicting stories they hear. Bit by bit they piece together the shocking truth about this rising star, but once the secret’s out, there’s no going back. . . . John Feinstein has been praised as “the best writer of sports books in America today” (The Boston Globe), and he proves it again in this fast-paced novel.
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375893512
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
New York Times bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein takes readers behind the scenes at the World Series in this exciting baseball mystery. When teen sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the World Series, the talk of the tournament is Norbert Doyle—a late call-up for an underdog team. But the more they learn about him, the more conflicting stories they hear. Bit by bit they piece together the shocking truth about this rising star, but once the secret’s out, there’s no going back. . . . John Feinstein has been praised as “the best writer of sports books in America today” (The Boston Globe), and he proves it again in this fast-paced novel.
Summer of '98
Author: Mike Lupica
Publisher: Putnam Adult
ISBN:
Category : American League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The tale of the season of competition between McGwire and Sosa to break the hitting record.
Publisher: Putnam Adult
ISBN:
Category : American League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The tale of the season of competition between McGwire and Sosa to break the hitting record.
A Backward Glance at Eighty
Author: Charles Albert Murdock
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Charles Albert Murdock (1841-1928) left Massachusetts for California in 1855 with his mother, sister and brother. For many years he was editor of the Pacific Unitarian Magazine and one of the state's most distinguished printers. A backward glance at eighty (1921) begins with Murdock's memories of his trip west and reunion with his father, who had settled in Arcata on the Humboldt River. Murdock recalls life in the town and recounts stories of his father's early years on the Humboldt, the evolution of the region's Republican Party, acquaintance with Bret Harte, the printing business in San Francisco, 1867-1910, and the San Francisco Board of Education.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Charles Albert Murdock (1841-1928) left Massachusetts for California in 1855 with his mother, sister and brother. For many years he was editor of the Pacific Unitarian Magazine and one of the state's most distinguished printers. A backward glance at eighty (1921) begins with Murdock's memories of his trip west and reunion with his father, who had settled in Arcata on the Humboldt River. Murdock recalls life in the town and recounts stories of his father's early years on the Humboldt, the evolution of the region's Republican Party, acquaintance with Bret Harte, the printing business in San Francisco, 1867-1910, and the San Francisco Board of Education.