Bibliograph

K, a history of baseball in ten pitches, Tyler Kepner

Type

Label

K, a history of baseball in ten pitches, Tyler Kepner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-285) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1090731392

Responsibility statement

Tyler Kepner

Sub title

a history of baseball in ten pitches

Summary

A history of the national pastime as told through the craft of pitching draws on years of archival research and interviews with more than three hundred star athletes to reveal the colorful stories and folklore behind ten major pitches

Table Of Contents

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 trap door -- 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

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