Bibliograph

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

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Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-285) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Tyler Kepner

Sub title

a history of baseball in ten pitches

Summary

"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

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 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

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