Off Speed
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Off Speed by Terry Mcdermott
The lively and fascinating story of the 150-year hunt for the perfect pitch--the ultimate Father's Day gift for any dad who loves baseball. Longlisted for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing In August 2012, Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners pitched a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays in what Terry McDermott calls one of the greatest exhibitions of off-speed pitches ever put on. For McDermott, a lifelong fan and student of baseball, the extraordinary events of that afternoon inspired this incisive meditation on the art of pitching. Within the framework of Hernandez's historic achievement, Off Speed provides a vibrant narrative of the history and evolution of pitching, combining baseball's rich tradition of folklore with the wealth of new metrics from a growing legion of statisticians who are transforming the way we think about the game. Off Speed is also the personal story of a fan's steadfast devotion, first kindled in McDermott by his father at the local diamond in small-town Iowa and now carried forward with the same passion by his own daughters. Approaching his subject with the love every fan brings to the park and the expertise of a probing journalist, McDermott explores with irrepressible curiosity the science and the romance of baseball.
McDermott, Terry: -
Terry McDermott has been a reporter at eight newspapers for twenty-five years, the last seven at the Los Angeles Times, where he is a national correspondent. He has won prizes for his journalism in a number of fields, including foreign affairs, economics, and science.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780307379429 |
| ISBN 10 | 0307379426 |
| Titel | Off Speed |
| Autor | Terry Mcdermott |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Random House USA Inc |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2017-05-16 |
| Seitenanzahl | 224 |
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