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02560aam a22004578i 4500 001 B0706CDC4FFD11E78A662EE1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 161102s2017 nyua b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2016035366 020 $a 0307379426 020 $a 9780307379429 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a GV871 $b .M42 2017 082 00 $a 796.357/22 $2 23 100 1 $a McDermott, Terry, $e author. 245 10 $a Off speed : $b baseball, pitching, and the art of deception / $c Terry McDermott. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Pantheon Books, $c [2017]. 300 $a xxvi, 191 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191). 505 0 $a The fastball -- The curveball -- The spitball -- The sinker -- The knuckleball -- The slider -- The split -- The cutter -- The change -- Appendix: The box score. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Pitching (Baseball) 650 0 $a Baseball. 941 $a 13 952 $l BNPD611 $d 20210323013509.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204090059.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110071950.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20191102013838.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20181107051519.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006105637.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20180801010313.0 952 $l TXPC862 $d 20180410013359.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20180216010316.0 952 $l YLPC314 $d 20171003011730.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20170726012534.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20170726011738.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20170613010404.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B0706CDC4FFD11E78A662EE1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search