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Author:

Kepner, Tyler (Baseball writer), author.

Title:

K : a history of baseball in ten pitches / Tyler Kepner.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Doubleday,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xiv, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Subject:

Pitching (Baseball)
Pitchers (Baseball)
Baseball--United States--History.
Baseball.
Pitchers (Baseball)
Pitching (Baseball)
United States.
United States.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-285) and index.

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.

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.

ISBN:

1101970855
9781101970850
0385541015
9780385541015

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1048027693

LCCN:

2018016158

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