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Off speed : baseball, pitching, and the art of deception
- Title
- Off speed : baseball, pitching, and the art of deception / Terry McDermott.
- Author
- McDermott, Terry
- Publication
- New York : Pantheon Books, [2017]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 17-3621 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxvi, 191 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191).
- Call Number
- JFD 17-3621
- ISBN
- 9780307379429
- 0307379426
- LCCN
- 2016035366
- OCLC
- 2016035366
- Author
- McDermott, Terry, author.
- Title
- Off speed : baseball, pitching, and the art of deception / Terry McDermott.
- Publisher
- New York : Pantheon Books, [2017]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191).
- Other Form:
- Online version: McDermott, Terry. Off speed New York : Pantheon, 2017 9780307908896 (DLC) 2016051448
- Research Call Number
- JFD 17-3621