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Backstop
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Author : William F. McNeil
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2005-12-13
Backstop written by William F. McNeil and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-13 with Sports & Recreation categories.
It's often said that catcher is the most important, most demanding defensive position in baseball. This view explains why so many light-hitting catchers have enjoyed long--and by all accounts successful--major league careers. Yet arguments over the all-time greats invariably privilege offensive standouts, and even among these players batting statistics are more likely than fielding numbers to affect ranking. So what, historically, have been the expectations for major league catchers, and who stands as the greatest in a more balanced view of offensive and defensive contributions? In Part I of this book, the history of catching and catchers is discussed in detail, with attention to the most celebrated players of each era. In Part II, the author employs sabermetric formulas to rank the 50 greatest catchers since 1920, when changes to the rules, the parks, and the ball dramatically changed the way baseball was played. Also included is a chapter on catchers of the 19th century, deadball era, and Negro Leagues, whose career statistics are either incomplete, inaccurate, or produced under markedly different playing conditions and rules.
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Author : J. Conrad Guest
language : en
Publisher: Second Wind Publishing
Release Date : 2010
Backstop written by J. Conrad Guest and has been published by Second Wind Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Fiction categories.
You know Backstop. He plays for any team in any city in America with a major league ball club. You cheer him when he delivers, and boo him when he doesn't. In what could be his last game after 14 years in the major leagues-the seventh game of the World Series-Backstop chronicles his rookie season, takes the reader to Chicago where he finds romance, and reveals the heartbreak he endured in the aftermath of an adulterous affair. Fellow Michigan writer and author of Landscape with Fragmented Figures Jeff Vande Zande writes of Backstop: "J. Conrad Guest offers an entertaining and instructive journey into both major league baseball and major league matters of the heart." While Rachael Perry, also a Michigan writer, says, "Baseball, like love, is a game of errors and regrets. Pop-outs, ground-outs, strike-outs. A bad swing, a bad throw, a bad hop. But what captivates us most is the possibility of the next at-bat, of the chance for a rally, of an unlikely clutch play that suddenly changes the stakes. This is where J. Conrad Guest meets us in Backstop: in this beautiful, hopeful place closest to our hearts, where we play for the love of the game, and we love with everything we have."
Backstop
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Author : Davis Falk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-07-04
Backstop written by Davis Falk and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-04 with Fiction categories.
A rogue government agency bent on protecting a terrible secret plot chases a band of guerilla video journalists in a race against time and a life-or-death imperative to make the secret public. Davis Falk's first novel is a thrill ride of speculative alternate recent history so realistic that the reader could easily believe it is a true story of conspiracy and intrigue. While on vacation in Canada, Jacob, an independent videographer, catches a glimpse of a woman he thinks is familiar and snaps a few photos of her. When he checks his research, he finds that she is Julie Foley, one of the flight attendants on American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston on 9/11. He activates his documentary film-making cohorts, and they scramble to get the jump on the story. Because of his involvement in a previous 9/11 conspiracy documentary, Jacob is watched by a dark and mysterious organization within the government, which is also watching Julie. The agency steps up surveillance on Jacob's known associates. It employs ruthless, mercenary contractors in addition to its own assasins. One of these is Liam, who has been a "sleeper" in Toronto, possibly because Julie is there. The agency wants Julie brought in before Jacob can warn her. Jacob contacts Julie, who does not know who she really is. She has taken on a new identity and forgotten her past. Julie shows up for a meeting with Jacob. But while she waits for him, Liam, a disguised agent, tells her something that flips a switch in her mind. She leaves, which begins a chase involving several agents, Jacob, and his friend Michaelyn. Jacob and his band of guerrilla filmmakers must get Julie's story and help her escape the agents that pursue and control her.
Backstop Land
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Author : Glenn Patterson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-10-31
Backstop Land written by Glenn Patterson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-31 with History categories.
'Funny, wise, entertaining and illuminating, this book is one of the best things to come out of the Brexit saga' FINTAN O'TOOLE. 'Read this absorbing book to understand why, since 2016, we have been playing with fire. There is no longer any excuse for ignorance' MISHA GLENNY. Northern Ireland's frontier with the South has been an invisible line since the peace agreement of 1998. Now the battle over the UK's decision to leave the EU risks turning it into a hard border. Yet few people in the rest of Britain (or Ireland) know anything much about this most volatile part of an increasingly disunited Kingdom. This book was written in the feverish summer of 2019, in the aftermath of the 'New' IRA's murder of Lyra McKee, with the fear and anxiety of Brexit looming over a region in which paramilitary forces are still carrying out beatings, and worse, even as the numbers of tourists drawn by the Titanic and Game of Thrones continue to grow. The power-sharing government created by the Good Friday Agreement has not met – a bleak record in a long-running farce – in over 1,000 days. If it wasn't for the wonderful weather you might wonder why anyone stayed there at all. Glenn Patterson brings a lifetime's engagement with Northern Ireland and a brilliant novelist's eye to an informative, darkly entertaining portrait of a fragile country. Welcome to Backstop Land.
From Hotelling To Backstop Technology
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Author : Amnon Levy-Livermore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
From Hotelling To Backstop Technology written by Amnon Levy-Livermore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Nonrenewable natural resources categories.
Staving Off The Backstop
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Author : Stephen W. Salant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Staving Off The Backstop written by Stephen W. Salant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Petroleum industry and trade categories.
Strategic Development Of A Backstop Technology
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Author : Trond Egil Olsen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Strategic Development Of A Backstop Technology written by Trond Egil Olsen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Cartels categories.
Backstop Ace
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Author : Dick Friendlich
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961-01-01
Backstop Ace written by Dick Friendlich and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961-01-01 with Baseball stories categories.
Catcher Ace Elwood's attempt to manage a 19-year-old southpaw for the advantage of the team is thwarted by the boy's father.
Military Training Aids
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Author : United States. Department of the Army
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1950
Military Training Aids written by United States. Department of the Army and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1950 with Military education categories.
The Greeks And The Rational
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Author : Josiah Ober
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2022-11-29
The Greeks And The Rational written by Josiah Ober and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-29 with Business & Economics categories.
Introduction : discovering practical reason -- Gyges' choice : rationality and visibility -- Glaucon's dilemma : origins of social order -- Deioces' ultimatum : how to choose a ruler -- Solon's bargain : self-enforcing constitutional order -- Melos' prospect : limits of inter-state rationality -- Socrates' critique : problems for democratic rationality -- Cephalus' expertise : economic rationality -- Conclusions : utility and eudaimonia -- Appendix : probability, risk, and likelihood.
