The Cy Young Catcher
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The Cy Young Catcher
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Author : Doug Wedge
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2015-03-10
The Cy Young Catcher written by Doug Wedge and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
During fifteen seasons in the major leagues, Charlie O’Brien was battery-mate to thirteen pitchers who won the Cy Young Award, presented each year by the Baseball Writers Association of America. To put that accomplishment in perspective, Hall of Fame catchers Johnny Bench and Yogi Berra each worked with only one Cy Young winner during their careers. Legendary hurlers caught by O’Brien include such greats as Roger Clemens, Dwight Gooden, Bret Saberhagen, and Steve Bedrosian. O’Brien’s The Cy Young Catcher, written with Doug Wedge, includes up-close views of the thirteen Cy Young Award–winning pitchers at their best . . . and occasionally at their worst. O’Brien shares an inside perspective on how catchers talk to umpires, what it’s like to be on the receiving end of a 90-mph fastball, and how it feels to be in a clutch situation when the World Series is on the line. This authentic, down-to-earth memoir will not only delight baseball fans of all stripes, it will also provide keen insights into what separates the game’s greatest competitors from the also-rans.
Pinnacle On The Mound
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Author : Doug Wedge
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2022-02-09
Pinnacle On The Mound written by Doug Wedge and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-09 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In Pinnacle on the Mound, ten Cy Young Award winners--pitchers recognized as the very best at their craft--share amusing anecdotes and valuable insight about their keys to success. From Jim Lonborg to Corey Kluber, their fascinating stories represent 50 years of baseball history.
Cy Young
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Author : Lew Freedman
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-07-08
Cy Young written by Lew Freedman and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-08 with Sports & Recreation categories.
An early celebrity pitcher, Denton "Cy" Young (1867-1955) established supreme standards on the mound. A small-town Ohio farmer made good, he set Major League pitching records in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that will likely last forever. The winner of 511 games--nearly one hundred more than the second-ranked hurler--Young pitched the first perfect game of the modern era, as well as three no-hitters. His talents helped establish the American League in 1901. Among the Hall of Fame's first inductees, he remained a sought-after interviewee decades after retirement. A year after his death, the Cy Young Award was dedicated as baseball's most prestigious honor for pitchers.
Cy Young
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Author : Lew Freedman
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-07-02
Cy Young written by Lew Freedman and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-02 with Sports & Recreation categories.
An early celebrity pitcher, Denton "Cy" Young (1867-1955) established supreme standards on the mound. A small-town Ohio farmer made good, he set Major League pitching records in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that will likely last forever. The winner of 511 games--nearly one hundred more than the second-ranked hurler--Young pitched the first perfect game of the modern era, as well as three no-hitters. His talents helped establish the American League in 1901. Among the Hall of Fame's first inductees, he remained a sought-after interviewee decades after retirement. A year after his death, the Cy Young Award was dedicated as baseball's most prestigious honor for pitchers.
Big League Pitchers And Catchers
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Author : Bennett Wayne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Big League Pitchers And Catchers written by Bennett Wayne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Profiles of such pitchers and catchers as Cy Young, Christy Mathewson, and Howard Ehmke and their unusual careers in professional baseball.
Cy Young
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Author : Scott H. Longert
language : en
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Release Date : 2020-06-01
Cy Young written by Scott H. Longert and has been published by Ohio University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Cy Young was one of the hardest-throwing pitchers of all time. He recorded three no-hitters—including a perfect game—and accumulated more than 2,800 strikeouts on his way to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Scott H. Longert uses Young’s life story to introduce middle-grade readers to the game, explaining balls, strikes, and outs in an easy-to-understand way. Longert narrates each season and each milestone game with an enthusiastic play-by-play that is sure to draw readers into the excitement on the field and in the crowd, fostering a better understanding of and a passion for baseball. Baseball fans today know Cy Young’s name chiefly through the award given in his honor each year to the best pitcher in the National and the American Leagues. Denton True “Cyclone” Young won more than five hundred games over a career that spanned four decades, a record that no other major league pitcher has come close to matching. In addition to being the winningest pitcher in baseball history, he was also a kind, self-effacing, and generous man. Born into a farm family in rural Ohio, he never lost touch with the small-town values he grew up with.
Pinnacle On The Mound
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Author : Doug Wedge
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-02-09
Pinnacle On The Mound written by Doug Wedge and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-09 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Cy Young Award winners spanning fifty years of baseball history reflect on their iconic seasons, keys to success, and most memorable moments. In Pinnacle on the Mound: Cy Young Award Winners Talk Baseball, ten pitchers who were recognized as the best in the game share fascinating stories from their years in the majors. Featuring pitchers such as Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley and five-time Gold Glove Award winner Ron Guidry, this bookoffers captivating insight into the players’ different approaches to the game, how they honed their skills, and what was happening behind the scenes in their award-winning seasons. From fastballs to sinkers, curveballs to knuckleballs, this diverse group of pitchers found success in many different ways, whether it was mastering a new pitch or taking on the role of a closer. Including All-Stars Jim Lonborg, Mike McCormick, Randy Jones, Ron Guidry, LaMarr Hoyt, Dennis Eckersley, Jack McDowell, Barry Zito, R.A. Dickey, and Corey Kluber, Pinnacle on the Mound makes fifty years of baseball history come alive.
Catcher
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Author : Peter Morris
language : en
Publisher: Government Institutes
Release Date : 2009-04-16
Catcher written by Peter Morris and has been published by Government Institutes this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-16 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Today the baseball catcher is a familiar but uninspiring figure. Decked out in the so-called tools of ignorance, he stolidly goes about his duty without attracting much attention. But it wasn't always that way, as Peter Morris shows in this lively and original study. In baseball's early days, catchers stood a safe distance back of the batter. Then the introduction of the curveball in the 1870s led them to move up directly behind home plate, even though they still wore no gloves or protective equipment. Extraordinary courage became the catcher's most notable requirement, but the new positioning also demanded that the catcher have lightning-fast reflexes, great hands, and a cannon for a throwing arm. With so great a range of needed skills, a special mystique came to surround the position, and it began to seem that a good catcher could single-handedly make the difference between winning and losing.
Indiana Born Major League Baseball Players
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Author : Pete Cava
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-10-06
Indiana Born Major League Baseball Players written by Pete Cava and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-06 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Indiana boasts a rich baseball tradition, with 10 native sons enshrined in Cooperstown. This biographical dictionary provides a close look at the lives of all 364 Hoosier big leaguers, who include New York City's first baseball superstar; the first rookie pitcher to win three games in a World Series; the man who caught most of Cy Young's record 511 career wins; one of the game's first star relievers; the player who held the record for consecutive games played before Lou Gehrig; an obscure infielder mentioned in Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strip; baseball's only one-legged pitcher; Indiana's first Mr. Basketball, who became one of baseball's greatest pinch-hitters; the first African American to play for the Cincinnati Reds; the only pitcher to throw a perfect game in the World Series; the skipper of the 1969 "Miracle Mets"; the pitcher for whom a ground-breaking surgical procedure is named; and the only two men to have played in both the World Series and the Final Four of the NCAA Basketball Tournament.
The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
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Author : Bill James
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-05-11
The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract written by Bill James and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-11 with Sports & Recreation categories.
When Bill James published his original Historical Baseball Abstract in 1985, he produced an immediate classic, hailed by the Chicago Tribune as the “holy book of baseball.” Now, baseball's beloved “Sultan of Stats” (The Boston Globe) is back with a fully revised and updated edition for the new millennium. Like the original, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract is really several books in one. The Game provides a century's worth of American baseball history, told one decade at a time, with energetic facts and figures about How, Where, and by Whom the game was played. In The Players, you'll find listings of the top 100 players at each position in the major leagues, along with James's signature stats-based ratings method called “Win Shares,” a way of quantifying individual performance and calculating the offensive and defensive contributions of catchers, pitchers, infielders, and outfielders. And there's more: the Reference section covers Win Shares for each season and each player, and even offers a Win Share team comparison. A must-have for baseball fans and historians alike, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract is as essential, entertaining, and enlightening as the sport itself.