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The book recounts the history of baseball through anecdotes about iconic pitches and interviews with pitchers such as Hall of Famers Steve Carlton, Bob Gibson and Nolan Ryan, as well as pitchers like Jamie Moyer and J.R. Richard. It also describes the mechanics of pitching, and its centrality to the game of baseball.
This would have also marked the first perfect game in the Tigers' 110-year history. The 83 pitches thrown before the blown call would have been the fewest pitches in a perfect game since 1908. Galarraga's near-perfect game was the first such game since Mike Mussina 's bid for a perfect game on September 2, 2001, which was broken up by 27th ...
While he had played baseball since childhood, primarily as a second baseman, Drysdale only began to pitch during his senior year in high school; he posted a 10–1 record. He was signed out of high school by the Brooklyn Dodgers for a minimum salary and a signing bonus of $4,000.
By pitch data, however, Greene was something else. His four-seam fastball averaged 100.2 mph and topped out at 102.0 mph, with Dodgers hitters whiffing 13 times on 28 swings, in addition to 10 ...
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Keller (10-5) allowed two runs and seven hits in a 107-pitch outing while striking out six and walking none. Keller pitches 8 innings for 10th win to lead Pirates over Mets 8-2, split of 4-game series
The Big Ten has undergone a drastic transformation over the past three decades. What was, true to its name, a 10-team league for 40 years expanded to 11 when it added Penn State in 1990. It was ...
The book concentrates on the 1920 major league season, especially the events surrounding Ray Chapman's death from a pitch thrown by Carl Mays. It won the CASEY Award for best baseball book of 1989 and was selected as a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year." [1] Come Aboard Productions optioned the film rights to Mike Sowell's book in 2013.