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Pitcher: The Life and Loves of an Athlete

Author : H.J. Sage
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312242698
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Pitcher: The Life and Loves of an Athlete written by H.J. Sage and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of baseball player Connor Scanlon, the women he loves, and the women who love him. With help from his next-door neighbor, a career minor-league catcher, Connor proceeds from an being all-state high school player to a fine college pitcher who leads his team to its first College World Series in Omaha. When his career moves to the professional ranks, he makes as much impact with his legal ideas as with his strong right arm as he challenges the age-old system that makes players the exclusive property of the owners. He plays a tough game on and off the field, lucky on the pitching mound, and lucky in love. From his first love, Lucy, to Aileen, Suzanne, Angela and back, Connor Scanlon is a charmer. A reliable teammate and friendly companion, he faces life's crises with equanimity. As he moves from the baseball to the legal world, his skills help him contribute to major changes in the way the game is played.

The Mental ABCs of Pitching

Author : H.A. Dorfman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1630761850
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Mental ABCs of Pitching written by H.A. Dorfman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author H.A. Dorfman brings his years of expertise as instructor/counselor with the A's, Marlins, and Devil Rays to provide an easy-to-use, A-to-Z handbook which will give insight and instruction on how to pitch to peak performance at every level of the game. Perfect for pitchers who need that extra edge or hitters who want to better understand the mental moves on the mound. With a new foreword by Rick Wolff!

Whatever Life Throws at You

Author : Julie Cross
Publisher : Entangled: Teen
ISBN 13 : 1622662997
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (226 download)

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Download or read book Whatever Life Throws at You written by Julie Cross and published by Entangled: Teen. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Loved this book! Great characters, great story, & so much swooning!" –Cindi Madsen, USA Today bestselling author Seventeen-year-old Annie Lucas's life is completely upended the moment her dad returns to the major leagues as the new pitching coach for the Kansas City Royals. Now she's living in Missouri (too cold), attending an all-girls school (no boys), and navigating the strange world of professional sports. But Annie has dreams of her own—most of which involve placing first at every track meet...and one starring the Royals' super-hot rookie pitcher. But nineteen-year-old Jason Brody is completely, utterly, and totally off-limits. Besides, her dad would kill them both several times over. Not to mention Brody has something of a past, and his fan club is filled with C-cupped models, not smart-mouthed high school "brats" who can run the pants off every player on the team. Annie has enough on her plate without taking their friendship to the next level. The last thing she should be doing is falling in love. But baseball isn't just a game. It's life. And sometimes, it can break your heart...

Jake Maddox: Pitcher Pressure

Author : Jake Maddox
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1434288811
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Jake Maddox: Pitcher Pressure written by Jake Maddox and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Allen's grandpa has never missed a baseball game until tonight. While Allen plays his most important game ever, Grandpa fights for his life at the hospital. Allen wants to win the game for his grandpa, but he's facing his biggest challenge, Hank "The Tank" Steele.

Tim Keefe

Author : Charlie Bevis
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476622310
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Tim Keefe written by Charlie Bevis and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest pitchers of the 19th century, Tim Keefe (1857-1933) was an ardent believer in the artisan work ethic that was becoming outmoded in burgeoning industrial America. A master craftsman, he compiled 342 career victories during his 14-season Major League career while adapting to numerous changes in pitching rules during the 1880s. Known as a strategic pitcher, he outsmarted batters, particularly with his change-of-pace pitch. He led the New York Giants to the National League pennant in 1888 and 1889, establishing a Major League record with 19 consecutive pitching victories in 1888. He taught pitching as a college baseball coach, wrote several articles about his craft and established a sporting goods firm where he manufactured a baseball of his own design. He was a proponent for players' rights as the secretary of the Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players, which formed the ill-fated Players' League in 1890. This first-ever biography of Keefe covers the career of the 1964 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee.

Pitching Around Fidel

Author : S.L. Price
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060934921
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Pitching Around Fidel written by S.L. Price and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2002-02-05 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an artful pastiche of observation, personal narrative, interviews, and investigative reporting, S.L. Price, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, describes sports and athletes in today's Cuba. On his journeys to the island, Price finds a country that celebrates sports like no other and a regime that uses games as both symbol and weapon in its dying revolution. He finds Olympic and world champion boxers, track stars, volleyball and baseball players, but he also finds that with Castro's revolution staggering beneath the weight of a great depression, Cuba's famed sports system is imploding. Athletes are defecting by plane and raft. Superstars bike to games and legends like boxer Teofilo Stevenson are forced to lost themselves in a bottle of rum. Beyond an examination of sports in the hothouse of revolution, Pitching Around Fidel presents a vibrant and realistic portrait of Cuba today, complete with sex-happy tourists, blackouts, Fidel's famous former lover, and a black-power fugitive wanted in the U.S. for murder and hijacking. At once a biting travelogue and a meditation on sports in both America and Cuba, Pitching Around Fidel is a valuable document about a time and place that is close to fading away.

Dear Baseball Gods: A Memoir

Author : Dan Blewett
Publisher : Dan Blewett
ISBN 13 : 1727813936
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (278 download)

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Download or read book Dear Baseball Gods: A Memoir written by Dan Blewett and published by Dan Blewett. This book was released on 2019-04-08 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Baseball Gods, Why didn't you look out for him? Didn't he deserve better? He hustled, competed, and played the game the right way. What happened wasn't fair. A Second Comeback Dan sat by a tree, staring at the ground trying to decide what he would do next. The doctor had just explained that everything he worked for was now ruined. A second Tommy John surgery? Does anyone come back from that? Is my career over? Is this it? A Winding Road to the Top As a walk-on in college, Dan had to earn everything. He pitched on three hours sleep, lived in the clubhouse, played for a team that collapsed mid-season, and endured more arm pain than any kid should. A Way to Move On When finally forced to hang up his cleats, Dan looked in the mirror and didn't recognize the man peering back. If no longer a ballplayer...what would he do? What had been the point of it all? Who was he? The Deeper Side of Life as an Athlete In this philosophical memoir, written as a series of letters, you'll learn that the pinstripes don't wash off so easily.

Imperfect

Author : Jim Abbott
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345523261
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Imperfect written by Jim Abbott and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Honest, touching, and beautifully rendered . . . Far more than a book about baseball, it is a deeply felt story of triumph and failure, dreams and disappointments. Jim Abbott has hurled another gem.”—Jonathan Eig, New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Man NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Born without a right hand, Jim Abbott dreamed of someday being a great athlete. Raised in Flint, Michigan, by parents who encouraged him to compete, Jim would become an ace pitcher for the University of Michigan. But his journey was only beginning: By twenty-one, he’d won the gold medal game at the 1988 Olympics and—without spending a day in the minor leagues—cracked the starting rotation of the California Angels. In 1991, he would finish third in the voting for the Cy Young Award. Two years later, he would don Yankee pinstripes and pitch one of the most dramatic no-hitters in major-league history. In this honest and insightful book, Jim Abbott reveals the challenges he faced in becoming an elite pitcher, the insecurities he dealt with in a life spent as the different one, and the intense emotion generated by his encounters with disabled children from around the country. With a riveting pitch-by-pitch account of his no-hitter providing the ideal frame for his story, this unique athlete offers readers an extraordinary and unforgettable memoir. “Compelling . . . [a] big-hearted memoir.”—Los Angeles Times “Inspirational.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer Includes an exclusive conversation between Jim Abbott and Tim Brown in the back of the book.

Penny Porter - the Pitcher From Pine Hills Book One

Author : M S Alexander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book Penny Porter - the Pitcher From Pine Hills Book One written by M S Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penny Porter is a fastpitch softball pitcher who learns lessons that not only apply to softball but also to life. This is an exciting, endearing story about a fastpitch softball pitcher with a big problem, a big secret, good friends, a new team, a mystery player, and a big game ahead!

Life as Sport

Author : Jonathan Fader
Publisher : Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN 13 : 0738218960
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book Life as Sport written by Jonathan Fader and published by Da Capo Lifelong Books. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do sports captivate people? They allow us to watch human beings achieve peak performance, but, beyond physical strength and skill, what's really impressive is an athlete's mental prowess -- their will to succeed, engagement with their environment, and self-confidence. In Life as Sport, sport psychologist Dr. Jonathan Fader shares the skills that he teaches professional athletes--to enhance motivation, set productive goals, sharpen routines, manage stress, and clarify thought processes--and applies them to real-world situations. Dr. Fader's book is the product of thousands of hours of conversations with athletes from various teams and sports: power forwards, tennis phenoms, power-hitting outfielders, and battle-scarred linebackers, as well as hedge-fund managers, entrepreneurs, A-list actors, and dozens of other elite achievers in sports, business, and performing arts. It offers a compendium of stories, theories, and techniques that have been helpful to players, coaches, and executives in professional sports. What emerges is more than just a set of techniques, but a life philosophy that anyone can live by: an internal code to help translate our talent and drive toward the highest plateaus of performance. Dr. Fader designs his strategies to be studied, learned, practiced, and improved. He offers his readers the same exercises that he uses in every session with a professional athlete. These exercises help you to get truly engaged, whether you are designing a new business plan, working to inspire a team or individual, or even falling in love. This is what it means to truly live life as sport--to approach it with the same immediacy, wonder, and engagement that athletes feel at their peak during a game. Life as Sport helps you to pursue your own goals with an enriched intensity -- not only because it creates new potential, but also because it helps you unlock what was always there to begin with.

Lupe Wong Won't Dance

Author : Donna Barba Higuera
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1646140044
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (461 download)

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Download or read book Lupe Wong Won't Dance written by Donna Barba Higuera and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My gym shorts burrow into my butt crack like a frightened groundhog. Don't you want to read a book that starts like that?? Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy...like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some not so much...like complaining to the BBC about the length between Doctor Who seasons. Lupe needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, who's Chinacan/Mexinese just like her. So when the horror that is square dancing rears its head in gym? Obviously she's not gonna let that slide. Not since Millicent Min, Girl Genius has a debut novel introduced a character so memorably, with such humor and emotional insight. Even square dancing fans will agree...

The Closer

Author : Alan Mindell
Publisher : Milford House Press
ISBN 13 : 9781620062401
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book The Closer written by Alan Mindell and published by Milford House Press. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R. A. Dickey was the first knuckleball pitcher to ever win a coveted Cy Young Award--despite spending most of his career in the minor leagues. Terry Landers, also a knuckleballer, is Dickeys fictional counterpart in The Closer. The main difference, aside from winning the Cy Young, is that at age thirty-three, Terry has never played in the majors. Once he finally gets his chance, what follows is the heartwarming story of his impact both on the pitching mound and with a family in distress.

Clean Your Cleats

Author : Dan Blewett
Publisher : Dan Blewett
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Clean Your Cleats written by Dan Blewett and published by Dan Blewett. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Does it Take to Have a Great Baseball Career? You daydream about one day seeing your face on a baseball card. You live for pressure and the green grass beneath your cleats. But as your career progresses, the game gets harder. You slump and struggle. You get injured and overlooked. Your confidence plummets. Can you keep improving? Are your big dreams still within reach? A Handbook for the Dedicated Player Clean Your Cleats is filled with stories and advice learned the hard way, over a long career on the diamond. Develop better routines and improve your consistency. Handle the ups and downs with confidence and resolve. Strengthen relationships with teammates, parents and coaches. Learn mindset strategies to become the best version of you. Dan Blewett, in this practical guide, helps players understand all the little things in baseball that make a huge difference over a long career. Why clean your cleats? Because every detail matters.

The Art of Fielding

Author : Chad Harbach
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007374461
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Fielding written by Chad Harbach and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderful, warm novel from a major American voice.

Between the Lines

Author : Steve Howe
Publisher : Masters Pr
ISBN 13 : 9780940279254
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (792 download)

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Download or read book Between the Lines written by Steve Howe and published by Masters Pr. This book was released on 1989 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The celebrated L.A. Dodgers' pitcher reveals how his meteoric rise to stardom with the Dodgers was accompanied by a pell-mell rush down L.A.'s fast lane and repeated slumps into cocaine addiction

Brothers in Arms

Author : Jon Weisman
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1641250100
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Brothers in Arms written by Jon Weisman and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Los Angeles Dodgers are one of the most storied franchises in all of sports, with enduring legacies both on and off the diamond. Chief among the hallmarks of the organization is an unparalleled pitching dominance; Dodger blue and white brings to mind brilliance on the mound and the Cy Young Awards that followed. In Brothers in Arms: Koufax, Kershaw, and the Dodgers' Extraordinary Pitching Tradition, acclaimed Dodgers writer Jon Weisman explores the organization's rich pitching history, from Koufax and Drysdale to Valenzuela and Hershiser, to the sublime Clayton Kershaw. Weisman delves deep into this lineage of excellence, interviewing both the legends that toed the rubber and the teammates, coaches, and personalities that witnessed their genius.

The Young Pitcher

Author : Zane Grey
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781534830912
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Young Pitcher written by Zane Grey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to [email protected] This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via [email protected]