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The Rotation

Author : Jim Salisbury
Publisher : Running Press Adult
ISBN 13 : 0762444916
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book The Rotation written by Jim Salisbury and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not since 1957 has one major league team's pitching staff boasted three pitchers (Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, and Roy Oswalt) in the Top Ten in career winning-percentage. Plus, the Philadelphia Phillies' 2011 rotation also happens to include Cole Hamels -- the 2008 NLCS and World Series MVP -- and an alternating fifth starter. This awe-inducing rotation has been the talk of baseball since coming together in December 2010. They were featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated's 2011 baseball- preview edition, interviewed on the MLB Network on opening day of spring training, covered in the New York Times Magazine, and mentioned in numerous newspapers and magazines nationwide. Authored by two of the most knowledgable and connected Phillies beat writers, The Rotation is a remarkably detailed day-in-the-life story of one complete season with a Major League Baseball starting-pitching staff. The authors offer deep daily access to the Phillies players, coaches, and front-office staff, as well as the players and staff of other major league teams and the national baseball media. With firsthand reporting and extensive interviews, plus two full-color photo inserts, this is a fascinating and detailed look into the day-to-day operation of what is arguably the greatest pitching rotation ever assembled. It is a must-read for Phillies fans and general baseball fans alike.

Behind the Plate

Author : Javy Lopez
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1617496200
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Behind the Plate written by Javy Lopez and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Atlanta Braves catcher Javier “Javy” Lopez opens up in this autobiography to tell his amazing story, from learning to play baseball on a neighborhood basketball court to his record of 42 home runs in a season by a catcher. The product of a lower-middle-class background in Puerto Rico, Javy had to overcome numerous hardships—not the least of which was a language barrier—to fulfill his destiny as one of the most accomplished catchers of the modern era. He tells of bumps along the way to success, including why he overstated his signing bonus as well as the time in the minors when he cried during an all-night meltdown due to his struggles on the field. But he went on to be named MVP of the 1996 National League Championship Series, and played on 12 of the Atlanta Braves' unprecedented 14 straight division-winning teams of the 1990s and 2000s. From his relationship with great teammates such as Greg Maddux and John Smoltz, to his failed comeback attempt with the Braves in 2008, this autobiography tells all about the handsome, warm, engaging Lopez and how he became one of baseball's most popular players.

Baseball America Prospect Handbook 2007

Author : Jim Callis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1932391142
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Baseball America Prospect Handbook 2007 written by Jim Callis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-02-06 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The leading annual reference guide to the next generation of rising stars, this handbook provides in-depth analysis and statistics of 900 Minor League players as well as the top prospects and development programs.

The 33-Year-Old Rookie

Author : Chris Coste
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345507045
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book The 33-Year-Old Rookie written by Chris Coste and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2008-03-18 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris Coste dreamed of playing major-league baseball from the age of seven. But after eleven grueling years in the minors, a spot on a major-league roster still seemed just out of his reach–until that fateful call came from the Philadelphia Phillies in May 2006. At age thirty-three (“going on eighty”), Coste was finally heading to the big time. The 33-Year-Old Rookie is like a real-life Rocky, an unforgettable and inspirational story of one man’s unwavering pursuit of a lifelong goal. Beginning in a single-parent home in Fargo, North Dakota, and ending behind home plate on the flawless diamond of the Phillies’ Citizens Bank Park–where fans and teammates call him “Chris Clutch” because of his knack for getting timely hits–this intimate account of Coste’s baseball odyssey is a powerful story of determination, perseverance, and passion. For eleven seasons, Coste hustled, fought, and gritted his way to his breakthrough–and never lost faith in his abilities. Along the way, he gained the affection and admiration of baseball fans from Ottawa and Scranton to various Mexican and Venezuelan cities. Battered by years spent behind a catcher’s mask, and faced with bracing realities–there were bills to pay, and his young daughter was entering first grade–Coste decided to give it one last shot in 2006. But that year, during the Phillies’ major-league spring training, Coste was demoted to the minors at the last minute to make room for a utility outfielder, despite having hit a blistering .463 and earning the trust of the team’s pitchers. Later that season, though, Coste finally got the call-up, and he hit .364 during the Phillies’ furious battle to nail down the final postseason berth. Coste takes us through the 2006 spring training season–with its pulse-quickening moments and close calls–and into his first season as a major-league catcher with the Phillies. From tense stretch-run games that kept Phillies’ fans on the edge of their seats to moments of intimate personal reflection, Coste’s saga offers baseball aficionados an inside look at a remarkable life and career. In this stirring, wry, and candid look at the life of a professional baseball nomad who never surrendered his dream, we savor the sometimes bittersweet fruits of victory against seemingly insurmountable odds.

Baseball America Prospect Handbook 2008

Author : Jim Callis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1932391193
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Baseball America Prospect Handbook 2008 written by Jim Callis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Prospect Handbook is the resource for information regarding the leading minor leaguers throughout baseball, and is a valuable tool for fans, fantasy leaguers, and anyone who wants to know more about the player development process.

The Scouting Notebook 2005

Author : Sporting News
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780892047680
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book The Scouting Notebook 2005 written by Sporting News and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Speaker's Sourcebook II

Author : Glenn Van Ekeren
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735202818
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Speaker's Sourcebook II written by Glenn Van Ekeren and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of quotes and short stories to enhance speeches on topics including: adversity, values, change, communication, innovation, risk taking, leadership, vision and excellence.

Pedro

Author : Pedro Martínez
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544279336
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (442 download)

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Download or read book Pedro written by Pedro Martínez and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2015 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 8-time All Star and 3-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher, a bold, no-holds-barred memoir of his career, from his hardscrabble upbringing in the Dominican Republic to becoming one of the greatest pitchers of all time

Down to the Last Pitch

Author : Tim Wendel
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0306822768
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Down to the Last Pitch written by Tim Wendel and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From acclaimed author Tim Wendel, the behind-the-headlines story of the ÒBest World Series Ever,Ó and the watershed season that propelled two of baseballÕs worst teams to dominance and ushered in baseballÕs Òmodern era.Ó

Baseball America 2020 Prospect Handbook Digital Edition

Author : Editors of Baseball America
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1932391940
Total Pages : 1773 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Baseball America 2020 Prospect Handbook Digital Edition written by Editors of Baseball America and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 1773 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Sixty-One in '61

Author : Robert M. Gorman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476638276
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Sixty-One in '61 written by Robert M. Gorman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-11-08 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written about Roger Maris and the historic summer of 1961 when he broke Babe Ruth's single-season home run record yet little is known about the pitchers on the other side of the tale. One of the many knocks against Maris was that he faced inferior pitching in an American League watered down by expansion from eight to 10 teams. But was that really the case? Did Maris face has-beens and never-weres while Ruth confronted the cream of AL pitching? Who were these starters and relievers and how good were they? Drawing on first-hand accounts, interviews and a range of contemporary sources, this study covers each of Maris' 63 home runs that season, including the lost one and his game-winning World Series dinger. Biographies of each of his 48 victims cover the pitcher's career, pitching style and the circumstances of the game. Maris faced some really fine pitching that summer despite what many contended then--and now.

Baseball America 2023 Prospect Handbook Digital Edition

Author :
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1779 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Baseball America 2023 Prospect Handbook Digital Edition written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 1779 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2023 Prospect Handbook is your guide to the next wave of MLB stars The 2023 Prospect Handbook is your guide to the next wave of MLB stars. With complete scouting reports on more than 900 prospects, the Prospect Handbook is a must-have for superfans as well as fantasy players. Dominate your dynasty league and be the first to know about the stars of the 2020s and early 2030s.

The New York Times Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The New York Times Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Kansas City Athletics

Author : John E. Peterson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786481439
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Kansas City Athletics written by John E. Peterson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Athletics spent thirteen seasons in Kansas City before moving to Oakland--a colorful history despite one of the worst records in baseball history. Even so, many of the players who were part of the world championship teams in Oakland in the 1970s began their careers in Kansas City. This work presents the relatively short history of the Kansas City franchise from 1954, when Arnold Johnson purchased the Philadelphia Athletics and moved the team to Kansas City because of the financial benefits the city provided, to 1967, when Charles Finley moved the team to Oakland (after unsuccessful attempts to move it to Dallas, Atlanta, Louisville, Milwaukee and Seattle). In the 1950s, the team was called "a Yankee farm team" because of the numerous trades with the Yankees that favored the latter. The author re-evaluates these trades and concludes that they were not as one-sided as previously thought and really did benefit the team. The author also carefully considers Charles Finley's intentions to keep the team in Kansas City and his reasons for having to move them to Oakland.

Baseball Prospectus 2010

Author : Baseball Prospectus
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470558407
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Baseball Prospectus 2010 written by Baseball Prospectus and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-02-22 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Baseball Prospectus 2010" brings together an elite group of analysts to provide the definitive look at the upcoming season in critical essays and commentary on the 30 teams, their managers, and more than 60 players and prospects from each team.

Till the End

Author : CC Sabathia
Publisher : Roc Lit 101
ISBN 13 : 0593133757
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book Till the End written by CC Sabathia and published by Roc Lit 101. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A raw, compelling memoir of baseball, family, fame, addiction, and recovery, by one of the most beloved baseball players of his generation “Beautifully rendered . . . Readers and fans will be rooting for him to enter the Hall of Fame and rooting even harder for him to stay sober.”—The Wall Street Journal How does it feel to be born with enormous gifts, in a life shadowed by tragedy? What does it mean when the gift that opens the world for us is not enough to stop us from losing the things we love? And what new gifts do we find in that loss? Baseball had been CC Sabathia’s life since he was a kid in gritty, baseball-obsessed Vallejo, California. He was a star by the time he was a preteen and a professional athlete when he was still a teenager. Everything he knew about how to be a person—an adult, a husband and father, a leader—he learned in rhythm with the baseball season, the every-fifth-day high-intensity spotlight of a starting pitcher, all while dealing with one of the sport’s most turbulent eras: racism in a sport with diminishing Black presence; the era of performance-enhancing drugs; and the increasing tension between high-value contracts and sports owners who moved players around like game pieces. But his biggest struggle was with his own body and mind: Buoyed his whole life by talent and a fiery competitive spirit, CC found himself dealing with the steady and eventually alarming breakdown of his own body and his growing addiction in a world that encouraged and enabled it. Till the End is the thrilling memoir of one of the most beloved players in the game, a veteran star of the sport’s marquee team during its latest championship era. It’s also a book about baseball—about the ins and outs of its most important and technical position and its evolution in this volatile era. But woven within it is the moving, universal story of resilience and mortality and discovering what matters.

Living on the Black

Author : John Feinstein
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316032336
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Living on the Black written by John Feinstein and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pitchers are the heart of baseball, and John Feinstein tells the story of the game today through one season and two great pitchers working in the crucible of the New York media market. Tom Glavine and Mike Mussina have seen it all in the Major Leagues and both entered 2007 in search of individual milestones and one more shot at The World Series-Glavine with the Mets, Mussina five miles away with the Yankees. The two veterans experience very different seasons -- one on a team dealing with the pressure to get to a World Series for the first time in seven years, the other with a team expected to be there every year. Taking the reader through contract negotiations, spring training, the ups of wins and losses, and the people in their lives-family, managers, pitching coaches, agents, catchers, other pitchers -- John Feinstein provides a true insider's look at the pressure cooker of sports at the highest level.