The Head Game: Baseball Seen from the Pitcher's Mound - Brossura

Kahn, Roger

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ISBN 10: 0156013045 ISBN 13: 9780156013048

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2001

Riassunto

The author of The Boys of Summer provides a close-up look at baseball from the pitcher's point of view, examining the psychological contest between the pitcher and a batter, its influence on the game of baseball, and the techniques and tactics of some of the game's finest pitchers, past and present. Reprint.

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L'autore:

Roger Kahn, renowned as the author of the award-winning bestseller The Boys of Summer, is the author of sixteen books whose subjects range from baseball to political activism. His most recent book is A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s. Born in Brooklyn, Kahn now lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

Roger Kahn, renowned as the author of the award-winning bestseller The Boys of Summer, is the author of sixteen books whose subjects range from baseball to political activism. His most recent book is A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s. Born in Brooklyn, Kahn now lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

Product Description:

Beyond the techniques and training, baseball begins with one player facing another and the psychological battle that they wage-the head game. In his critically acclaimed and bestselling new book, Roger Kahn presents the story of this supreme war of wits and the people who changed the course of baseball by playing, what he calls, chess at 90 miles an hour. In "The Head Game," Kahn investigates not only grips, tactics, and physics, but also the intelligence, maturity, and competitive fire that has inspired some of the greatest hurlers in history.By covering renowned pitchers and pitching minds-from Christy Mathewson, Cy Young, Don Drysdale, Bob Gibson, and Bruce Sutter to today's reigning pitching coach, Leo Mazzone-Roger Kahn sheds new light on baseball's most pivotal contest. A delightful and edifying tour of America's favorite pastime seen through the pitcher's eyes, "The Head Game" "is as lively and familiar and old-shoe as the game itself, even today" (Los Angeles Times).

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• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0156013045
• ISBN 13: 9780156013048
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336