pitching (baseball)

Ron Darling shares more than one hundred anecdotes from his years playing professional baseball and broadcasting games.

Traces the history of baseball through ten major pitches, with each chapter highlighting a different pitch.

Traces the colorful stories and fascinating folklore behind the ten major pitches. Each chapter highlights a different pitch, from the blazing fastball to the fluttering knuckleball to the slippery spitball.

Anderson is the star pitcher on his Little League team of eleven-and-twelve-year-olds, and his team is in the running for the Little League World Series, but this summer he is finding it hard to concentrate on baseball because his sister has been diagnosed with leukemia, and as the summer progresses she seems to be getting worse.

"In 'Off Speed,' Terry McDermott weaves the fascinating story of baseball's 150-year hunt for the perfect pitch. Using the framework of a single game (9 chapters, 9 innings, 9 pitches), he explores the history of every type of pitch, combining the folk wisdom of the players with the enormous wealth of new data brought to the sport by the growing legion of statisticians who are transforming many of the sport's once sacred beliefs"--Provided by publisher.

The rich, poignant tales of major league baseball?s most hard-luck fraternity?the pitchers of its Almost-Perfect Games.

Seventh-grader Javon is the relief pitcher for his summer league baseball team and they are in the championship tournament--trouble is there is one player on the team they are playing that he cannot seem to get out.

Includes tips on the mechanics of the game, an exercise and conditioning program, and cross-training advice for other sports.

"Discusses the science behind various elements of baseball, particularly the fastball"--Publisher provided.