Baseball On The Brain

Author : Tim McCarver
Publisher : Villard
ISBN 13 : 0307831779
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tim McCarver's Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans written by Tim McCarver and published by Villard. This book was released on 2013-05-22 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tim McCarver, major league baseball's premier analyst, has been surprising and delighting viewers for years with his remarkable insight. Fans who once were content to merely watch baseball were stimulated into wanting to think baseball as well. McCarver brings to the booth a combination of twenty-one years of major league service and nearly twenty more in broadcasting. There is nobody better at explaining the game than McCarver, and it is a rare game in which the viewer does not learn something new and unusual. Now he is putting down on paper all he knows about the sport, producing this unique perspective on how America's pastime should be played and watched. With his unmistakable wit and storytelling verve, McCarver succinctly explains the fundamentals and proper mechanics of baseball at the level necessary for success in the major leagues. Once the skills have been learned, the viewer can devise smart strategies, getting into the heads of the players, coaches, and managers: When should a player or manager be conservative or aggressive; what factors change as the count goes deeper; how do you set up an effective running game, and how can a defense try to sabotage it? This book is a gold mine for all fans, from brain surgeons and rocket scientists to beginners who want to start with the basics. (Even major leaguers will be able to pick up some pointers.) With a deeper knowledge and understanding of baseball, any fan will be able to watch it like a pro.

Author : Dennis Purdy
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780761140344
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baseball on the Brain written by Dennis Purdy and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's trivia, and then there's knowledgeÑdeep, extensive, obsessive knowledgeÑmasquerading as trivia. It's the kind of trivia that, if you know the answer, makes you feel triumphant, and if you don't, gives you an education. The kind of trivia based not on what we shouldn't be expected to know, but on what we shouldÑif we're to consider ourselves true fans. Dennis Purdy, author of the just-published Team-by-Team Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball, has been collecting baseball trivia since before he could shave, and now presents the best of the best: a massive collection of over 1,000 trivia games. Not solo questions, but half-page games, every one involving matching multiple players to their accomplishments, or evaluating multiple clues to discover a mystery subject's identity, or digging deep into a round-up of terms, nicknames, phrases, awards, events, individual teams, locations, and more. The games cover three centuries of baseball history. Home run calls and the announcers who made them famous. The peculiar geography of a baseball fieldÑ where's the garden? the gateway? the firing line? Inimitable slang: cackler, chucker, clinker, and squibber. The lesser-known career feats of baseball's ÒBig 3,Ó Ruth, Aaron, and Bonds. World Series potpourriÑThey won the first night game in World Series history. . . . The team that lost the most World SeriesÑ13 . . . The only American League team to lose the World Series in three consecutive seasons . . . And much, much, much more.

Author : Jay Lefevers
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN 13 : 1937110257
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cancer on the Brain written by Jay Lefevers and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bob Tewksbury
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0738234931
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ninety Percent Mental written by Bob Tewksbury and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Major League pitcher and mental skills coach for two of baseball's legendary franchises (the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants) Bob Tewksbury takes fans inside the psychology of baseball. In Ninety Percent Mental, Bob Tewksbury shows readers a side of the game only he can provide, given his singular background as both a longtime MLB pitcher and a mental skills coach for two of the sport's most fabled franchises, the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants. Fans watching the game on television or even at the stadium don't have access to the mind games a pitcher must play in order to get through an at-bat, an inning, a game. Tewksbury explores the fascinating psychology behind baseball, such as how players use techniques of imagery, self-awareness, and strategic thinking to maximize performance, and how a pitcher's strategy changes throughout a game. He also offers an in-depth look into some of baseball's most monumental moments and intimate anecdotes from a "who's who" of the game, including legendary players who Tewksbury played with and against (such as Mark McGwire, Craig Biggio, and Greg Maddux), game-changing managers and executives (Joe Torre, Bruce Bochy, Brian Sabean), and current star players (Jon Lester, Anthony Rizzo, Andrew Miller, Rich Hill). With Tewksbury's esoteric knowledge as a thinking-fan's player and his expertise as a "baseball whisperer", this entertaining book is perfect for any fan who wants to see the game in a way he or she has never seen it before. Ninety Percent Mental will deliver an unprecedented look at the mound games and mind games of Major League Baseball.

Author : H. A. Dorfman
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN 13 : 1888698543
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mental Game Of Baseball written by H. A. Dorfman and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, authors H.A. Dorfman and Karl Kuehl present their practical and proven strategy for developing the mental skills needed to achieve peack performance at every level of the game.

Author : Ryan Dempsey
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book #NeverGiveUp written by Ryan Dempsey and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-04-23 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruppert Jones is an eleven-year Major League Baseball veteran, a two-time MLB All-Star outfielder, and a World Series Champion. He came from nothing to fulfill his dream of playing Major League Baseball. He battled injuries throughout his career but repeatedly bounced back stronger. In 1980, Ruppert collided with the outfield wall while chasing down a fly ball. The result was a traumatic brain injury that went undiagnosed for over 30 years, during which his personality slowly changed. He turned to drugs and alcohol. He flirted with suicide. His life spiraled out of control, and he lost his family and friends, but he never gave up. Ruppert's story is about a search for answers during a time when there were no answers. Ruppert's story is more common today than ever, though now the effects of traumatic brain injuries and CTE are well known, and athletes are doing everything possible to prevent head injuries. The story of Ruppert Jones is not just an athlete memoir - it's a story intended to help those who have suffered a similar fate and don't understand what's happening to them.

Author : Michael J. Pellowski
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781402742736
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts written by Michael J. Pellowski and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides more than one-thousand baseball facts about pennant races, pitching feats, hitting achievements, player nicknames, and baseball slang.

Author : Zach Schonbrun
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101986352
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Performance Cortex written by Zach Schonbrun and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A must-read for the cerebral sports fan . . . like Moneyball except nerdier. Much nerdier.” —Sports Illustrated Why couldn’t Michael Jordan, master athlete that he was, crush a baseball? Why can’t modern robotics come close to replicating the dexterity of a five-year-old? Why do great quarterbacks always seem to know where their receivers are? On a quest to discover what actually drives human movement and its spectacular potential, journalist, sports writer, and fan Zach Schonbrun interviewed experts on motor control around the world. The trail begins with the groundbreaking work of two neuroscientists in Major League Baseball who are upending the traditional ways scouts evaluate the speed with which great players read a pitch. Across all sports, new theories and revolutionary technology are revealing how the brain’s motor control system works in extraordinarily talented athletes like Stephen Curry, Tom Brady, Serena Williams, and Lionel Messi; as well as musical virtuosos, dancers, rock climbers, race-car drivers, and more. Whether it is timing a 95 mph fastball or reaching for a coffee mug, movement requires a complex suite of computations that many take for granted—until they read The Performance Cortex. Zach Schonbrun ushers in a new way of thinking about the athletic gifts we marvel over and seek to develop in our own lives. It’s not about the million-dollar arm anymore. It’s about the million-dollar brain.

Author : CC Joven
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1496542592
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baseball Buzz written by CC Joven and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jackson is ready for his first baseball game, but a pesky bee might just ruin his big day. This Starting Line Reader is sure to be a home run for every new reader.

Author : Dom Forker
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780806962849
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baseball Brain Teasers written by Dom Forker and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 1986 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents puzzling or ambiguous baseball questions derived from real events, such as "Can two pitchers be in the same team's lineup at the same time?" and gives the answers based on the rule book.