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Author : Gaylord Perry
Publisher : Scarborough, Ont. : New american Library of Canada
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)
Download or read book Me and the Spitter written by Gaylord Perry and published by Scarborough, Ont. : New american Library of Canada. This book was released on 1974 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gaylord Perry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780841502994
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)
Download or read book Me and the Spitter written by Gaylord Perry and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Vaught
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1648430651
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)
Download or read book Spitter written by David Vaught and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-17 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the 2023 CASEY Award Gaylord Jackson Perry was born in 1938 as the younger son of a tobacco sharecropper in Martin County, North Carolina. He and his older brother Jim grew up against a background of backbreaking work six days a week in a community that boasted not a single paved road until the 1950s. Their only relaxation was playing baseball, first with their father and later at school. While both brothers would go on to succeed as pitchers in major league baseball, for Gaylord, success would require a lot of perseverance and an almost equal amount of subterfuge. After a couple of lackluster seasons with the San Francisco Giants, he learned from bullpen-mate Bob Shaw how to throw the illegal spitball. More importantly, he learned to control the tricky pitch and to conceal it from suspicious umpires, opposing managers, and baffled batters. When he finally broke out the spitter in a victory by attrition in a marathon, 32-inning, nine-hour doubleheader against the Mets in May 1964, his destiny was set. The Hall of Famer would go on to a 314–265 win-loss record, with a 3.11 earned-run average and 3,534 career strikeouts, becoming the first pitcher in major league history to win the Cy Young Award in both leagues. Sports historian David Vaught has mined archival and public records, game statistics, media accounts, and previously published works—including Perry’s 1974 autobiography—to compile the first critical biography of a player as famous for his wry humor and downhome banter as for his trademark illegal pitch. Written for baseball fans and American sports historians, Spitter: Baseball’s Notorious Gaylord Perry provides new insights and genuine enjoyment of the game for a wide range of readers.
Author : David Vaught
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1421408333
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Farmers' Game written by David Vaught and published by Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journey through the national pastime’s roots in America’s small towns and wide-open spaces: “An absorbing read.” —The Tampa Tribune In the film Field of Dreams, the lead character gives his struggling farming community a magical place where the smell of roasted peanuts gently wafts over the crowded grandstand on a warm summer evening, just as the star pitcher takes the mound. In The Farmers’ Game, David Vaught examines the history and character of baseball through a series of essay-vignettes—presenting the sport as essentially rural, reflecting the nature of farm and small-town life. Vaught does not deny or devalue the lively stickball games played in the streets of Brooklyn, but he sees the history of the game and the rural United States as related and mutually revealing. His subjects include nineteenth-century Cooperstown, the playing fields of Texas and Minnesota, the rural communities of California, the great farmer-pitcher Bob Feller, and the notorious Gaylord Perry. Although—contrary to legend—Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball in a cow pasture in upstate New York, many fans enjoy the game for its nostalgic qualities. Vaught’s deeply researched exploration of baseball’s rural roots helps explain its enduring popularity.
Author : Stephen Greenleaf
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504027647
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)
Download or read book Impact written by Stephen Greenleaf and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A legal battle turns violent in the aftermath of a tragic plane crash The fog is thick as SurfAir 617 readies to land. Onboard, a mother consoles her daughter, two children reminisce about Disneyland, flight attendants flirt with each other, and two lovers agonize over their infidelity. None of them know they are minutes from death. Then SurfAir 617 drops out of the sky, the pilots blinded by the fall, and explodes onto the runway. Only eighteen of more than one hundred passengers survive. The families of the victims soon find themselves under siege by ruthless lawyers and corrupt insurance investigators who will do whatever it takes to cheat them out of their rightful settlements. In retaliation, lawyer Keith Tollison dives into the jungle of aviation law—and a fight to prove that SurfAir 617 should never have been cleared to fly.
Author : Jack Smiles
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786484292
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)
Download or read book Big Ed Walsh written by Jack Smiles and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young man living in the Anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania, it seemed Ed Walsh's course in life was set. But he emerged from the hardscrabble life of the mines to become one of the Deadball Era's greatest pitchers, winning fame, world championships, and eventually induction to the Hall of Fame. This biography closely describes Walsh's life and 14-year playing career, with special discussion of the spitball, a pitch that profoundly affected his fortunes--and ultimately his arm. The years 1905-1911 are explored in depth, especially his contributions to the 1906 world champion White Sox and his prominent role in the now-famous 1908 pennant race. Chapters are also devoted to his holdout in 1909, the athletic careers of his sons Bob and Ed, and his repeated attempts at comebacks after his arm injury.
Author : Taylor Ellwood
Publisher : Taylor Ellwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Zombie Apocalypse Militia written by Taylor Ellwood and published by Taylor Ellwood. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Untold Tale of the Zombie Apocalypse Call Center Ben used to be a micro-manager at the Zombie Apocalypse Call Center. Now he’s the micro-manager of a militia that recently lost their base and are trying to survive the hordes of zombies. When Ben finds the perfect base, it seems like the answer to everyone’s prayers. Until Ben discovers there are super zombies nearby. Now he has to find a way to eradicate the super zombies, while keeping the militia alive. And he might have a solution… But it involves partnering up with Garret, the military officer that betrayed and abandoned Ben. Can Ben ally with Garret and fight off the super zombies? Can Ben stop micro-managing the militia and discover how to truly lead people? If Ben doesn’t secure the new base and protect his people, he’ll lose the community he’s finally found.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Trinity Archive written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Faye Turner
Publisher : Ki-eea Key Press
ISBN 13 : 0976250004
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)
Download or read book Before the Dawn written by Faye Turner and published by Ki-eea Key Press. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Taylor Ellwood
Publisher : Taylor Ellwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)
Download or read book Heroes of the Zombie Apocalypse Call Center written by Taylor Ellwood and published by Taylor Ellwood. This book was released on 2022-02-10 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The zombie apocalypse rages on… The mysterious CEO of Zombii Co has set loose his super zombies in a bid to escalate the zombie apocalypse for his own sinister purposes. Sam and his teammates have tried to find a cure for the zombie virus, but now Sam is infected with a strain of the virus that allows him to telepathically communicate with the other zombies. Can Sam prove to his teammates that he’s still trustworthy? Or will he betray them to the CEO of Zombii Co? If Sam and his team can't find a way to trust each other and work together, Sam could lose more than his humanity. He could lose everyone that matters to him and condemn the world to a never end zombie apocalypse.
