{"product_id":"k-a-history-of-baseball-in-ten-pitches-paperback","title":"K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTyler Kepner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER -\u003c\/b\u003e From \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e baseball columnist, an enchanting, enthralling history of the national pastime as told through the craft of pitching, based on years of archival research and interviews with more than three hundred people from Hall of Famers to the stars of today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe baseball is an amazing plaything. We can grip it and hold it so many different ways, and even the slightest calibration can turn an ordinary pitch into a weapon to thwart the greatest hitters in the world. Each pitch has its own history, evolving through the decades as the masters pass it down to the next generation. From the earliest days of the game, when Candy Cummings dreamed up the curveball while flinging clamshells on a Brooklyn beach, pitchers have never stopped innovating. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eK: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches\u003c\/i\u003e, Tyler Kepner 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. Infusing every page with infectious passion for the game, Kepner brings readers inside the minds of combatants sixty feet, six inches apart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with priceless insights from many of the best pitchers in baseball history--from Bob Gibson, Steve Carlton, and Nolan Ryan to Greg Maddux, Mariano Rivera, and Clayton Kershaw--\u003ci\u003eK\u003c\/i\u003e will be the definitive book on pitching and join such works as \u003ci\u003eThe Glory of Their Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoneyball\u003c\/i\u003e as a classic of the genre.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTYLER KEPNER started covering baseball as a teenager, interviewing players for a homemade magazine that was featured in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e in 1989. He attended Vanderbilt University on the Grantland Rice\/Fred Russell sportswriting scholarship, then covered the Angels for the \u003ci\u003ePress-Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e (Riverside, Calif.) and the Mariners for the \u003ci\u003eSeattle Post-Intelligencer\u003c\/i\u003e. He joined \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ein 2000, covering the Mets for two seasons, the Yankees for eight, and serving as the national baseball writer since 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 19\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769229803808,"sku":"9781101970850","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9bc5a99fa9e752590546b4866ba6c7b1.webp?v=1780344016","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/k-a-history-of-baseball-in-ten-pitches-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}