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The head game: Baseball Seen From The Pitcher's Mound. [1st hardcover].
by Kahn, Roger
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG+ jacket. Estate acquisitin. Gently read but no names or writings. Jacket complete/clean/crisp. Lightly scuffed, meagher e
- ISBN 10
- 0151004412
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004416
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About This Item
New York/San Diego. Harcourt, Inc. Copyright 2000. HARDCOVER.. VG+/VG+ jacket. Estate acquisitin. Gently read but no names or writings. Jacket complete/clean/crisp. Lightly scuffed, meagher edge creases, NO tears. Octavo. Line drawing illustrations by Murray Tinkleman. xxii. + 310 pages + blanks. Bibliography. NO INDEX. Occasinal Footnotes. Jacket art same as Stock Photo. First edition so stated. 1st printing per the 'A'. Green boards, gilt lettered spine. '0900' publication date code on jacket. By the author of The Boys of Summer and Good Enough to Dream and other books on baseball.
Synopsis
Beyond the techniques and training, baseball is essentially a pitcher and a batter and the psychological battle between them-the head game. Here for the first time is the story of that battle and the people who changed the course of baseball by throwing one. Roger Kahn investigates not only grips, speeds, and tactics, but also knowledge, maturity, and competitive fire. With the help of some of baseball's greatest pitchers and pitching minds-from Christy Mathewson, Don Drysdale, Bob Gibson, and Bruce Sutter to today's reigning pitching coach, Leo Mazzone-as well as his own deep knowledge of the game, Roger Kahn speaks with authority, and with the authorities, bringing new light to baseball's most pivotal contest. His acute sense of how people make history makes The Head Game a delightful and enlightening tour of baseball through the pitcher's eyes.
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- Booktopia
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- Title
- The head game: Baseball Seen From The Pitcher's Mound. [1st hardcover].
- Author
- Kahn, Roger
- Format/Binding
- HARDCOVER.
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG+ jacket. Estate acquisitin. Gently read but no names or writings. Jacket complete/clean/crisp. Lightly scuffed, meagher e
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0151004412
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004416
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York/San Diego.
- Date Published
- Copyright 2000.
- Pages
- xxii. + 310 + blanks.
- Size
- Octavo.
- Keywords
- Major League Baseball History Pitchers Pitching Roger Kahn First Edition. Tom Glavin Don Drysdale Warren Spahn First Edition
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