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Off Speed: Baseball, Pitching, and the Art of Deception
by Terry McDermott
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Off Speed Baseball Pitching and the Art of Deception Off Speed Baseball Pitching and the Art of Deception Terry McDermott on FREE shipping on qualifying offers Longlisted for the PENESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing The lively and fascinating story of baseball’s 150year hunt for the perfect pitch In August 2012 OFF SPEED Off Speed Baseball Pitching and the Art of Deception contains among other things a history of pitching a history of personal fandom and a pitchbypitch breakdown of a single game – Felix Hernandez’s perfect game on August 15 2012 Tracing the evolution of pitching and the pitcher’s art of deception Off Speed tells the fascinating story of baseball’s 150year hunt for the perfect Off Speed Baseball Pitching and the Art of Deception Off Speed Baseball Pitching and the Art of Deception Audible Audiobook – Unabridged Terry McDermott Author Joe Barrett Narrator a Division of Recorded Books HighBridge Publisher 44 out of 5 stars 22 customer reviews See all 6 formats and Off Speed Baseball Pitching and the Art of Deception by Nine innings nine pitch types nine chapters Using the framework of a perfectly pitched game specifically the perfect game pitched by Felix Hernandex in Aug 2012 this books tells the story of baseball pitching and the art of deception Off Speed Baseball Pitching and the Art of Deception by Off Speed is a mustread for any fan of the magic that can be found at the intersection of New School data and Old School romance” —Ian O’Connor author of The Captain The Journey of Derek Jeter “Off Speed is baseball magic As soon as Terry McDermott set down thirteen deft definitions of pitches with which I happily began to quibble Off Speed Baseball Pitching and the Art of Deception “Off Speed is very much like the perfect game it describes a true gem” Terry McDermott’s Off Speed Baseball Pitching and the Art of Deception is a wonderfully entertaining blend of baseball statistics and lore deft personal memoirs akin to those found in A Christmas Story with healthy doses of writing reminiscent of comedic writer Dave Barry—all interwoven around one of only 23 Off Speed Baseball Pitching and the Art of Deception Off Speed Baseball Pitching and the Art of Deception and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle Learn more Off Speed Baseball Pitching and the Art of Deception The lively and fascinating story of baseball’s 150year hunt for the perfect pitch In August 2012 Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners pitched a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays in what Terry McDermott calls “one of the greatest exhibitions of offspeed pitches ever put on” Off speed baseball pitching and the art of deception Get this from a library Off speed baseball pitching and the art of deception Terry McDermott A wonderfully informative exuberant and entertaining bookpart sports history part personal historythat explores Americas romance with baseball through one perfect game and the drama of First Inning OFF SPEED Off Speed Baseball Pitching and the Art of Deception contains among other things a history of pitching a history of personal fandom and a pitchbypitch breakdown of a single game – Felix Hernandez’s perfect game nohitter against the Tampa Bay Rays on August 15 2012 The game is used in the book as a way to illustrate the difficulty of the pitcherhitter confrontation and it serves
