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Knuckler : my life with baseball's most confounding pitch, Tim Wakefield with Tony Massarotti

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  • This biography tells the story of one of baseball's most unlikely successes, a knuckleball pitcher who has outlived, outmatched, and outsmarted the dancing pitch. At forty-four years old, Tim Wakefield is the longest-serving member of one of baseball's most popular franchises. He is close to eclipsing the winning records of two of the greatest pitchers to have played the game, yet few realize the full measure of his success. That his career can be characterized by such words as dependability and consistency defies all odds because he has achieved this with baseball's most mercurial weapon, the knuckleball. Wakefield's bio is the story of how a struggling position player bet his future on a fickle pitch that would define his career. The pitch may drive hitters crazy, but how does the pitcher stay sane? The moment Wakefield adopted the knuckleball, his career sought to answer that question. With the Red Sox, Wakefield began to master his pitch only to find himself on the mound in 2003 for one of the worst post-season losses in history, followed the next year by one of the most vindicating of championships. Even now, as Wakefield battles, we see the twists and turns of a major league career pushed to its ultimate extreme. A remarkable story of one player's success despite being the exception to every rule, the book is also a meditation on the dancing pitch, its history, its mystique, and all the ironies it brings to bear
  • "The story of one of baseball's most unlikely successes-- a knuckleball pitcher who has outlived, outmatched, and outsmarted the dancing pitch"--
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Knuckler : my life with baseball's most confounding pitch
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Knuckler
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my life with baseball's most confounding pitch
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Tim Wakefield with Tony Massarotti
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eng
Summary
  • This biography tells the story of one of baseball's most unlikely successes, a knuckleball pitcher who has outlived, outmatched, and outsmarted the dancing pitch. At forty-four years old, Tim Wakefield is the longest-serving member of one of baseball's most popular franchises. He is close to eclipsing the winning records of two of the greatest pitchers to have played the game, yet few realize the full measure of his success. That his career can be characterized by such words as dependability and consistency defies all odds because he has achieved this with baseball's most mercurial weapon, the knuckleball. Wakefield's bio is the story of how a struggling position player bet his future on a fickle pitch that would define his career. The pitch may drive hitters crazy, but how does the pitcher stay sane? The moment Wakefield adopted the knuckleball, his career sought to answer that question. With the Red Sox, Wakefield began to master his pitch only to find himself on the mound in 2003 for one of the worst post-season losses in history, followed the next year by one of the most vindicating of championships. Even now, as Wakefield battles, we see the twists and turns of a major league career pushed to its ultimate extreme. A remarkable story of one player's success despite being the exception to every rule, the book is also a meditation on the dancing pitch, its history, its mystique, and all the ironies it brings to bear
  • "The story of one of baseball's most unlikely successes-- a knuckleball pitcher who has outlived, outmatched, and outsmarted the dancing pitch"--
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Wakefield, Tim
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  • 796.357092
  • B
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GV865.W3347
LC item number
A3 2011
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non fiction
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Massarotti, Tony
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  • Wakefield, Tim
  • Baseball players
  • Pitchers (Baseball)
  • Pitching (Baseball)
  • SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / General
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports
  • Wakefield, Tim
  • Baseball players
  • Baseball
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Knuckler : my life with baseball's most confounding pitch, Tim Wakefield with Tony Massarotti
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1 online resource (xii, 274 pages
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online
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40019226641
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illustrations)
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(OCoLC)1035907667
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Knuckler : my life with baseball's most confounding pitch, Tim Wakefield with Tony Massarotti
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Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 274 pages
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online
Other control number
40019226641
Other physical details
illustrations)
Specific material designation
remote
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(OCoLC)1035907667

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