Throwback
Subtitle: a big-league catcher tells how the game is really played
By: Jason Kendall and Lee Judge
Contributors: Judge, Lee
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781250031839
Subjects: Baseball players; Baseball; Biography; Catchers (Baseball)
Description: "Structured to mirror the flow of a baseball game, THROWBACK covers everything that happens both in plain sight and behind the scenes (or sometime in whispered invective at the plate or in the bullpen), from the players' pre-game routines and the pitcher's warm-up tosses, to the hidden signs the catcher and pitcher use to communicate to outwit hitters; from infielders' often amusing conversations with men at first and third bases, to the specific positions outfielders often take based on the pitch they anticipate will next be thrown. Based on Kendall's15 years of professional MLB experience, THROWBACK weaves hilarious first-person anecdotes together with wonderfully illuminating "Oh, that's why they do that!" insights into professional baseball, how it's played, and the "why" behind everything you see happening on and off the field"--

Based on 15 years of MLB experience, this book weaves first-person anecdotes with insights into professional baseball, how it's played, and everything that happens on and off the field. The text contains profanity. The coauthor is Lee Judge.
Notes: Accelerated Reader MG+ 6.1 14 14 166196