Closer
Subtitle: major league players reveal the inside pitch on saving the game
By: Kevin Neary with Leigh A. Tobin ; foreword by Brad Lidge, 2008 World Series closer
Contributors: Tobin, Leigh A.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780762446797
Subjects: Pitching (Baseball); Relief pitchers (Baseball)
Description: Collects interviews from sixty major league relief pitchers, discussing the meaning, difficulty, and fun of being the last man out of the bullpen.
Table of contents: title: The early years. Elroy Face; title: Roland "Rollie" Fingers; title: Gene Garber; title: Dave Giusti; title: Richard "Goose" Gossage; title: John Hiller; title: Tom House; title: Al Hrabosky; title: Jim Konstanty; title: Tug McGraw; title: Joe Page; title: Ron Perranoski; title: Dan Quisenberry; title: Kent Tekulve; title: Hoyt Wilhelm; title: The transition years. Rick Aguilera; title: Jeff Brantley; title: Dennis Eckersley; title: Steve Farr; title: Bryan Harvey; title: Jay Howell; title: Doug Jones; title: Roger McDowell; title: Jeff Montgomery; title: Donnie Moore; title: Jesse Orosco; title: Dan Plesac; title: Dave Righetti; title: John Rocker; title: Jeff Russell; title: Lee Smith; title: Bruce Sutter; title: Bobby Thigpen; title: Mitch Williams; title: The modern day closer. John Axford; title: Rafael Betancourt; title: Joe Borowski; title: Matt Capps; title: Francisco Cordero; title: Kyle Farnsworth; title: Brian Fuentes; title: Eric Gagne; title: Tom Gordon; title: Kevin Gregg; title: Trevor Hoffman; title: Jason Isringhausen; title: Jim Johnson; title: Todd Jones; title: Craig Kimbrel; title: Brandon League; title: Ryan Madson; title: Jason Motte; title: Joe Nathan; title: Robb Nen; title: Jonathan Papelbon; title: Chris Perez; title: Addison Reed; title: Mariano Rivera; title: Fernando Rodney; title: Francisco Rodriguez; title: John Smoltz; title: Jose Valverde; title: Player stats.