Watching baseball
Subtitle: discovering the game within the game
By: Jerry Remy with Corey Sandler
Contributors: Sandler, Corey, 1950-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9780762730759
Subjects: Baseball
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : why baseball matters; title: Inside baseball. We've got to think about the game; title: It all begins with a pitch. Pitchers ; Pitches ; Pitching strategies; title: The batter swings! The primary skill ; Hitting it where they ain't ; Hitter's counts ; Bunt, squeeze, and hit-and-run ; Pinch hitters, DHs, and BPs; title: Around the horn. The infield ; Defensive strategies in the infield ; The first baseman ; The second baseman ; The shortstop ; The third baseman ; Pitchers as infielders ; Catchers; title: Against the wall. The outfield; title: On the basepaths. Running the bases; title: The fields of dreams. Looking around the park; title: They're only human. The mental side of the game ; Slumps, streaks, and errors ; Coming up to the bigs ; Lineups, substitutions, and the bench; title: The bosses. Managers ; Coaches and trainers ; The front office; title: In my humble opinion. Can a team be cursed? ; Days of my baseball life; title: Appendix : Jerry Remy.