The Last Nine Innings
Subtitle: Inside the Real Game Fans Never See
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
Published: March 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781402205798
Subjects: World Series (Baseball); Sports & Recreation; Baseball; Sports; Baseball - Essays & Writings; Sports & Recreation / Baseball / Essays & Writings; Baseball - General; (2001); New York Yankees (Baseball team)
First sentence: EVERYTHING-THE PITCHER'S motion that medical researchers say involves the most violent act in all sports, the hitter's complex calculations about speed and movement of a five-ounce ball traveling upwards of a hundred miles an hour, the swing of the bat that generates about ten horsepower of energy, the eight thousand pounds of force of the bat against the ball-happens so fast.