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The Knucklebook. Everything You Need to Know About Baseball's Strangest Pitch-the Knuckleball.
Dave Clark
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Description for The Knucklebook. Everything You Need to Know About Baseball's Strangest Pitch-the Knuckleball.
Paperback. This little book will teach you all you need to know about the most frustrating yet entertaining pitch in baseball: the knuckleball. "Clark masterfully breaks down the pitch, the mindset, and could save the pitch from extinction with this important work."-Will Carroll. Num Pages: 128 pages, 51 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 177.
This little book will teach you all you need to know about the most frustrating yet entertaining pitch in baseball: the knuckleball. It makes batters look foolish when it works; it embarrasses pitchers when it doesn't...or if it works too well. It humiliates catchers and umpires. It confounds spectators. Dave Clark has spent most of a lifetime studying the knuckleball, talking to the major league pitchers who have thrown it, and throwing a few of his own. His book explains the strange workings of the pitch and how it's used, no matter what your interest—whether you're a pitcher, batter, catcher, ... Read more
This little book will teach you all you need to know about the most frustrating yet entertaining pitch in baseball: the knuckleball. It makes batters look foolish when it works; it embarrasses pitchers when it doesn't...or if it works too well. It humiliates catchers and umpires. It confounds spectators. Dave Clark has spent most of a lifetime studying the knuckleball, talking to the major league pitchers who have thrown it, and throwing a few of his own. His book explains the strange workings of the pitch and how it's used, no matter what your interest—whether you're a pitcher, batter, catcher, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566639699
SKU
V9781566639699
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Dave Clark
Dave Clark is a professional photographer and has been a woodworker, ceramic furnace operator, car salesman, skydiving instructor, radio announcer, parachute designer, chemical batch maker, forklift operator, hockey referee, produce deliverer, comedy writer, Zamboni driver, and amateur open-mike comedian. But mostly he has been the world's greatest collector of knuckleball lore. He lives with his wife and two children in ... Read more
Reviews for The Knucklebook. Everything You Need to Know About Baseball's Strangest Pitch-the Knuckleball.
A comprehensive look inside the world of the fluttering and frustrating—for hitters anyway—pitch.
Todd Piken
Metro Daily News
It's nicely written, well organized, well illustrated and imbued with an engaging sense of whimsy.
Booklist
A guide to every aspect of baseball's most elusive pitch....explaining how and why the pitch is used.
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Todd Piken
Metro Daily News
It's nicely written, well organized, well illustrated and imbued with an engaging sense of whimsy.
Booklist
A guide to every aspect of baseball's most elusive pitch....explaining how and why the pitch is used.
Forecast
Like ... Read more