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Pitching in a Pinch: Or, Baseball from the Inside (Classic Reprint)
Pitching in a Pinch Or Baseball from the Inside - Classic Reprint Author:Christy Mathewson Pitching in a Pinch i The Most Dangerous Batters I Have Met How "Joe" Tinker Changed Overnight from a Weakling at the Plate to the Worst Batter I Had to Pace -"Pred" Clarke of Pittsburg cannot be Pooled by a Change of Pace, and 11 Hans'* Wagner's Only "Groove" Is a Base on Balls-"Inside" Informatio... more »n on All the Great Batters, I HAVE often been asked to which batters I have found it hardest to pitch. It is the general impression among baseball fans that Joseph Faversham Tinker, the short-stop of the Chicago Cubs, is the worst man that I have to face in the National League. Few realize that during his first two years in the big show Joe Tinker looked like a cripple at the plate when I was pitching. His groove was a slow curve over the outside corner, and I fed him slow curves over that
Table of Contents
CONTENTS; LUGS; I-The Most Dangerous Batters I have; Met i; II-"Take Him Out!" ci; III-Pitching in a Pinch 54; IV-Big League Pitchers and their; Peculiarities 74; V-Playing the Game from the Bench 93; VI-Coaching-Good and Bad 117; VII-Honest and Dishonest Sign Stealing 140; VIII-Umpires and Close Decisions 161; IX-The Gams that Cost a Pennant 183; X-When the Teams Are in Spring; Training 206; XI-Jinxes and what they Mean to a; Ball-Player C30; ?iii Contents; PACK; XII-Base Runners and how they Help; a Pitcher to Win 255; XIII-Notable Instances where the "Inside" Game has Failed 281
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