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"Pedro Martínez nos cuenta sobre su vida y carrera, desde una niñez pobre en República Dominicana hasta converstirse en uno de los mejores lanzadores de todos los tiempos...y uno de los más intimidantes."--Cover.
From the 8-time All Star and 3-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher, a bold, no-holds-barred memoir of his career, from his hardscrabble upbringing in the Dominican Republic to becoming one of the greatest pitchers of all time.
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""One of the greatest pitchers of his era, William Arthur "Candy" Cummings was born in 1848, when baseball was in its infancy. As the game evolved through the 1870s, Candy's invention, the curveball, played a transformative role. His stamp on baseball earned him a place in the Hall of Fame. Drawing on extensive research, this first full-length biography traces Candy's New England heritage and chronicles his rise to the top, from pitching for amateur...
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"This is the story of how the Chicago White Sox, decimated by the banning of players after the 1919 Black Sox Scandal, floundered until the 1950s when they were finally rebuilt and had their first success in 40 years. The culminating event was the capture of the 1959 American League pennant, made possible by aging pitcher Early Wynn"--Provided by publisher.
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Jest to historia kilku dni zycia dziewiecioletniej dziewczynki imieniem Trisha Niedlugo po trudnym rozwodzie rodzicow opetana mania pieszych wycieczek matka zabiera ja oraz jej brata na Szlak Apallachow Ostatnio przy kazdej okazji matka i brat kloca sie kompletnie ignorujac dziewczynke az zaczyna ona wyobrazac sobie ze jest niewidzialna Trisha zeszla z oznaczonej sciezki w poszukiwaniu odosobnienia i juz nie potrafila na nia powrocic Trisha ma tyle...
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Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers remains the only no-hit game in World Series history. Drawing upon oral histories, contemporaneous articles, and dozens of interviews with commentators and players (including all of the surviving players for the Dodgers and Yankees), Lew Paper brings that extraordinary event to life with a pitch-by-pitch narrative that incorporates profiles of...
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"This is a biography of three veteran pitchers that led the way to five consecutive World Championships, with a team that didn't have a single offensive leader in any category during those five years. This team made many special moments in America and rewrote baseball history during these five years"--Provided by publisher.
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""Lefty and Tim" is a dual biography of Hall of Fame pitcher Steve Carlton and his catcher Tim McCarver, detailing their relationship from 1965, when they played with the St. Louis Cardinals, through 1980, when they played for the Philadelphia Phillies, as well as the divergent paths they took after 1980"--
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"Soon after Satchel Paige arrived at spring training in 1937 to pitch for the Pittsburgh Crawfords, he and five of his teammates, including Josh Gibson and Cool Papa Bell, were lured to the Dominican Republic with the promise of easy money to play a short baseball tournament in support of the country's dictator, Rafael Trujillo. As it turned out, the money wasn't so easy. After Paige and his friends arrived on the island, they found themselves under...
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