The Head Game: Baseball Seen from the Pitcher's Mound

图书标准信息

• 作者 Roger Kahn 著；Murray Tinkelman 绘
• 出版社 Mariner Books
• 出版时间 2001-04
• 版次 2
• ISBN 9780156013048
• 定价 159.30元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 336页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Anopinionatedaccountoftheevolutionofbaseball'scentralevent,bybaseball'smostcelebratedchronicler.Beyondthetechniquesandtraining,baseballisessentiallyapitcherandabatterandthepsychologicalbattlebetweenthem-theheadgame.Hereforthefirsttimeisthestoryofthatbattleandthepeoplewhochangedthecourseofbaseballbythrowingone.RogerKahninvestigatesnotonlygrips,speeds,andtactics,butalsoknowledge,maturity,andcompetitivefire.Withthehelpofsomeofbaseball'sgreatestpitchersandpitchingminds-fromChristyMathewson,DonDrysdale,BobGibson,andBruceSuttertotoday'sreigningpitchingcoach,LeoMazzone-aswellashisowndeepknowledgeofthegame,RogerKahnspeakswithauthority,andwiththeauthorities,bringingnewlighttobaseball'smostpivotalcontest.HisacutesenseofhowpeoplemakehistorymakesTheHeadGameadelightfulandenlighteningtourofbaseballthroughthepitcher'seyes.Thisisthekindofbaseballbookrealfanslove-fullofhistory,greatstoriesandcharacters,andopinions-arealinsidersviewofthegame'smostfundamentalact.BeautifullyillustratedwithdrawingsbyacclaimedHallofFameartistMurrayTinkelman.AbouttheAuthor:RogerKahn,renownedastheauthoroftheaward-winningbestsellerTheBoysofSummer,istheauthorofsixteenbookswhosesubjectsrangefrombaseballtopoliticalactivism.BorninBrooklyn,henowlivesinCroton-on-Hudson,NewYork.

【作者简介】

Widelyacclaimedasthegreatestbaseballwriterofhisgeneration,RogerKahnismostfamousforhismodernclassic,TheBoysofSummer,whichJamesMichenercalledthefinestAmericanbookonsports.Kahnistheauthorof16books,mostrecentlyTheHeadGame,BaseballSeenfromthePitchers’Mound.HismagazinearticleswonfiveDuttonBestMagazineStoryAwardsandhisbookTheEra:WhentheYankeesDodgersandGiantsRuledtheWorldwasnominatedforaPulitzerPrize.BorninBrooklyn,henowlivesinStoneRidge,N.Y.withhiswife,thepsychotherapistKatharineColtJohnson.