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1) Tim Lincecum
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Presents the life and career of Timothy Lincecum, the baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, and his many accomplishments.
2) Till the end
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Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
389 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"The memoir of the life of one of the most beloved baseball players of his generation, a raw, compelling story of baseball, family, fame, addiction, loss, and a champion's resilience"--
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2012
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xiv, 283 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
A one-handed pitcher who became one of the select few to pitch a no-hitter in Major League Baseball explains how he rose above his disability to excel at the sport he loved in high school, college, and adulthood.
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"A flame-throwing star with the Houston Astros, J. R. Richard was at the top of his profession when he inexplicably began complaining of arm weakness in 1980. Initially scoffed at because he continued approaching 100 mph on the radar gun, everything changed when Richard collapsed while playing catch with a teammate--later diagnosed as a life-threatening stroke. The shocking development ended Richard's major league career and set off a chain of events...
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Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"Justin Verlander's arrival for spring training with the Detroit Tigers in 2006 was accompanied with questions galore. His only previous major league appearances were his first two big league starts during the 2005 season, in which coughed up a combined nine runs and 15 hits in less than 12 innings of work while throwing a wild pitch and hitting a batter, too. The second overall pick in the 2004 draft had lots to prove when he stepped into the Lakeland,...
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University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
212 pages cm
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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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