{"product_id":"off-speed-baseball-pitching-and-the-art-of-deception-paperback","title":"Off Speed: Baseball, Pitching, and the Art of Deception - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerry McDermott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the PEN\/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e The lively and fascinating story of baseball's 150-year hunt for the perfect pitch.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In August 2012, Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners pitched a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays in what Terry McDermott calls \"one of the greatest exhibitions of off-speed pitches ever put on.\" For McDermott, a lifelong fan and student of baseball, the extraordinary events of that afternoon inspired this incisive meditation on the art of pitching. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Within the framework of Hernandez's historic achievement, Off Speed provides a vibrant narrative of the history and evolution of pitching, combining baseball's rich tradition of folklore with the wealth of new metrics from a growing legion of statisticians who are transforming the way we think about the game. Off Speed is also the personal story of a fan's steadfast devotion, first kindled in McDermott by his father at the local diamond in small-town Iowa and now carried forward with the same passion by his own daughters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Approaching his subject with the love every fan brings to the park and the expertise of a probing journalist, McDermott explores with irrepressible curiosity the science and the romance of baseball.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTERRY McDERMOTT\u003c\/b\u003e is a former national reporter for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of three previous books: \u003ci\u003eThe Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9\/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored with Josh Meyer); \u003ci\u003e101 Theory Drive: The Discovery of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003ePerfect Soldiers: The 9\/11 Hijackers--Who They Were, Why They Did It\u003c\/i\u003e. A native of Iowa, he now lives in southern California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53522472272179,"sku":"9780307741981","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/n9Ns8CIC1s9780307741981.webp?v=1781973016","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/off-speed-baseball-pitching-and-the-art-of-deception-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}