William C Kashatus

Lefty and Tim

How Steve Carlton and Tim McCarver Became Baseball's Best Battery

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Produktbeschreibung

Lefty and Tim explores the close-knit relationship between pitcher Steve Carlton and catcher Tim McCarver, forged in 1965, when they were batterymates with the St. Louis Cardinals, and culminating in 1980, when the Phillies won their first World Series title.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Univ of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9781496226679
• ISBN-10: 1496226674
• Artikelnr.: 62428571

Autorenporträt

William C. Kashatus is a historian, educator, and the author of more than twenty books, including Macho Row: The 1993 Phillies and Baseball’s Unwritten Code (Nebraska, 2017) and Jackie and Campy: The Untold Story of Their Rocky Relationship and the Breaking of Baseball’s Color Line (Nebraska, 2014). Larry Christenson is a former professional baseball player who pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies between 1973 and 1983.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Foreword by Larry Christenson
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Always a Catcher
2. Odd Couple
3. Learning Curve
4. Moneyball
5. Reunited
6. Drinking Coffee with a Fork
7. Sphinx of the Schuylkill
8. McCarver’s Pitch
9. Lefty
10. Closer Than Sixty Feet, Six Inches
11. Mastery and Mystery
12. Cooperstown Bound
Appendix A: Baseball’s Best Battery
Appendix B: Steve Carlton’s Career Pitching Statistics
Appendix C: Tim McCarver’s Career Batting Statistics
Notes
Bibliography
Index