Off Speed, Terry McDermott
Off Speed, Terry McDermott
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Off Speed
Baseball, Pitching, and the Art of Deception

Author: Terry McDermott

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Unabridged: 5 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/30/2017

Synopsis

Tracing the evolution of pitching and the pitcher's art of deception, Terry McDermott tells the fascinating story of baseball's 150-year hunt for the perfect pitch. Using the framework of a single game (nine chapters, nine innings, nine pitches), he explores the history of every type of pitch, combining the folk wisdom of the players with the enormous wealth of new data brought to the sport by the growing legion of statisticians who are transforming many of the sport's once sacred beliefs. As a lifelong baseball fan, McDermott approaches his subject with the love every fan brings to the park plus the expertise of a probing journalist, exploring with irrepressible enthusiasm and curiosity both the science and the romance of the game.

About Terry McDermott

Terry McDermott spent thirty years working as a reporter for eight different newspapers, most recently at the Los Angeles Times. He is the winner of the 2008 Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award for his four-part investigative study of research on memory and the author of Perfect Soldiers: The 9/11 Hijackers-Who They Were, Why They Did It. He lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joyce on July 22, 2017

Interesting take on the baseball pitching. McDermott analyzes nine pitches (some, like spitball and beanball no longer allowed), one per inning in nine chapters as he covers Felix Fernandez's perfect game in 2012. Fascinating baseball lore along with statistical analysis (Sabermetrics), interesting......more

Goodreads review by Mimi on December 24, 2017

For the first time I feel like I understand how different pitches are thrown, the epic battle between pitchers and hitters, and why it is so rare to pitch a perfect game. I've watched about a hundred ball games and look forward to seeing my next with greater depth and clarity than ever before.......more

Goodreads review by Jackson on November 17, 2021

Baseball by the Book "Off Speed" had me spinning around more than Clayton Kershaw on Sunday Night Baseball. Off Speed by Terry McDermott was published in 2017 by Pantheon. Terry McDermott has written four total books and is yet to receive many awards for his work and he has been a journalist for the......more

Goodreads review by Jason on June 03, 2017

For baseball fans, and especially those of us who think watching a perfect game is anything but watching paint dry, this book is a great addition to your summer reading list. Set against the backdrop of Félix Hernandez's 2012 gem, the author expounds on the history and practice of every type of pitc......more

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