The tao of the backup catcher
playing baseball for the love of the game
Book - 2023
"In baseball there are superstars and stars and everyday players and then there are the rest. Within the rest are role players and specialists and journeymen and then there are the backup catchers. The Tao of the Backup Catcher is about them, the backup catchers, who exist near the bottom of the roster and the end of the bench and between the numbers in a sport--and a society--increasingly driven by cold, hard analytics."--Inside front jacket flap
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| Language: | English |
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Twelve,
2023.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The tao of the backup catcher : |b playing baseball for the love of the game / |c Tim Brown, with Erik Kratz. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Twelve, |c 2023. | |
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| 520 | |a "This fascinating book chronicles the unsung men of baseball who serve the job, the hardships they face, and their love for a game that would not always love them back--told partly through the experiences of an MLB veteran"-- |c Provided by publisher | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction. The end of the roads -- C2 -- Ode to shower shoe -- Today's child, tomorrow's catcher -- Big hopes, small miracles -- Backfield knuckleballs and online trolls -- Ursa minor leagues -- Standing room only at rain-delay theater -- Don't shoot the backup catcher -- Where Johnny Bench's gold gloves came from -- Echoes of velcro -- The ghost of Wayne Lydon -- Nobody cares about batting average, says the guy who doesn't hit for a living -- Whispering at pitchers -- The code breakers -- The promised land -- The top step -- Mi hijo -- Going home. Acknowledgments. | |
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