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181 pp.
| Cricket/Marcato |
April, 2003 |
TradeISBN 0-8126-2685-0$$15.95
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Beginning with a history of pitching, Kisseloff then combines statistics, brief biographies, and some of the game's most thrilling anecdotes in this alphabetical profile of thirty-three great starting pitchers. This study of the game's pitching elite should satisfy most baseball fans, but readers expecting profiles of contemporary pitchers may be disappointed--only four active players make the cut. Reading list.