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Kevin Neary

Closer

Major League Players Reveal the Inside Pitch on Saving the Game

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The closer is the ace reliever who specializes in closing out the game without surrendering the lead. Facing a power hitter in the ninth inning with a man on base and no outs takes nerves of steel. The pressure on the mound is intense. It takes a special breed to hold it together in these situations. Legendary manager Tony LaRusso said Sure, games can get away from you in the seventh and eighth, but those last three outs in the ninth are the toughest. It wasn't until the creation of the save, the successful maintenance of a lead by a relief pitcher, in 1960 that the position of closer began to rise in prominence. Today, closers are seen as so… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Tobin, Leigh A.
  • ISBN: 978-0-7624-4716-9
  • EAN: 9780762447169
  • Produktnummer: 22912347
  • Verlag: Running Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
  • Seitenangabe: 288 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 2'411 KB

Über den Autor


Kevin Neary has been a fan of the game his entire life. He worked with the Philadelphia Phillies for nine years. For the past twenty years he has worked for The Walt Disney Company and is the coauthor of Major League Dads. He lives in Celebration, FL. Leigh A. Tobin worked for the Philadelphia Phillies for more than twenty years in PR as the writer for the club's publications and later as the Director of Media Relations. She has relationships with a great number of major league players and is the coauthor of Major League Dads. She lives in Philadelphia, PA.

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