The rest of the title: Baseball, Pitching, and the Art of Deception. An interesting read about the author growing up in small town Iowa that had a town team--semipro team. His dad played and then later coached and also maintained the field there. Where I grew up they also had a town team/semipro team that played other towns in the area. Last I heard it was still going on but I think my hometown team dropped a few years and then came but--not sure if still back or not. He mixed this growing up with baseball with his reporting on baseball and following his team the Seattle Mariners and a game in which Felix Hernandez threw his perfect game. These stories revolved around the different pitches thrown in baseball, at least the main ones--fastball, curve, slider, splitter, knuckball, etc. A good read that I really enjoyed.
There are no copies on PBS and I will probably post it & see what happens.
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