Throwing Strikes My Quest for Truth and the Perfect Knuckleball

Name: Throwing Strikes My Quest for Truth and the Perfect Knuckleball
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ISBN: 9780803740372

ISBN-10: 0803740379

ISBN-13: 9780803740372

Edition: 2013

Authors: R. A. Dickey, Sue Corbett, Wayne Coffey

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The inspiring story of the 2012 National League Cy Young Award WinnerAdapted for young readers from hisNew York Timesbestselling memoirWherever I Wind Up, this is the inspiring story of how knuckleballer R. A. Dickey became one of the game’s best pitchers. He had humble beginnings, and as a child kept a terrible secret. But at a local prep school, coaches saw talent in him and fostered his skills as a player. Dickey went on to pitch in the Olympics while at the University of Tennessee, but his Major League hopes took a downturn when an X-ray revealed a major problem with his throwing arm. It would seem his future in baseball was over before it even began. But R.A. knew better. Through…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date: 3/26/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Wayne Coffey is a sportswriter for the New York Daily News. He wrote The Closer, with Mariano Rivera, as well as, Wherever I Wind Up, with R. A. Dickey, and The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U. S. Olympic Hockey Team.