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Pure Baseball: Pitch by Pitch for the Advanced Fan

by Keith Hernandez

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Baseball, examined pitch by pitch

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Awards & Recognition

  • Critical praise

    Praised by Playboy for its detailed analysis of the game

    Critical praise for the book’s detailed scrutiny and analysis of baseball.

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Baseball, examined pitch by pitch

Keith Hernandez uses two games from the 1993 season—a Phillies–Braves matchup and an extra-innings Tigers–Yankees contest—to explore how baseball decisions unfold across the field. The discussion ranges from bullpen action, lineups and defensive positioning to base stealing, hit-and-runs, signals and umpiring etiquette. Particular attention goes to the strategic and psychological contest between pitcher and hitter. The game-by-game structure gives the book a concrete framework for considering tactics in context, connecting individual plays with broader choices made by players and teams.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Advanced baseball fans interested in strategy and in-game decision-making
  • Readers who want detailed discussion of fielding, baserunning, pitching and hitting
  • Fans curious about analysis of professional games from the 1993 season

Themes

Baseball strategyPitcher–hitter duelsFielding and baserunningGame analysis

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Book overview

Former All-Star Keith Hernandez teaches even the most learned fan a thing or two about baseball with his unparalleled insight into all aspects of the game, from the action in the bullpen to the positioning on the field to the plays at the plate.

"We have never seen the game scrutinized with such care and detail. Hernandez provides commentary on two ball games in the 1993 season: a Phillies-Braves match-up and an extra innings battle between the Tigers and the Yankees. [He] examines the overall strategies of the game and offers good analyses of fielding techniques, base stealing, lineups, umpiring etiquette, double-steal rundowns, hit-and-runs, signals, infield shifts and more. His most intense and incisive analysis, however, is saved for the psychology of the pitcher-hitter duels. No matter where you are watching, you will never again see the game in the same way." --Playboy


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