Pitching in a Pinch

After Christy Mathewson strikes Joe Tinker out three times, the Cubs shortstop goes quiet in the clubhouse—then announces he has found a way to hit “Matty.”

In the early days of Major League Baseball, a pitcher’s battle is fought as much in the mind as on the diamond. Mathewson draws readers into that contest with the hitters who test him: Tinker, suddenly armed with a new approach; Fred Clarke, who won’t be fooled by a change of pace; and Hans Wagner, whose elusive weakness is a walk. With runners on base and a dangerous batter stepping in, Mathewson must read the swing, disguise the pitch and guess what his opponent has guessed. When the next ball leaves his hand, who has truly outthought whom?

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