Candy Cummings (eBook)

The Life and Career of the Inventor of the Curveball

Katz Stephen Robert Katz (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
248 Seiten
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4766-4459-2 (ISBN)

Infos

One of the greatest pitchers of his era, William Arthur "e;Candy"e; Cummings was born in 1848, when baseball was in its infancy. In the 1870s, Candy's invention, the curveball, played a transformative role and earned him a place in the Hall of Fame. Drawing on extensive research, this first full-length biography traces Candy's New England heritage and chronicles his rise to the top, from pitching for amateur teams in mid-1860s Brooklyn to playing in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players--the first major league--and then the newly-formed National League. A critical examination of the evidence and competing claims reveals that Cummings was, indeed, the originator of the curveball.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.3.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 1-4766-4459-4 / 1476644594
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4766-4459-2 / 9781476644592