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The Pitch That Killed
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The Pitch That Killed Paperback - 2003

by Mike Sowell


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Since major league baseball began in 1871, there have been roughly thirty million pitches thrown to batters. Only one of them killed a man. This is the story of Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians, a popular player struck in the head and killed in August 1920 by a pitch thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees. Was it, as most baseball observers thought at the time, a tragic but unavoidable accident? Mike Sowell's brilliant book investigates the incident and probes deep into the backgrounds of the players involved and the events that led to one of baseball's darkest moments. "The best baseball book no one has read." ESPN Magazine "Splendidly researched and vivid as today. The portraits of baseball as it was, the tragedy itself, and the glowering character of Carl Mays are remarkable." Roger Kahn"

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  • Title The Pitch That Killed
  • Author Mike Sowell
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Trade pb; Fi
  • Pages 328
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ivan R. Dee Publisher, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Date 2003-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781566635516 / 1566635519
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.22 x 5.58 x 1.01 in (20.88 x 14.17 x 2.57 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003062703
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.357

About the author

Mike Sowell teaches journalism at Oklahoma State University. He has also written One Pitch Away: The Players' Stories of the 1986 League Championships and World Series. He lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma, outside of Oklahoma City.
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