Almost Perfect: The Heartbreaking Pursuit of Pitching's Holy Grail

by Joe Cox and Joe Cox

Book Overview

The rich, poignant tales of major league baseball's most hard-luck fraternity--the pitchers of its Almost-Perfect Games

From 1908 to 2015, there have been thirteen pitchers who have begun Major League Baseball games by retiring the first twenty-six opposing batters, but then, one out from completing a perfect game, somehow faltering (or having perfection stolen from them). Three other pitchers did successfully retire twenty-seven batters in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493019503
• ISBN13: 9781493019502
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"