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100 1  Wakefield, Tim. 
245 10 Knuckler|h[OverDrive/Libby electronic resource]|bmy life 
       with baseball's most confounding pitch /|cTim Wakefield 
       with Tony Massarotti. 
264  1 Boston :|bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,|c2011. 
300    1 online resource (xii, 274 pages) :|billustrations 
336    unspecified|bzzz|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
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520    "At forty-four years old, Tim Wakefield is the longest-
       serving member of one of baseball's most popular 
       franchises. He is close to eclipsing the winning records 
       of two of the greatest pitchers to have played the game, 
       yet few realize the full measure of his success. That his 
       career can be characterized by such words as dependability
       and consistency defies all odds because he has achieved 
       this with baseball's most mercurial weapon, the 
       knuckleball. Knuckler is the story of how a struggling 
       position player bet his future on a fickle pitch that 
       would define his career. The pitch may drive hitters crazy,
       but how does the pitcher stay sane? The moment Wakefield 
       adopted the knuckleball, his career sought to answer that 
       question. With the Red Sox, Wakefield began to master his 
       pitch only to find himself on the mound in 2003 for one of
       the worst post-season losses in history, followed the next
       year by one of the most vindicating of championships. Even
       now, as Wakefield battles, we see the twists and turns of 
       a major league career pushed to its ultimate extreme. A 
       remarkable story of one player's success despite being the
       exception to every rule, Knuckler is also a lively 
       meditation on the dancing pitch, its history, its mystique,
       and all the ironies it brings to bear."--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
520    "The story of one of baseball's most unlikely successes-- 
       a knuckleball pitcher who has outlived, outmatched, and 
       outsmarted the dancing pitch"--|cProvided by publisher. 
588    Description based on print version record. 
600 10 Wakefield, Tim. 
650  0 Baseball players|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Pitchers (Baseball)|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Pitching (Baseball)|vAnecdotes. 
655  7 Electronic books.|2local 
700 1  Massarotti, Tony. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aWakefield, Tim.|tKnuckler.|dBoston : 
       Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011|z9780547517698|w(DLC)  
       2010049848|w(OCoLC)651912275 
856 40 |uhttps://naperville.overdrive.com/media/|zAvailable on 
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