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Christy Mathewson. Pitching in a Pinch; or, Baseball from the Inside
Pitching in a Pinch; or, Baseball from the Inside
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Pitching in a Pinch
I
The Most Dangerous Batters I Have Met
II
“Take Him Out”
III
Pitching in a Pinch
IV
Big League Pitchers and Their Peculiarities
V
Playing the Game from the Bench
VI
Coaching Good and Bad
VII
Honest and Dishonest Sign Stealing
VIII
Umpires and Close Decisions
IX
The Game that Cost a Pennant
X
When the Teams Are in Spring Training
XI
Jinxes and What They Mean to a Ball-Player
XII
Base Runners and How They Help a Pitcher to Win
XIII
Notable Instances Where the “Inside” Game Has Failed
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Christy Mathewson
Published by Good Press, 2021
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The roughest deal that I got from Baker in the 1911 series was in the third game, which was the second in New York. We had made one run and the ninth inning rolled around with the Giants still leading, 1 to 0. The first man at the bat grounded out and then Baker came up. I realized by this time that he was a hard proposition, but figured that he could not hit a low curve over the outside corner, as he is naturally a right-field hitter. I got one ball and one strike on him and then delivered a ball that was aimed to be a low curve over the outside corner. Baker refused to swing at it, and Brennan, the umpire, called it a ball.
I thought that it caught the outside corner of the plate, and that Brennan missed the strike. It put me in the hole with the count two balls and one strike, and I had to lay the next one over very near the middle to keep the count from being three and one. I pitched a curve ball that was meant for the outside corner, but cut the plate better than I intended. Baker stepped up into it and smashed it into the grand-stand in right field for a home run, and there is the history of that famous wallop. This tied the score.
