Spahn Warren (7 results)

Trade Paperback with Dust Jack. Condition: Like New. 1st Harvest Edition: 2001. 310 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy save very mild shelf wear, with clean text on crisp and bright pages. Synopsis: Beyond the techniques and training, baseball begins with one player facing another and the psychological battle that they wage-the head game. In his critically acclaimed and bestselling new book, Roger Kahn presents the story of this supreme war of wits and the people who changed the course of baseball by playing, what he calls, chess at 90 miles an hour. In The Head Game, Kahn investigates not only grips, tactics, and physics, but also the intelligence, maturity, and competitive fire that has inspired some of the greatest hurlers in history. By covering renowned pitchers and pitching minds-from Christy Mathewson, Cy Young, Don Drysdale, Bob Gibson, and Bruce Sutter to today's reigning pitching coach, Leo Mazzone-Roger Kahn sheds new light on baseball's most pivotal contest. A delightful and edifying tour of America's favorite pastime seen through the pitcher's eyes, The Head Game is as lively and familiar and old-shoe as the game itself, even today (Los Angeles Times). Famed sportswriter and journalist Kahn unpacks a lifetime of knowledge about pitching and tells anecdotes about major players in the game, including Cy Young, Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, and others. Unquestionably valuable as a tour of some of baseball's greatest pitchers. Murray Tinkelman (Illustrations); Susan Shankin (Design); Vaughn Andrews (Cover Design); Sandy Koufax (Front Cover Photo); Warren Spahn (Back Cover Photo) (illustrator). …

Trade Paperback with Dust Jack. Condition: Like New. 1st Harvest Edition: 2001. 310 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy save very mild shelf wear, with clean text on crisp and bright pages. Synopsis: Beyond the techniques and training, baseball begins with one player facing another and the psychological battle that they wage-the head game. In his critically acclaimed and bestselling new book, Roger Kahn presents the story of this supreme war of wits and the people who changed the course of baseball by playing, what he calls, chess at 90 miles an hour. In The Head Game, Kahn investigates not only grips, tactics, and physics, but also the intelligence, maturity, and competitive fire that has inspired some of the greatest hurlers in history. By covering renowned pitchers and pitching minds-from Christy Mathewson, Cy Young, Don Drysdale, Bob Gibson, and Bruce Sutter to today's reigning pitching coach, Leo Mazzone-Roger Kahn sheds new light on baseball's most pivotal contest. A delightful and edifying tour of America's favorite pastime seen through the pitcher's eyes, The Head Game is as lively and familiar and old-shoe as the game itself, even today (Los Angeles Times). Famed sportswriter and journalist Kahn unpacks a lifetime of knowledge about pitching and tells anecdotes about major players in the game, including Cy Young, Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, and others. Unquestionably valuable as a tour of some of baseball's greatest pitchers. Murray Tinkelman (Illustrations); Susan Shankin (Design); Vaughn Andrews (Cover Design); Sandy Koufax (Front Cover Photo); Warren Spahn (Back Cover Photo) (illustrator). …

Trade Paperback with Dust Jack. Condition: Like New. 1st Harvest Edition: 2001. 310 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy save very mild shelf wear, with clean text on crisp and bright pages. Synopsis: Beyond the techniques and training, baseball begins with one player facing another and the psychological battle that they wage-the head game. In his critically acclaimed and bestselling new book, Roger Kahn presents the story of this supreme war of wits and the people who changed the course of baseball by playing, what he calls, chess at 90 miles an hour. In The Head Game, Kahn investigates not only grips, tactics, and physics, but also the intelligence, maturity, and competitive fire that has inspired some of the greatest hurlers in history. By covering renowned pitchers and pitching minds-from Christy Mathewson, Cy Young, Don Drysdale, Bob Gibson, and Bruce Sutter to today's reigning pitching coach, Leo Mazzone-Roger Kahn sheds new light on baseball's most pivotal contest. A delightful and edifying tour of America's favorite pastime seen through the pitcher's eyes, The Head Game is as lively and familiar and old-shoe as the game itself, even today (Los Angeles Times). Famed sportswriter and journalist Kahn unpacks a lifetime of knowledge about pitching and tells anecdotes about major players in the game, including Cy Young, Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, and others. Unquestionably valuable as a tour of some of baseball's greatest pitchers. Murray Tinkelman (Illustrations); Susan Shankin (Design); Vaughn Andrews (Cover Design); Sandy Koufax (Front Cover Photo); Warren Spahn (Back Cover Photo) (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with slight wear.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by four Boston Braves: Al Dark, Johnny Sain, Warren Spahn (HOF), and Eddie Stanky. Publisher's blue cloth, with spine lettered in dark blue; in its original red pictorial dust jacket, lettered in black and white. Near fine book, with light wear to spine ends, bump to top right corner of front board, and a tiny ink stain to fore edge of text block; near fine price-clipped dust jacket, with a touch of wear to spine ends, and a light brown squiggle to front panel. Overall, an excellent copy. Warren Spahn, Johnny Sain, Eddie Stanky, and Al Dark were all teammates on the Boston Braves for two years (1948-1949), including the classic 1948 season, in which the team won the NL pennant. The team's reliance on the pitching prowess of Spahn and Sain was summed up in the popular rhyme "Spahn and Sain, then pray for rain," which originated from a poem by Gerald V. Hern. The two won 212 games together as teammates. Warren Spahn was a 17x All-Star, Cy Young Award winner (1957), and 8x NL wins leader. He was inducted into the National Hall of Fame in 1973 and selected for the All-Century Team in 1999. Johnny Sain was a 3x All-Star and 6x World Series champion (three times a player and three as a coach). Eddie Stanky was a three-time All-Star, and Al Dark was a 3x All-Star, 2x World Series champion (as a player in 1954, and as a manager in 1974), and rookie of the year (1948). Signed. …

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, ix, [1], 269pp, [1]. Blue cloth, title stamped in blue on the spine. No additional printings noted. Light rubbing to tips of the spine, a near fine example. Ownership inscription on the front free endpaper. Includes frontispiece portrait and seven photographic plates of players. In the publisher's dust jacket, $3.00 on the front flap, light sunning to the spine, chip to lower corner of rear panel, a very good example. Signed on the half title by Tommy Holmes and Warren Spahn. Tommy Holmes (1917 - 2008) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. Holmes was a two-time All-Star (1945, 1948) and led the National League in several categories during his standout 1945 season, including hits (224), doubles (47), home runs (28), total bases (367), and slugging percentage (.577). He later served as the Braves' manager from 1951 to 1952, compiling a 61-69 record. Warren Spahn (1921 - 2003) was an American left-handed pitcher who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Boston and Milwaukee Braves. He holds the MLB record for most career wins by a left-handed pitcher, with 363 victories, and is fifth on the all-time wins list. Spahn achieved 20 or more wins in 13 seasons, the most by any left-hander in MLB history. He was a 17-time All-Star and won the Cy Young Award in 1957. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973. The first edition of The Boston Braves by Harold Kaese, signed by Boston Braves players, Tommy Holmes and Warren Spahn. This work is part of the Putnam's Sports Series. (illustrator). Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Decorative green cloth. Early edition. Cloth edges slightly frayed and softened. Contents tight and unmarked with frontis. The DJ in mylar is toned, chipped, rubbed at joints, rubbed through at spots. 335 pages plus ads. Half title page inscribed by Warren Spahn. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 335+ pages; Signed by Associated.…