Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Always a Catcher -- 2. Odd Couple -- 3. Learning Curve -- 4. Moneyball -- 5. Reunited -- 6. Drinking Coffee with a Fork -- 7. Sphinx of the Schuylkill -- 8. McCarver's Pitch -- 9. Lefty -- 10. Closer Than Sixty Feet, Six Inches -- 11. Mastery and Mystery -- 12. Cooperstown Bound -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Lefty and Tim explores the close-knit relationship between pitcher Steve Carlton and catcher Tim McCarver, forged in 1965, when they were batterymates with the St. Louis Cardinals, and culminating in 1980, when the Phillies won their first World Series title
