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Author Kashatus, William C., 1959- author.

Title Lefty and Tim how Steve Carlton and Tim McCarver became baseball's best battery / William C. Kashatus ; foreword by Larry Christenson
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]

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Contents 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
Subject Carlton, Steve, 1944-
McCarver, Tim
Carlton, Steve, 1944-
McCarver, Tim
St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team) -- History -- 20th century
Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball team) -- History -- 20th century
Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball team)
St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team)
Pitchers (Baseball) -- United States -- Biography
Catchers (Baseball) -- United States -- Biography
Baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Baseball
Catchers (Baseball)
Pitchers (Baseball)
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
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