Skip Lockwood
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Insight Pitch: My Life as a Major League Closer af Skip Lockwood
A very good book, about Mr. Lockwood’s life, and life in general...oh, and baseball also. If I had one complaint it would be that it didn’t go into great enough detail. Mr. Lockwood has some great insight (pun intended) on pitching, and life, which can be applied in many areas. If you are thinking about becoming a pitcher, or know someone who is, this book should be a must read.
Skip Lockwood’s baseball memoir Insight Pitch: My Life As a Major League Closer is a cut above most entries in the genre. Very well written (but for a few glaring typos), Lockwood tells the intriguing story of his bumpy road in baseball: from a little leaguer with big dreams to high school phenom to signing as a “bonus baby” with the Kansas City Athletics (and the audacious move he successfully pulled off in negotiating that contract), his failures as an infielder and the switch to pitching to extend his career, and his eventual success as the closer for the New York Mets in the late 1970s. He lets the reader into his psyche, describing the mental preparation and visualization technique that he applied to pitching in the latter part of his career, and exactly how it feels to be on the mound pitching in the major leagues. This is a very good baseball story told by an excellent storyteller.… (mere)
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