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Almost perfect : the heartbreaking pursuit of pitching's Holy Grail / Joe Cox ; foreword by Jim Bunning.

by Cox, Joe, 1980- author.

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Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, c2017.

Perfect games (Baseball) -- History.

Pitching (Baseball) -- History.

Pitchers (Baseball) -- United States.

xiv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"There'll sure be rain, for you heard the thunder" (July 4, 1908: George "Hooks" Wiltse, Giants) -- In relief of the Babe (June 23, 1917: Ernie Shore, Red Sox) -- "150 pounds of sheer guts" (August 5, 1932: Tommy Bridges, Tigers) -- Billy the Kid ... "What more do you want? (June 27, 1958: Billy Pierce, White Sox) -- The greatest pitching masterpiece in baseball history (May 26, 1959: Harvey Haddix, Pirates) -- "You've got to be kidding me" (September 2, 1972: Milt Pappas, Cubs) -- From the Tigers to the dogs (April 15, 1983: Mitt Wilcox, Tigers) -- The true creature and Charlie Hustle (May 2, 1988: Ron Robinson, Reds) -- Tomorrow I'll be perfect (August 4, 1989: Dave Stieb, Blue Jays) -- "It's just baseball" (April 20, 1990: Brian Holman, Mariners) -- Little brother no more (June 3, 1995: Pedro Martinez, Expos) -- Mr. Almost and America's tragedy (September 2, 2011: Mike Mussina, Yankees) -- Perfectly imperfect (June 2, 2010: Armando Galarraga, Tigers) -- Near perfection from the land of the rising sun (April 2, 2013: Yu Darvish, Rangers) -- Down to a dream (September 6, 2013: Yusmeiro Petit, Giants) -- The illusion of control (June 20, 2015: Max Scherzer, National).

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