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Just tell me I can't : how Jamie Moyer defied the radar gun and defeated time / Jamie Moyer and Larry Platt.

by Moyer, Jamie.

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Grand Central Publishing, 2013.

796.357092 M938j

Dorfman, H. A. (Harvey A.), 1935-

Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.

Pitchers (Baseball) -- United States -- Biography.

9781455521586 (hc.)

1455521582 (hc.)

vii, 276 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

"A memoir from the long-time baseball player, who, at age 49, became the oldest pitcher in major league history to win a game. With his trademark three pitches - slow, slower, and slowest - the left-handed Moyer is a pinpoint specialist whose won-lost record actually got better as he got older -- from his 20s to his 30s and into 40s. He's only a few wins shy of 300 for his amazing career. But this is where the book takes an unusual turn. Moyer was just about finished as a big leaguer in his mid-20s until he fatefully encountered a gravel-voiced, highly confrontational sports psychologist named Harvey Dorfman. Listening to the 'in-your-face' insights of Dorfman, Moyer began to re-invent himself and reconstruct his approach to his game. Moyer went on to become an All-Star and also a World Series champion. Yogi Berra once observed that 'Half of this game is 90% mental.' And Moyer's memoir proves it"--Provided by publisher.

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