Bibliograph

The arm, inside the billion-dollar mystery of the most valuable commodity in sports, Jeff Passan

Type

Label

The arm, inside the billion-dollar mystery of the most valuable commodity in sports, Jeff Passan

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The arm

Oclc number

913135780

Responsibility statement

Jeff Passan

Sub title

inside the billion-dollar mystery of the most valuable commodity in sports

Summary

Every year, Major League Baseball spends more than $1.5 billion on pitchers<U+2014>five times the salary of all NFL quarterbacks combined. Pitchers are the lifeblood of the sport, the ones who win championships, but today they face an epidemic unlike any baseball has ever seen

Table Of Contents

A Dead Man's Tendon -- Dummyball -- The Men Who Changed Baseball History -- Chimps, Quacks, and Freaks -- Young Guns -- Overuse, Underuse, and No Use -- Pay the Man -- The Second Time Around -- Rehab Hell -- Fear, Loathing, and Rotten Meat -- Land of the Rising Arm Injury Rate -- Changeup -- The Swamp of Possible Solutions -- Dog Days -- The New Frontier -- Spring

Target audience

adult

Classification