On to another baseball book. In Throwing Heat, by Fred Bowen, Jack is a young pitcher with a sizzling fastball. What a pitch! He can strike out just about anybody, and when he's measure by the speed gun at the fair he throws 75 miles an hour!! So why is Jack having so much trouble in games?
Jack's sister's boyfriend, Finn, encourages Jack to throw a change-up, and not to worry so much about speed, but Jack isn't so sure. At first he ignores Finn's directions, but once he finds out that Finn might be right, Jack decides to do what Finn tells him to do...and that's when Jack begins to find success as a pitcher.
There is a lot of great baseball instruction in this book, and it is based on real life baseball players. Finn tells Jack about a pitcher named Dalkowski who pitched in the 1950's and 60's. He was thought by many to have the "fastest pitch ever". However, he never had a great pitching career. In fact. he never made it to the Major Leagues.
Fred Bowen has a whole series of sports books. You can learn more about them at: http://www.fredbowen.com/books.htm. Whether you have dreams of being an all-star or not, you will definitely enjoy these books!
I would like to read this book because I love baseball and I like the author
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