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    ‘K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches’ is 100% in the zone

    May 02, 2019 3 minutes

    Baseball junkies will love this book. Even casual (October-come-lately) fans will get a buzz off it. And anyone who has swung a bat at a 12-6 curveball as it bounced in front of home plate will appreciate this confirmation that hitting a baseball is the most difficult thing in all of sport.

    Tyler Kepner, national baseball writer for The New York Times, clearly loves what used to be America’s pastime, and his affection shines through on every page. He has loved

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