Tom Candiotti: A Life of Knuckleballs

by K.P. Wee

Most baseball fans know Tom Candiotti as a knuckleballer but he began his career as a conventional pitcher in 1983--after becoming just the second player to appear in the major leagues following Tommy John surgery, at a time when only Tommy John himself had ever come back from the operation. Candiotti, whose arm recovered, threw fastballs and curveballs in his first two years in the majors before switching over to the knuckleball for the 1986...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786494255
• ISBN13: 9780786494255
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher