Death in the Strike Zone J.T. Geissinger and retains its urgent relevance

and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking

illustrated throughout by acclaimed Tolkien artist

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Death in the Strike Zone J.T. Geissinger and retains its urgent relevanceBy: Thomas W. Gilbert He threw the first fastball. The first curveball. He was baseball's first star and its first tragedy. In Death in the Strike Zone, acclaimed historian Thomas W. Gilbert uncovers the forgotten life of James Creighton, the first American ballplayer to become a national sensation. On the eve of the Civil War, Creighton invented something utterly new in baseball modern pitching. Creighton was so dominant, so mesmerizing, that the