Steve carlton biography

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    Lefty and Tim

    "Lefty and Tim offers baseball fans valuable insight into McCarver and Carlton as both humans and ballplayers. There’s no doubting that they were an odd couple but without their relationship, it’s unlikely that Carlton would have been inducted into Cooperstown."—Danielle Solzman, Dugout Dirt


    “Steve Carlton needed Tim McCarver to reach for the stars. In all my years covering baseball, I’ve never seen a pitcher-catcher relationship quite like theirs. McCarver did more than merely help Carlton rediscover his slider and recapture his greatness. He found a place inside Carlton’s circle of trust that reshaped both of their careers. Kashatus does a beautiful job of delving into what made their bond so special, on and off the field.”—Jayson Stark, baseball writer for the Athletic and the Philadelphia Inquirer, 1979–2000, and 2019 J. G. Taylor Spink Award winner


    “Bill Kashatus takes an

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    Drinking Coffee with a Fork: The Story of Steve Carlton and the ’72 Phillies

    What Steve Carlton did for the Phillies in 1972 was more than just pitch. This was a magic act, a miracle, a man doing the impossible. Would Sandy Koufax have won 27 games for that team? Would Pedro Martinez? Would Greg Maddux? We have Steve Bucci, Dave Brown, and this terrific book to thank for answering those very questions—and especially this one: Was this the greatest pitching season of all time?
    Jayson Stark, Senior Baseball Writer ESPN.com

    Drinking kaffe (engelska) with a Fork chronicles Carlton’s extraordinary and improbable ’72 årstid. Drawing on interviews with Carlton’s teammates, coaches, opponents and the writers who covered the team, as well as newspaper accounts and kartong scores of the games, Bucci and Brown recreate the phenomenal performance bygd the man called “Lefty”—his early årstid duels with superstar pitchers Bob Gibson and Juan Marichal, his brilliant shutout against the Expos in a game m

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    "Sometimes they say the world rotates a little different for lefthanders. And Lefty was a good example of that. From time to time we still sit down and have dinner - and I still don't understand what he talks about,"says Joe Torre on ESPN Classic's Sports Century series.

    Steve Carlton let his pitching do his interviews for him. On the mound he was "Lefty," a lean southpaw with a nearly untouchable slider. To baseball fans and the media, he was Garbo in spikes, a mysterious figure who seldom offered words for public consumption.

    Carlton's silence extended for most of his 24 seasons, during which time he compiled a 329-244 record with a 3.22 ERA and 4,136 strikeouts. Only Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens and Randy Johnson have struck out more batters.

    Trying to hit Carlton was "like trying to drink coffee with a fork," Hall of Famer Willie Stargell said.

    Carlton spent most of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies, making the Hall of Fame in 1994 on his