A review by p_t_b
Pitching in a Pinch: Baseball from the Inside by Christy Mathewson

3.0

Superstar athlete as-told-to's are pretty much the same, although this one has a few yuks resulting from being 100+ years old. The part about the umpire who was especially vain about his hairpiece is pretty funny. Interesting to think how much sports-stardom has changed since the advent of universally televised/recorded games. I was surprised by how little moralizing Mathewson does in the book, I guess I thought he had a reputation for being a rectitudinal college dude, not to say sourpuss but anyway, I am not sure I needed to read this book and it is not especially insightful but as a baseball history nerd I still gleaned some moments of pleasure from its musty electronic pages.