Looks at the history of the greatest performances by pitchers in the history of baseball including perfect games, near-misses, no-hitters, and the 20-strikeout games, highlighting such pitchers as Johnny Vander Meer, Nolan Ryan, and Roger Clemens.
Phil Pepe has written 36 sports books, including collaborations with Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford. He was the Yankees beat writer for the New York Daily News for 14 seasons and is a past president of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
James Buckley Jr. is the author of more than 40 books on baseball and other sports, including Perfect: The Inside Story of Baseball’s Sixteen Perfect Games. Formerly with Sports Illustrated and NFL Publishing, he is now the president and editorial director of the Shoreline Publishing Group, a book producer located in Santa Barbara, California.