The High Hard One intimately portrays the rough-and-ready life of a bush-league ballplayer during the Great Depression. Kirby Higbe broke into the big time with the Chicago Cubs in 1938, showed his talent for striking out batters while pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1940, and led the National League in victories for the pennant-winning Brooklyn Dodgers in 1941. He was with the Dodgers when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and integrated the team in 1947. That year was, for Higbe, “the end of what you might call the Babe Ruth era and the beginning of modern professional baseball.” 

The High Hard One

Martin Quigley

Kirby Higbe

Viking Adult

<p>Traces the history of the curveball pitch, surveys the various types, and describes the careers of outstanding pitchers who threw curveballs</p>

The Crooked Pitch: An Account of the Curveball in American Baseball History

Sports & Outdoors

Baseball

Algonquin Books

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