List of illustrations -- Foreword by Larry Christenson -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Always a catcher -- Odd couple -- Learning curve -- Moneyball -- Reunited -- Drinking coffee with a fork -- Sphinx of the Schuylkill -- McCarver's pitch -- Lefty -- Closer than sixty feet, six inches -- Mastery and mystery -- Cooperstown bound -- Appendix A: baseball's best battery -- Appendix B: Steve Carlton's major league career pitching statistics -- Appendix C: Tim McCarver's career batting statistics.
Summary
""Lefty and Tim" is a dual biography of Hall of Fame pitcher Steve Carlton and his catcher Tim McCarver, detailing their relationship from 1965, when they played with the St. Louis Cardinals, through 1980, when they played for the Philadelphia Phillies, as well as the divergent paths they took after 1980"-- Provided by publisher.
