Catching

by Elston Howard

The Author was the first Afro-American to play for the New York Yankees. He began his playing with the Yankees as Yogi Berra's understudy in 1955. In this book, he describes the techniques of being a good catcher with photographs illustrating the different positions. This is a hard-to-find baseball instructional book on catching and one of the best books on the rudiments and finer points of catching the Major-League way. Excellent instruction for the novice, as well as the experienced athlete who wants to improve his game. Mr Howard was awarded then Most Valuable Player Award in 1963.

88 pages, Hardcover

First published May 28, 1966