The Rocket That Fell to Earth: Roger Clemens and The Rage for Baseball Immortality
Language: English
Published by HarperCollins First Edition stated, 2009
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- Hardcover
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Seller: Mike's Baseball Books, Chula Vista, CA, U.S.A.Mike's Baseball Books
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Roger Clemens won 354 games and an unprecedented seven Cy Young Awards, but is NOT in the Hall of Fame. Because Clemens like Barry Bonds, both clearly Hall of Famers BEFORE taking? steroids, decided the needed something extra. Did Clemens have a family tragedy involving drugs that fueled his rage and that he was attempting to hide? Jeff Pearlman conducted more than 500 interviews which present a portrait beyond what was found in the news media. First Edition stated with all numbers from 1 to 10 present. Both the non price clipped Dust Jacket and the book are in very good condition. There is a tiny black line on the bottom of the pages, cannot tell if that's a remainder mark. I have more than 200 baseball biographies, over 100 publications on Yankee teams and players and about 50 items on the Boston Red Sox teams and players in stock. Discounts are available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.
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- Title
- The Rocket That Fell to Earth: Roger Clemens and The Rage for Baseball Immortality
- Author
- Pearlman, Jeff
- Publisher
- HarperCollins First Edition stated
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0061724750
- ISBN 13
- 9780061724756
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- biography, BOSTON RED SOX TEAMS AND PLAYERS, New York Yankee Team and Players
“Pearlman’s book develops a stark, unsparing picture of Clemens’s life that surpasses anything that’s come before.”
—Boston Globe
Jeff Pearlman, the New York Times bestselling author of The Bad Guys Won! and Boys Will be Boys, now brings us The Rocket That Fell to Earth, an explosive account of the rise and fall of Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees superstar Roger Clemens, arguably the greatest pitcher of all time. Called “exceptional” by Time magazine, The Rocket That Fell to Earth is a stunning portrait of a sports legend equally loved and loathed by fans and colleagues, his life and his storied career, and his place at the dead center of professional baseball’s shocking steroid controversy.
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From the Back Cover
He was supposed to be the next Nolan Ryan: Roger Clemens, the fearless, hard-nosed Texan with a 98-mph fastball and a propensity to throw at the heads of opposing hitters. Yet shortly after his arrival in the major leagues in 1984, it became apparent that the Ryan comparisons were simply unfair—Roger Clemens was significantly better.
Over 24 seasons, the Rocket would go on to win 354 games, an unprecedented seven Cy Young Awards and two World Series trophies. In 1986 he set the major league record with 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game, then matched it a decade later. He would be routinely praised for representing the game in a just and righteous manner—a living, breathing example of the power of determination and hard work. "Roger Clemens," a teammate once said, "is an American hero."
But the statistics and hoopla obscure a far darker story. Along with myriad playoff chokes, womanizing (including a 10-year affair with then-teenage country singer Mindy McCready), a violent streak (most famously triggered by former Mets star Mike Piazza) and his use of steroids and human growth hormones, Clemens has spent years trying to hide his darkest secret—a family tragedy involving drugs and, ultimately, death.
The author of the New York Times bestsellers Boys Will Be Boys and The Bad Guys Won!, Jeff Pearlman conducted nearly 500 interviews with Clemens' family, friends and teammates to present a portrait that goes beyond the familiar newspaper stories and magazine profiles. Reconstructing the pitcher's life—from his childhood in Ohio to college ball in Texas and on to the mounds of Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium—Pearlman reveals the real Roger Clemens: a flawed and troubled man whose rage for baseball immortality took him to superhuman heights but ultimately brought him crashing to earth.
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Mike's Baseball Books
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