The rocket that fell to earth : Roger Clemens and the rage for baseball immortality / Jeff Pearlman.
2009
GV865.C44 P43 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
The rocket that fell to earth : Roger Clemens and the rage for baseball immortality / Jeff Pearlman.
Author
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780061724756
0061724750
0061724750
Published
New York, NY : HarperCollins, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Language
English
Description
348 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Call Number
GV865.C44 P43 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.357092
Summary
This first biography of Roger Clemens is an account of the rise and fall of one of the greatest modern-day baseball players and arguably the best pitcher of all time. From his obscure youth as a pudgy, unremarkable nobody in suburban Ohio to the mounds of Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium, Roger "Rocket" Clemens is an American icon. His athletic prowess aside, Clemens also embodies a fascinating dichotomy in American culture. To thousands of fans, Clemens is a tobacco-chewing, fastball-throwing legend who walks with the giants of the world. To many others, he is a gun-toting, Republican-voting, steroid-using pedophile who stalked Charlize Theron. Here, sportswriter Jeff Pearlman delivers an exhaustively researched biography that explores who Roger Clemens is; what he means to our country; and how his rise to baseball stardom and fall to personal humiliation speaks volumes about the current state of sport in America.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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