The Rocket That Fell to Earth : Roger Clemens and the Rage for Baseball Immortality

Pearlman, Jeff

ISBN 10: 0061724750 / ISBN 13: 9780061724756

Published by HarperCollins, New York, 2009

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Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 348 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rocket That Fell to Earth : Roger Clemens and the Rage for Baseball Immortality
• Publisher: HarperCollins, New York
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061724750
• ISBN 13: 9780061724756
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+

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Synopsis

“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.

About the Author

JEFF PEARLMAN is the New York Times bestselling author of ten books. His subjects include the ’80s Los Angeles Lakers (Show­time), the 1986 New York Mets (The Bad Guys Won), the ’90s Dallas Cowboys (Boys Will Be Boys), and NFL legends Walter Pay­ton (Sweetness) and Brett Favre (Gunslinger). HBO adapted Showtime into the dramatic series Winning Time, produced and directed by Adam McKay. A former Sports Illus­trated senior writer and ESPN.com colum­nist, Pearlman is the host of the Two Writers Slinging Yang podcast and blogs regularly at jeffpearlman.com.