num_pages: 360
description: BEHIND THE MASK My Double Life in Baseball. Eighteen years of controversy, hard work, triumphs and disappointments - Dave Pallone had a remarkable career as a National League Umpire. But all the while, he suffered a double life; hidden behind the façade he had built to protect himself, Dave Pallone was gay. And the revelation of his secret did what nearly two decades of facing down irate managers, abusive players and ostracism as a strike-breaking "scab" couldn't do - it destroyed his career in a few short months. Told with honesty, humor, and insight, this is his moving story - where the real man behind the stories and controversies is finally revealed.
language: English
title: Behind the Mask
titlecomplete: Behind the Mask
genres: Biography, Baseball, Nonfiction, Sports, Biography Memoir, Gay
ratings_count: 102
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Men's Nonfiction
publisher: Xlibris Corp