The rocket that fell to earth
Subtitle: Roger Clemens and the rage for baseball immortality
By: Jeff Pearlman
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780061724756
Other titles: Roger Clemens and the rage for baseball immortality
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-348.