The closer
By: Mariano Rivera with Wayne Coffey
Contributors: Coffey, Wayne R.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780316400732; 9780316404600; 9780316277617
Subjects: Baseball players; SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / General; Biography; History
Description: The nineteen-year veteran pitcher for the New York Yankees describes his life, discussing the difficulties in being a Latino baseball player in the U.S., how he keeps his Christian values in professional sports, and his championships and rivalries.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Fish and consequences; title: Water torture; title: Two buses, nine pitches; title: Gulf Coast revelation; title: Worst cut; title: The call; title: Relief and belief; title: Shades of '27; title: Spirit and summit; title: New York, New York; title: The day the world changed; title: Trophy; title: Plans; title: Losses; title: Cheers and jeers; title: Count me out; title: Closing time; title: New digs and old feelings; title: Passages; title: Wounded knee; title: Exit Sandman; title: Epilogue: Refuge of hope.