Starting and Closing

by Smoltz, John; Yaeger, Don

• ISBN13: 9780062120540
• ISBN10: 0062120549
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-08
• Publisher: William Morrow & Co

Summary

John Smoltz was one of the greatest Major League pitchers of the late twentieth/early twenty-first century-one of only two in baseball history ever to achieve twenty wins and fifty saves in single seasons-and now he shares the candid, no-holds-barred story of his life, his career, and the game he loves in Starting and Closing. A Cy Young Award-winner, future Baseball Hall of Famer, and currently a broadcaster for his former team, the Atlanta Braves, Smoltz delivers a powerful memoir with the kind of fascinating insight into game that made Moneyball a runaway bestseller, plus a heartfelt and truly inspiring faith and religious conviction, similar to what illuminates each page of Tim Tebow's smash hit memoir, Through My Eyes.

Table of Contents

Why Not?	p. 1
Burn Notice	p. 11
So You Say I've Got a Chance?!	p. 25
Once a Tiger	p. 37
Perseverance	p. 53
Bullpen Business	p. 71
Closing for Dummies	p. 89
Me and the Homeboys Upstairs	p. 105
No Decision	p. 119
1 + 1 ≠ 2	p. 135
Fairway Tales	p. 149
Starting Over	p. 167
Hiccups	p. 179
Success and Failure	p. 187
Chasing Rings, Part I	p. 205
Chasing Rings, Part II	p. 213
Vindication	p. 231
A Sweep Worth Savoring	p. 245
A Hamburger, a Hot Dog, and a French Fry Walk into a Bar…	p. 257
Epilogue	p. 273
Acknowledgments	p. 279
Index	p. 283
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