High and Tight: The Rise and Fall of Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry - Rilegato

Klapisch, Bob

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ISBN 10: 0679448993 ISBN 13: 9780679448990

Casa editrice: Villard Books, 1996

Riassunto

When Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden joined the New York Mets in the early 1980s, they helped create the most ferocious and successful baseball team of its time. And no wonder. In Strawberry, Shea Stadium fans saw the perfect home-run hitter, a six-foot-six-inch athlete of extraordinary grace and power who was certain to swing his way into Cooperstown. Where he would be joined, no doubt, by Gooden, at age nineteen the most unhittable pitcher the majors had seen since the heyday of Sandy Koufax. Darryl and Doc couldn't miss. But they did, big-time.
In High and Tight, Bob Klapisch chronicles the rise and fall of these two superstars. He reports on what made them great and reveals the darkest secrets behind what made them fail: the booze, the misbehavior, and, worst of all, the drugs. He shows how their addictions overwhelmed their careers, cost them their tickets to the Hall of Fame, and nearly cost them their lives. And Klapisch shows how the once-lenient attitude of Mets officials made abuse a tolerated activity.

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o dominate the sports page, this inside story of the trials and tribulations of two of baseball's biggest and brightest stars relates the hopes, heartbreaks, excesses, and exorcisms of Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry. of photos.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Villard Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0679448993
• ISBN 13: 9780679448990
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 228
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile