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.
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| Why Not? | |
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| Burn Notice | |
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| So You Say I've Got a Chance?! | |
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| Once a Tiger | |
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| Perseverance | |
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| Bullpen Business | |
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| Closing for Dummies | |
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| Me and the Homeboys Upstairs | |
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| No Decision | |
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| Fairway Tales | |
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| Starting Over | |
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| Hiccups | |
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| Success and Failure | |
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| Chasing Rings, Part I | |
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| Chasing Rings, Part II | |
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| Vindication | |
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| A Sweep Worth Savoring | |
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| A Hamburger, a Hot Dog, and a French Fry Walk into a Bar… | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Index | |
Don Yaeger is the coauthor of The New York Times bestselling Under the Tarnished Dome and the critically acclaimed Pros and Cons: The Criminals Who Play in the NFL. He lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife, son, and daughter.
