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A biography of one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history explores Clemens' youth in suburban Ohio, his twenty-four-year professional playing career, and the controversy of his alleged use of steroids.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">“Pearlman’s book develops a stark, unsparing picture of Clemens’s life that surpasses anything that’s come before.”<br>—<em>Boston Globe</em><?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Jeff Pearlman, the <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author of <em>The Bad Guys Won!</em> and <em>Boys Will be Boys, </em>now brings us <em>The Rocket That Fell to Earth, </em>an explosive account of the rise and fall of Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees superstar Roger Clemens, arguably the greatest pitcher of all time. Called “exceptional” by <em>Time</em> magazine, <em>The Rocket That Fell to Earth </em>is a stunning portrait of a sports legend equally loved and loathed by fans and colleagues, his life and his storied career, and his place at the dead center of professional baseball’s shocking steroid controversy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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