The Rocket That Fell to Earth by Jeff Pearlman

The Rocket That Fell to Earth by Jeff Pearlman

"Pearlman's book develops a stark, unsparing picture of Clemens's life that surpasses anything that's come before." --Boston Globe

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman reconstructs pitcher Roger Clemens's life--from his Ohio childhood to the mounds of Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium--to reveal a flawed and troubled man whose rage for baseball immortality took him to superhuman heights before he crashed down to earth.

A fearless, hard-nosed Texan with a 98-mph fastball and a propensity to throw at the heads of opposing hitters, Roger "the Rocket" Clemens won 354 games, an unprecedented seven Cy Young Awards, and two World Series trophies over the course of twenty-four seasons. But the statistics and hoopla obscured a far darker story--one of playoff chokes, womanizing (including a long-term affair with a teenage country singer), violent explosions, steroid and human growth hormone use. . . and an especially dark secret that Clemens spent a lifetime trying to hide: a family tragedy involving drugs and, ultimately, death.

JEFF PEARLMAN is the author of eight New York Times best-selling books, including Football for a Buck, The Bad Guys Won!, and The Good Guys Won! He and his wife Catherine, as well as their children Casey and Emmett, live in Southern California. Jeff Pearlman is the host of the podcast Two Writers Slinging Yang and writes a regular blog at jeffpearlman.com.