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Presents insights into CC Sabathia's life,including his inspirations, rise to stardom, and achievements.
CC Sabathia’s strength and power on the mound is matched only by his humility and sportsmanship. This fascinating book follows his rise to baseball superstardom. After winning the Cy Young Award in Cleveland, Sabathia just got better every year. All eyes were on the big pitcher when he signed a record-breaking contract with the New York Yankees in 2008. Sabathia’s talents and efforts earned him the 2009 ALCS MVP award and the 2009 World Series championship. Inspire your readers through his fascinating story.
CC Sabathia is one of the most outstanding pitchers in professional baseball. He was the talk of the sports world when he was offered a record $161 million contract—a sign of just how valuable he is to a team. However, there is more to CC than just a big contract. As a boy he used his athletic skills to escape from a tough neighborhood. Then as a young professional baseball player he had a brush with death that made him rethink his life. Today he is a family man who runs a charity for inner-city children. His story is an inspiration for anyone who wants to follow a dream, no matter how tough the road.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A raw, compelling memoir of baseball, family, fame, addiction, and recovery, by one of the most beloved baseball players of his generation “Beautifully rendered . . . Readers and fans will be rooting for him to enter the Hall of Fame and rooting even harder for him to stay sober.”—The Wall Street Journal How does it feel to be born with enormous gifts, in a life shadowed by tragedy? What does it mean when the gift that opens the world for us is not enough to stop us from losing the things we love? And what new gifts do we find in that loss? Baseball had been CC Sabathia’s life since he was a kid in gritty, baseball-obsessed Vallejo, California. He was a star b...
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A raw, compelling memoir of baseball, family, fame, addiction, and recovery, by one of the most beloved baseball players of his generation “Beautifully rendered . . . Readers and fans will be rooting for him to enter the Hall of Fame and rooting even harder for him to stay sober.”—The Wall Street Journal How does it feel to be born with enormous gifts, in a life shadowed by tragedy? What does it mean when the gift that opens the world for us is not enough to stop us from losing the things we love? And what new gifts do we find in that loss? Baseball had been CC Sabathia’s life since he was a kid in gritty, baseball-obsessed Vallejo, California. He was a star b...
Provides a biography of CC Sabathia, pitcher for the New York Yankees and winner of the 2007 American League Cy Young Award.
Hard to Believe! is the game-by-game story of the 2008 World Champion Philadelphia Phillies. Each game is captured in incredible detail combined with numerous photos and interviews that make this THE book on the Phillies drive to the World Series.
Following the lifecycle of romantic relationships, this textbook offers a fresh, diversity-infused introduction to relationship science.
Forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt