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Perfect I'm Not: Boomer on Beer, Brawls, Backaches, and Baseball

by Wells, David; Kreski, Chris | PB | VeryGood
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Condition
Very good
A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Binding
Paperback
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0 lbs
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ISBN
9780060748111

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060748117
ISBN-13
9780060748111
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30507316

Product Key Features

Book Title
Perfect I'm Not : Boomer on Beer, Brawls, Backaches, and Baseball
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Baseball / General, Baseball / Statistics, Sports
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Chris Kreski, David Wells
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
12.4 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Pure locker-room trash talk, jock-jokey and fun....A rags-to-pinstripes tale of America's game." -- Kirkus Reviews
Dewey Decimal
796.357/092 B
Synopsis
This is a guy who ... Grew up among Hell's Angels, taking their Harleys for solo joyrides at age eleven ... Prepares for every outing by blasting Metallica, AC/DC, and Godsmack at eardrum-bursting levels in the Yankees' locker room ... Regularly tried to coerce attractive women in the stands into lifting up their shirts from the Toronto Blue Jays' bullpen ... Endured huge, cortisone-loaded hypodermic shots straight into the spine to avoid missing scheduled pitching starts ... Was the 1998 ALCS MVP and the 2002 ALDS goat ... Has become legendary for his brawling, beer-drenched, no-holds-barred or punches-pulled lifestyle off the mound ..., Baseball's most beloved bad-ass offers a smart, wildly entertaining, jaw-droppingly honest look at the game he knows, loves, and lived. On May 17th 1998, David "Boomer" Wells became the 14th man in Major League Baseball History to ever throw a perfect game. He stands as the only man to accomplish the feat half-drunk and severely hung-over after partying all night with the cast of Saturday Night Live. Blowing away the industry standard of sanitized memoirs and stifling retrospectives, his memoir throws baseball a hilariously nasty curve. There are no weepy/sleepy tales of substance abuse here, no pompous lectures on "playing hard" or "overcoming adversity," and under no circumstances will readers find even one Vaseline-smeared, gauze-softened tale of some long-lost, fairy-tale boys of summer. Written with unfiltered authenticity, and truckloads of locker-room humor, Perfect I'm Not sets loose the single most outspoken and entertaining player in the game at the time, allowing him to take both casual baseball fans and hardcore fanatics where they've never been allowed before: deep inside the real world of life as a major leaguer.
LC Classification Number
GV994.A7

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