I Told You I Wasn't Perfect

by Denny McLain, Eli Zaret

Overview

I Told You I Wasn't Perfect begins on the night of March 20, 1992, when Denny McLain and his wife, Sharon, received the shocking news of their daughter's death. The book moves on from there, recounting McLain's loveless childhood and home life in working-class Chicago before his whirlwind marriage at age 19 and his meteoric rise to baseball superstardom. But his success was short-lived. Few characters soar to such dizzying heights and then plunge to the depths of despair like McLain did. But it is his ability to finally reflect on his mistakes and self-indulgences that makes his story especially compelling.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940152204735
Publisher:	Glendower Media
Publication date:	06/25/2015
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Denny McLain is a former American professional baseball player, and the last major league pitcher to win 30 or more games during a season—a feat accomplished by only 13 players in the 20th century. Eli Zaret is a longtime sportscaster in Detroit and the author of Blue Collar Blueprint: How the Pistons Constructed Their Championship Formula and The Last of the Great Tigers: Untold Stories from an Amazing Season.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     vii
Introduction   Eli Zaret     ix
Kristin     1
Dad     13
The Bushes     23
Rookie     43
I Arrive     47
Farewell Charlie     55
Shorthorn     63
The Race Is On     73
A Pretty Good Year     81
30     91
Viva Las Vegas     109
Flyin' High     125
Me 'n' Mickey     131
Shot Up to Shut Out     139
Welcome to My Nightmare     143
Ink-Stained Wretches     167
Teddy Ballgame     173
All Good Things     193
One Last Fling     209
Knockin' Around     215
First Fidelity     221
Judgment Day     235
The Big A     245
The Hole     255
Talladega     261
Freedom     267
Peet     279
What Was I Thinking?     301
Back to the Slammer     305
Valhalla     315
Gotti     327
Segregated     343
Valhalla Redux     349
Happy Camper     359
Bryant     367
Ed Miller     379
Comeback     385
Postscript   Michelle McLain Lauzon     397
Index     399