Wherever I Wind Up, R.A. Dickey
Wherever I Wind Up, R.A. Dickey
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Wherever I Wind Up
My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball

Author: R.A. Dickey, Wayne Coffey

Narrator: TBD

Unabridged: 9 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Mission Audio

Published: 08/15/2012

Synopsis

The Glass Castle meets Ball Four as Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey weaves searing honesty and baseball insight in this memoir about his unlikely journey to the big leagues.An English Lit major at the University of Tennessee, Dickey is as articulate and thoughtful as any professional athlete in any sport-and proves it page after page, as he provides fresh and honest insight into baseball and a career unlike any other. Fourteen years ago, Dickey was a heralded No. 1 draft choice of the Texas Rangers, only to have an $810,000 signing bonus, and his lifelong dream, ripped away by an X- ray-and the discovery that he did not have an ulna collateral ligament in his right elbow. Five years ago, he gave up a record six home runs in three innings to the Detroit Tigers-and was effectively consigned to the baseball scrap heap.Sustained by his profound Christian faith, the love of his wife and children, and a relentless quest for self-awareness and authenticity, the immensely likable Dickey details his transformation from a reckless, risk-taking loner to a grounded, life-affirming big leaguer. He emerged as one of the premier pitchers in the National League in 2010-and the knuckleballing embodiment of the wonders that perseverance and human wisdom can produce. Dickey views his story as one of redemption. Readers will come to see it as something more-a uniquely American story of beating back demons, listening to your heart, and overcoming extraordinary odds.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on June 18, 2012

I will preface this by saying that I am a huge fan of the knuckleball. It's a fascinating, oddball pitch that gives everyone over 30 hope that they could still make it to the bigs. I really wanted to sympathize with Dickey in his quest to change from conventional pitcher to knuckleballer. I'm sure it......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on June 15, 2012

As a die-hard Phillies fan, I will never like, or root for the Mets (I think it might actually be against the law in Philadelphia), but I now have a tremendous amount of respect for R.A. Dickey. I will now look forward to his his games against the Phillies much the same way he described pitching aga......more

Goodreads review by Nate on August 24, 2012

I was really hoping for a good sports autobiography here, and I was primed by a couple excerpts from Sports Illustrated. Dickey's story is unique in that he's finally found success as a major league pitcher in his mid-to-late 30s (the age where most athletes start fading or even retiring), and he's......more

Goodreads review by Al on July 21, 2020

A couple of reasons that I picked up this book. RA Dickey was a New York Met hero at the time when the Mets were particularly terrible (almost a decade ago now). This book also got rave reviews including the cover blurb comparing it to Jim Bouton’s seminal Ball Four. To be like Bouton, one needs to......more

Goodreads review by Dominic on December 31, 2012

The bittersweet irony of this book is that Dickey wrote it a year too early. Later in 2012, Dickey surprised everybody by exceeding the already-impressive achievements he'd written about and winning pitching's highest honour, the Cy Young. Have no fear though: I suspect there will be a forward added......more

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