Wherever I Wind Up

The perfect gift for baseball fans now with a new epilogue by author R.A. Dickey winner of the 2012 Cy Young award. . An astounding memoir—haunting and touching courageous and wise.—Jeremy Schaap bestselling author Emmy award-winning journalist ESPN. In 1996 R.A. Dickey was the Texas Rangers’ much-heralded No. 1 draft choice. Then a routine physical revealed that his right elbow was missing its ulnar collateral ligament and his lifelong dream—along with his $810000 signing bonus—was ripped away. Yet despite twice being consigned to baseball’s scrap heap Dickey battled back. Sustained by his Christian faith the love of his wife and children and a relentless quest for self-awareness Dickey is now the starting pitcher for the Toronoto Blue Jays (he was previously a star pitcher for the New York Mets) and one of the National League’s premier players as well as the winner of the 2012 Cy Young award.. In Wherever I Wind Up Dickey eloquently shares his quintessentially American tale of overcoming extraordinary odds to achieve a game a career and a life unlike any other.