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"Yankees catcher Jim Leyritz's life story from national sports hero to vehicular manslaughter charge knocks 'compelling' out of the park. The year is 1996. Location, Atlanta Fulton County Stadium. In the eighth inning of game four of the World Series against the Atlanta Braves, catcher Jim Leyritz hits one of the most dramatic and memorable home runs in history, propelling the Yankees to win their first World Championship in 18 years. Flash forward through the next 15 years in which every time Leyritz seems to have put his life back together, something sets him back. A nasty divorce, a hard-won custody battle, raising three sons (one with two terrible diseases), and then a tragic car accident in Florida in which a woman died and Leyritz finds himself thrust into the criminal courts on a manslaughter charge. Where did everything go wrong for this icon of the American dream? Catching Heat is the untold comeback story of catcher Jim Leyritz whose life after the ticker-tape parade has been one setback after another. But, in true star fashion, this compelling and brutally honest story which chronicles his entire life, from his early years as a kid dreaming of becoming a professional bas

Author

Jim Leyritz, Douglas B. Lyons & Jeffrey Lyons

Publisher

Health Communications, Incorporated

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780757315664

Subjects

Sports, Anthropology, Memoir