Curveball
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Curveball

How I Discovered True Fulfillment After Chasing Fortune and Fame

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Curveball

How I Discovered True Fulfillment After Chasing Fortune and Fame

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About This Book

The painfully honest and personal story of one of baseball's most intriguing players.

In Curveball, Zito shares his story with honesty and transparency. The ups and the downs. The wins and losses. By sharing his experiences as a man who had everything except happiness, Zito offers readers a path through adversity and toward a life defined by true success.

Despite achieving the kind of fame and fortune that most people only dream about, Barry Zito was plagued by both internal forces and external circumstances that robbed him of any sense of peace—until he finally found a purpose worth living for.

Barry explores the twists and turns of his own journey, including:

  • his dad's constant push and pursuit for excellence, which translated into a toxic father-son relationship,
  • how achieving superstardom in the major leagues created crippling fear,
  • the personal destruction brought on by fame and fortune,
  • and the disastrous seasons with the San Francisco Giants, including being benched for the 2010 playoffs and World Series.

Zito comes face-to-face with the destructiveness of his own ego—his need to be viewed as the best. He also comes face-to-face with God and with the truth that he was loved no matter what he achieved.

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Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Year
2019
ISBN
9780785227885
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religious Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Introduction: Fame, Shame, and the Love of the Game
  4. Chapter 1: Half-Italian, All-American
  5. Chapter 2: Let the Games Begin
  6. Chapter 3: The Point of Release Is Everything
  7. Chapter 4: Method to the Madness
  8. Chapter 5: At Least Now We’re in the Building
  9. Chapter 6: Ride That Wave
  10. Chapter 7: Creating My Own Monster
  11. Chapter 8: Tattoo That Number on Your Forehead
  12. Chapter 9: Trying Everything, Getting Nowhere
  13. Chapter 10: Nobody’s Fault but Mine
  14. Chapter 11: But He Was Never There, Until Right Now
  15. Chapter 12: Stay on Your Side of the Fence
  16. Chapter 13: No Regrets, No What-Ifs
  17. Conclusion: The Tale of Two Rings
  18. Appendix 1: God’s Gift of Mercer
  19. Appendix 2: The Gospel According to Barry Zito
  20. Appendix 3: Barry Zito Baseball Career Awards and Stats
  21. Notes
  22. About the Authors
  23. Photos