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Authors: R. A. Dickey

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Me at age one, in 1975.

 

Mom, Dad, and me, age three. My parents got divorced when I was eight.

 

Introducing Van Allen Dickey.

 

Cuddling with my girls: Gabriel is on my left and Lila on my right.

 

Playing quarterback for Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville, 1992.

 

A picture from my senior year in high school, pitching for Montgomery Bell Academy.

 

After the Tennessee state championship.
Left to right:
my stepmother, Susan; Dad; Grandma Dickey; my dad’s cousin Dustin; me; my dad’s cousin Randy; and Mom.

 

Table of Contents

PROLOGUE: THE WORST NIGHT I EVER HAD

CHAPTER ONE: PLASTIC SPOON

CHAPTER TWO: SUMMER OF ’83

CHAPTER THREE: FAITH ON WALNUT

CHAPTER FOUR: THE WOLF OF GREEN HILLS

CHAPTER FIVE: VOLUNTEERING FOR DUTY

CHAPTER SIX: COVER STORY

CHAPTER SEVEN: THE LONE RANGER

CHAPTER EIGHT: MINOR ACHIEVEMENT

CHAPTER NINE: SHOWTIME

CHAPTER TEN: REQUIEM FOR MY FASTBALL

CHAPTER ELEVEN: REDHAWK REDUX

CHAPTER TWELVE: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO CHARLIE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: KNUCKLEBALLER NON GRATA

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: THE BOTTOM

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: INTO THE MISSOURI

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: SOUNDS OF THE MOMENT

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: RULE FIVE SURPRISE

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: GETTING MY PHIL

CHAPTER NINETEEN: CITI DWELLER

CHAPTER TWENTY: FINGERNAILS IN FLUSHING

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: UNBROKEN MOMENTS

Acknowledgments

Index

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