"With a new epilogue."--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue : The worst night I ever had -- Plastic spoon -- Summer of '83 -- Faith on Walnut -- The wolf of Green Hills -- Volunteering for duty -- Cover story -- The lone ranger -- Minor achievement -- Showtime -- Requiem for my fastball -- Redhawk redux -- The world according to Charlie -- Knuckleballer non grata -- The bottom -- Into the Missouri -- Sounds of the moment -- Rule five surprise -- Getting my Phil -- Citi dweller -- Fingernails in Flushing -- Unbroken moments.

"A memoir written by baseball pitcher R.A. Dickey"--

A personal account about the author's unlikely journey to the big leagues describes how his athletic dream was destroyed by medical findings and how he was sustained by his Christian faith and the love of his family before emerging as a National League premier pitcher.