When You Can't Come Back by Dave and Jan Dravecky (Hardcover, 1992)

ISBN-10: 0310585600
ISBN-13: 9780310585602

The former all-star pitcher chronicles his painful struggle with cancer, his heroic return to baseball, and the eventual loss of his arm to the disease.

In October of 1988, Dave Dravecky underwent surgery for cancer on his pitching arm. The doctors thought he would never pitch again. On August 10, 1989, Dravecky did pitch again and won a miraculous major league victory for the San Francisco Giants. He had come back. Five days later, while pitching his second start since cancer surgery, he broke his arm, ending his return to major league baseball for that season.

This book deals with depression, burnout, stress, and suffering. It chronicles the struggles that both Jan and Dave have faced since his retirement from baseball. In honest detail it recounts Jan's depression and the continuing problems with Dave's arm, which led to its amputation.

The Dravecky's friends from major league baseball appear throughout the book along with stories such as Dave and Jan's trip to the White House or their interview with Barbara Walters. A photo section captures some of these people and highlights. 199 pages.

CONDITION: Like new. Pages are in EXCELLENT condition. Light shelf wear to the dust jackets corners.

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