Just Tell Me I Can't

How Jamie Moyer Defied the Radar Gun and Defeated Time

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Larry Platt, Jamie Moyer: Just Tell Me I Can't (2013, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

288 pages

English language

Published Dec. 29, 2013 by Little, Brown Book Group Limited.

ISBN:
978-1-4555-2158-6
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5 stars

Really excellent book, not at all the standard linear sports bio and tell-all. Juxtaposes key points in Jamie's career with the psychology he learned from Harvey Dorfman. Showcases and explains the determination of this pitcher to own his game and recover from injuries and surgeries.

When I heard about this book, I knew I wanted to read it. I followed Jamie's career in Seattle and often umpired his oldest son in Magnolia youth baseball - he even attended some of those games. If you had told me then that Moyer would go on to become the oldest pitcher to record a major league win, I wouldn't have been surprised.

Rehab from Tommy John surgery is the main narrative, with flashbacks to earlier key points in his career. The lessons he learned from Dorfman are placed in context, and are more powerful because of it. He frequently references [b:The Mental Game …

Subjects

  • Baseball players
  • Baseball, biography