Big Sexy: In His Own Words : In His Own Words
In His Own Words
Bartolo Colon and Michael Stahl
From picking coffee in the Dominican Republic to reaching icon status as a Major League pitcher in America, here is the story of baseball's most colorful player told in his own words Bartolo Colon - also known as Big Sexy - is a baseball icon and one of the most beloved players to ever play the game. In a career spanning 21 years, Colon has won the Cy Young Award and won more games than any other Latin American–born pitcher. But more importantly, throughout his career, Big Sexy has captured the hearts of fans of the game as well as the stars he has played against. Colon plays the game the way it was meant to be. In Big Sexy: The Life and Times of Bartolo Colon, he opens up as never before. The result is a touching and deeply personal story of a truly unique baseball life.
Bartolo Colón is a Cy Young Award–winning and fourtime AllStar baseball pitcher. He holds the record for the most career wins by a pitcher from Latin America and the Dominican Republic. He was the oldest active MLB player during the 2018 season. Michael Stahl is a fulltime freelance journalist whose stories have appeared in publications such as Rolling Stone, Vice, Huffington Post, and elsewhere.