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"Willie Mays Aikens: Safe at Home is far too complex to
be regarded as just a baseball book. Gregory Jordan is a master
storyteller, expertly weaving a narrative that is both fascinating
and disturbing while ever mindful of the human spirit." —Tom
Verducci, senior writer at Sports Illustrated From World Series
hero to prison inmate, Willie Mays Aikens' story is one
of tragedy, belief, and the ultimate comeback Willie Mays
Aikens was ascendant in the 1980s, establishing himself
as one of the top sluggers in Major League Baseball as a member of
the Kansas City Royals, alongside George Brett and Hal
McRae. But a promising career quickly turned disastrous when
he fell into drug abuse and was ultimately sentenced to 20 years in
prison, a reflection of the era's harsh federal sentencing
guidelines for crack cocaine and a criminal legal system intent on
punishment rather than rehabilitation. Safe at Home is an intimate
portrait of a tortured player and a redemption story for the ages.
Through extensive interviews with Alkens himself, his
family, friends, teammates, cellmates, and dealers, Gregory
Jordan has woven this comeback tale with compassion and unique
intensity. Readers will gain unvarnished insight into Aikens'
impoverished childhood in a slow-to-desegregate South Carolina
town, the rollicking Kansas City Royals' locker room, the go-go
drug culture of America in the 80s, prison life at Leavenworth, and
the grace and stability Aikens has found as a coach and mentor.
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