The Legend of Bobby Jenks: The Drunken, Violent, Second Coming of Christ with the 100 MPH Fastball and Self-Diagnosed Bad Back

The incredible of legend of White Sox closer Bobby Jenks continues to grow. As described in a new book Odd Men Out by Matt McCarthy, Jenks was brash, lazy, and a drunk during his time in the Angels farm system.Here is an excerpt, with McCarthy describing Jenks' arrival in Mesa: Mitch froze after his eighth throw to me. From his expression I thought he'd either pulled a muscle or seen a ghost. Turning around, I saw a tall, overweight, bald man getting out of a truck. Mitch walked toward me and in a hushed voice whispered, "That's Bobby. He throws a hundred." Bobby was Bobby Jenks, a pitcher who'd attained mythical status in Mesa before his arrival. Raised in the backwods of Idaho, Jenks, at age 19, had been 6?3?, 280 pounds, with a 100-mph fastball, and was considered one of the most promising talents in the 2000 draft. But many teams passed on him because of questions about his character. There were rumors that he was an alcoholic and that he had a his...