Unlike legitimate shame, which is a productive, self-correcting mechanism that says, I am less because of what I’ve done, this is toxic shame: I am less because of what was done to me.

The six-foot-six left-handed pitcher's career spanned 19 seasons and he racked up a career record of 251 wins and 161 losses with a pretty good earned run average of 3.74. C.C. won 19 games three time ...