* Review: American Icon

June 22, 2009

From Publishers Weekly, this small review of the latest Clemens fiasco.

Full disclosure: I used to do freelance work for PW, and at the risk of losing any kind of future assignments, reviewers are instructed to write generally positive assessments.

Richly detailed, the muscular narrative often reads like a thriller, though numerous subplots don’t always connect. Relying on hundreds of on- and off-the-record interviews and access to public and private documents, this is an intricate and compelling case in which there are no heroes, but a notable villain—the League itself….

I beg to disagree, but the book does not read like a thriller; a thriller leaves you guessing until the last minute. The information here has been public record for quite some time now. Also, it’s easy to condemn the baseball hierarchy for turning a blind eye for the sake of the almighty dollar, but I don’t know how or why the reviewer doesn’t include Clemens as an obvious villain here.

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