Let the out-of-context buzz commence

October 7, 2013

Reggie Jackson is publishing his memoirs this fall (official release day tomorrow), so look for the most salacious excerpts to pop up in the press. To wit: the New York Mets were racist because they didn’t make him their No. 1 pick in the 1966 draft.

This is not necessarily a new accusation. George Foster brought it up and the handling of the Cleon Jones affair was an embarrassment all around.

From the New York Post:

‘Becoming Mr. October” is a score-settling lament about all the people who have wronged Jackson, who comes off as the A-Rod of his day — incredibly talented, disliked by his teammates and ignorant of why anyone would be mad at him.

Becoming Mr. October, written with Kevin Baker (author of the 1993 baseball novel Sometimes You See It Coming), is bound to ruffle some feathers, as did Selena Roberts’ Alex Rodriguez biography and Joe Torre’s memoir. I doubt if anything substantially new will come out of Jackson’s story, although I’m guessing he will paint himself in a sympathetic light. Besides, considering Jackson had it all — fame, fortune, a Hall of Fame career — I don’t know if baseball readers are really interested in hearing how tough he had it.

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