The curse of the book “trailer”

May 15, 2015

I recently compared book excerpts with movie trailers. It’s my contention that the publications concentrate on the most salacious or controversial passages they can find because, let’s face it, people love the dirt.

https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/journeyhome_final_106987585.jpg?w=199&h=300&resize=139%2C211So when you see headlines such as “Jorge Posada bitter toward Yankees management in book,” or “Yankee great Jorge Posada still steamed at how things ended with Bronx Bombers, reveals bitterness in new book ‘The Journey Home: My Life in Pinstripes’,” you kinda know the paper or magazine or website has cherry-picked to grab them most eyes. You also know that there will probably come a point at which the author might try to deflect when confronted to defend his remarks  (following his comments that PED users — which include former teammates Roger Clemens and Alex Rodriguez — should not be allowed for Hall of Fame consideration).

Posada recently appeared on The Leonard Lopate Show. Undoubtedly the questions asked there were different than the kind he would have to field on sports-talk radio.

I’m supposed to be reviewing this, along with the new Pedro Martinez memoir for Bookreporter.com in the near future. I’m hoping it’s readable. (Isn’t it sad when that’s the first thing that comes to mind for athlete-written tomes?)

More on Posada and The Journey Home:

  • On ESPN’s Baseball Tonight (why are they standing? Did they not budget for chairs? It looks awkward.)

 

 

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