From SFgate.com, the literary master of disaster comments on a teammate’s assertion that he’s persona non grata among the old Oakland As.
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Move over, Jose. Roger Clemens wants to join the band of ballplayers turned … well, words fail me. According to news reports, Clemens is considering writing his own book to answer allegations about his use of PED. During an on-line interview on Houstonist.com, the question was asked, “Do you believe that you will get a [...]
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According to this item by Don McKee in the Philadelphia Inquirer: In case you have to buy a present for someone you really don’t like much, take a look at Selena Roberts’ unauthorized biography of Alex Rodriguez. According to the Associated Press, A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez has been a major disappointment. Since [...]
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Yes, according to this post from The Tao of Stieb, a Toronto-based blog. Last month, we had some time to kill at a Chapters megastore….What we were met with was depressing enough to make us literally (and I mean literally) recoil and walk away. The baseball section was a wall that was almost completely filled [...]
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I love Pardon the Interruption, and not just because the show tends to tend to agree with my point of view and vice versa. On yesterday’s show, Messers Wilbon and Kornheiser weighed in on the Raul Ibanez steroids situation, which I had addressed earlier in the afternon. (Funny, but the whole situation stemmed from a [...]
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I may be mis-remembering my old classes, so bear with me. Players who are over a “certain age” and are enjoying a good year probably take performance enhancing drugs. The Phillies’ Raul Ibanez is over a “certain age” and is enjoying a good year. Therefore, Raul Ibanez is probably taking PED. This is what it’s [...]
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That’s according toMa Hae-young, a Korean pro player (right), in his new book,Yagu Bonsaek “roughly translated as The True Color of Baseball in Korean,” says this article from JoongAng Daily. “During my playing days, I witnessed several players taking banned substances such as steroids on a regular basis,” he writes in the book. “It wasn’t [...]
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The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez, by Selena Roberts (Harper Collins) There’s a telling reference in Selena Robert’s new expose on Alex Rodriguez: [Rodriguez] pursued his investments with the same conflicted soul. He projected a Mister Rogers benevolence, but he was more like Mr. Potter in It’s a Wonderful Life. Reading A-Rod, I got the [...]
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Take a guess at the cover story. If you picked anything other than Manny Ramirez — such as the exciting marquee matchup between the Capitals and Penguins, or Cleveland flying through the NBA playoffs — you’d be WRONG. (Please God, don’t let Selena Roberts get ahold of this one.) Tom Verducci gets cover-story honors with [...]
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I never understood why some radio sports talk shows feel the need to televise their programs. Basically you’re just looking at the host talking, or the guest, if there is one in the studio, sitting there on a static shot. Wow. In this case, Mike and Mike in the Morning interview Roger Clemens on the [...]
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In his latest ramblings, Clemens claimed his family history of heart disease contraindicated the use of steroids. “Our family has a history of heart conditions,” Clemens told Mike and Mike in the Morning this morning. “My brother had a heart attack in his late 40s. My stepdad died of a heart attack. I mean, it [...]
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With the new book about Roger Clemens hitting the stores today, the Rocket has come out of the closet (so to speak), to stick to his guns about his non-use of PED. According to this piece from STATS, Roger Clemens broke his silence Tuesday, again denying that former personal trainer Brian McNamee injected him with [...]
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Don’t you just feel so sorry for authors who works so hard to put out a book, then, as soon as it hits the stores, something happens to rendered it outdated? Such is the case for Becoming Manny:Inside the Life of Baseball’s Most Enigmatic Slugger, by Jean Rhodes and Shawn Boburg. News that Ramirez was [...]
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Remember when I noted that the robert’s book on A-Rod was coming out on May 12? Oc fourse you don’t, which is why I’m putting a link here. Well scratch that. According to the Times, it comes out May 4. “A-Rod, The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez” (HarperCollins), by Selena Roberts, asserts that Rodriguez used [...]
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, by David Stinson
, by John Thorn.
, by Molly Lawless.
, by R.A. Dickey with Wayne Coffey.
, by Bud Harrelson with Phil Pepe
, by John Grisham
, by Bruce Spitzer
, edited by Rob Fleder
, by W.P. Kinsella
* Reviews (and then some): Cooperstown Confidential
June 23, 2009 · 0 comments
From the MLB portion of Fanhouse.com, this piece on Zev Chafets‘ new and controversial book on the Hall of Fame. And another from The Hardball Times. Upshot: Chafets doesn’t portray himself as a baseball expert, a la Bill James. He clearly is a fan of the game—and a passionate one—make no mistake about it, but [...]
Tagged as: Baseball Hall of Fame, PED, steroids, Zev Chafets
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