Posts tagged as:

steroids

With the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies coming up, look for Chafets to be even more in the limelight.  This Q&A comes from the current edition of The Jewish Week and this one comes from The Forward, another Jewish publication.

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

We might hate the man, for what he did to himself and what he did to besmirch the (relative) cleanliness of the game, but give Jose Canseco his due. He was right about about a lot of things, including players who used. Jonathan Eig, author of a biography of Lou Gehrig — the anti-Canseco — […]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America’s Pastime, by Teri Thompson, Nathaniel Vinton, Michael O’Keeffe, and Christian Red. Knopf, 2009. In case you haven’t been paying attention, the topic du an in baseball lit is steroids/PED. No less than four major titles consider the science and those who use performance […]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Zev Chafets, author of Cooperstown Confidential, published this Op-Ed piece in the June 19 edition of The New York Times (“Let steroids into the Hall of Fame“). will Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, et al now become loyal Times readers? [T]oday’s superstars have lawyers and a union. They know how to use the news media. And […]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

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.

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Not really, but a funny take on what might be, courtesy of Jon Bois on Fanhouse.com.

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

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 […]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

* 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 […]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

* Roger Clemens, auteur?

June 21, 2009

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 […]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

By Allen Barra, via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Upshot: “Cooperstown Confidential” is bold, intelligent, gutsy. [Author Zev] Chafets is strongest on what is soon to be the next controversy of the Hall — steroids. and … if you don’t like Roger Clemens — and there are so many who don’t that one questions why the authors […]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Bobby Feller’s generation complained about the high salaries of the players that came after them. Now Wade Boggs speaks for the players from his era on the steroiders and their possible entry into the Hall of Fame. Can chicken be considered a performance enhancing food? Come to think of it what about that? Why are […]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

* Bits and Pieces

June 17, 2009

Time to play a little catch-up: From Pressboxonline.com, a Baltimore-sports oriented site, a review of Bert Randolph Sugar’s new coffee table book about the Hall of Fame. “[The author] left nothing out and I can’t think of a better way to educate those whom are grasping for a better understanding of baseball’s history than to […]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

This isn’t so much much justified because you can put the Times on a bookshelf, rather it addresses a more important issue (soap box alert). I came across this entry from JimmyScottshighandtight.com, a website from a fabulously faux pitcher (think along the lines of a Sasha Baron Cohen, someone who pulls off a character perfectly). […]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

* A-Rod a bust

June 12, 2009

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 […]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

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 […]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

“Three baseball books are discussed: A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez by Selena Roberts, American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America’s Pastime by the staff of the New York Daily News, and The Yankee Years by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci.” You read and listen to the […]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Here’s the audio interview with Zev Chafets, author of Cooperstown Confidential. http://rksbaseballbookshelf.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/zevchafets_raw.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

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 […]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

* A lesson in logic

June 10, 2009

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 […]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

* A-Rod Update

May 2, 2009

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 […]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-5496371-4']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();