Behind The Book

Jeff Pearlman: Love Me, Hate Me

A few weeks ago Jeff Pearlman was kind enough to spend part of his day talking to me about his recent Barry Bonds biography, Love Me, Hate Me: Barry Bonds and the Making of an Antihero. Following the themes addressed in the book, our conversation focused on Bonds the person as well as the baseball player, and we also talked about steroids for a while.  Lots of good stuff.

Alex Belth: Stepping Up

Last week Alex Belth was generous enough to spend a good portion of his Thursday evening chatting with me about his recent book, Stepping Up: The Story of All-Star Curt Flood and His Fight for Baseball Players' Rights. We spoke extensively about the writing process, Flood's career as a ballplayer, his struggle against baseball's reserve clause, and finally his ultimate legacy. There's a lot of stuff there, so sit back, put up your feet, and stay a while.