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.
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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.
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