| | Love Me, Hate Me
Barry Bonds and the Making of an Antihero |
Author: Jeff Pearlman
Hardcover · April 2006
304 Pages
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
No player in the history of baseball has left such an indelible mark on the game as San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds.
In his twenty-year career, Bonds has amassed an unprecedented seven MVP awards, eight Gold Gloves, and more than seven hundred home runs, an impressive assortment of feats that has earned him consideration as one of the greatest players the game has ever seen.
Equally deserved, however, is his reputation as an insufferable braggart, whose mythical home runs are rivaled only by his legendary ego. From his staggering ability and fabled pedigree (father Bobby played outfield for the Giants; cousin Reggie Jackson and godfather Willie Mays are both Hall of Famers) to his well-documented run-ins with teammates and the persistent allegations of steroid use, Bonds inspires a like amount of passion from both sides of the fence.
For many, Bonds belongs beside Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron in baseball's holy trinity; for others, he embodies all that is wrong with the modern athlete: aloof; arrogant; alienated.Barry Bonds Biography
In "Love Me, Hate Me," author Jeff Pearlman offers a searing and insightful look into one of the most divisive athletes of our time. Drawing on more than five hundred interviews -- with former and current teammates, opponents, managers, trainers, friends, and outspoken critics and unapologetic supporters alike -- Pearlman reveals, for the first time, a wonderfully nuanced portrait of a prodigiously talented and immensely flawed American icon whose controversial run at baseball immortality forever changed the way we look at our sports heroes.
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Barry Bonds: A Biography
(Baseball's All-Time Greatest Hitters) |
Author: John Bloom
Hardcover · June 2004
160 Pages
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Barry Bonds has emerged, statistically, as the most feared hitter since Babe Ruth.
Bonds, winner of a record six MVP awards, holds the single-season record for home-runs, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, and walks, and is the only player ever to have hit 500 home-runs and stolen 500 bases. His statistical performance is beyond reproach, but his public image remains controversial, and recent allegations of steroid use have cast a shadow over his unprecedented accomplishments.
This timely book strips away the hype and takes an objective look and Bonds' life at career. It has been said that hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in professional sports. | | |
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