Tag: baseball

THE ARM Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports By Jeff Passan No question. One of the most important baseball books in years….

Yahoo! Sports Baseball Columnist Jeff Passan sheds considerable light on the trials and travails of pitchers—from little leagues to the major leagues—with the release of his new book “THE ARM: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” (Harper, April 5, 2016), a critical look at a baseball epidemic. One-quarter of major […]

Investigative journalist Gus Garcia-Roberts on Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis and steroids in baseball

The Woodward and Bernstein of baseball writers blow the lid off the most explosive major league scandal in history. Tim Elfrink and Gus Garcia-Roberts are authors of “Blood Sport: Alex Rodriquez, Biogenesis and the Quest to End Baseball’s Steroid Era”. What’s already been reported in the press has been fascinating, but the full story behind […]

“Blood Sport: Alex Rodriquez, Biogenesis and the Quest to End Baseball’s Steroid Era”

The Woodward and Bernstein of baseball writers blow the lid off the most explosive major league scandal in history. Tim Elfrink and Gus Garcia-Roberts are authors of “Blood Sport: Alex Rodriquez, Biogenesis and the Quest to End Baseball’s Steroid Era”. What’s already been reported in the press has been fascinating, but the full story behind […]

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