Baseball's Bastards: Flawed Diamonds of Our National Pastime

This book is about those who have bastardized the game: violators of baseball's integrity, i.e. Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson; racists and bigots, i.e.. Dixie Walker, John Rocker, Ben Chapman, and Enos Slaughter; the cheaters, e.g.Gaylord Perry, sign stealers such as the Houston Astros and '51 NY Giants, and steroid users; the bad sportsmen, e.g. Alex Rodriguez, Joe Torre, and Roberto Alomar; the violent players, e.g. Ty Cobb, Ducky Medwick, and Billy Martin; obnoxious owners, i.e. Walter O'Malley, George Steinbrenner, and Charles O. Finley; off-the-field bastards, e.g. Scott Boras; interfering fans, i.e. Jeffrey Maier and Steve Bartman; umpires, i.e. George Magerkurth; Appendix: personalities of the steroids era and Hall of Fame. Read more