Love Me

图书信息

作者	Pearlman, Jeff
出版社	HarperCollins e-books
ISBN	9780061747052
出版时间	2009-10-13
字数	66.4万
分类	Jeff,HarperCollins e-books,进口书,外文原版书,文学,自传,回忆录

读书简介

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.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.

目录

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE

ONE: 70

TWO: BIRTH OF A BALLPLAYER

THREE: SERRA

FOUR: ARIZONA STATE

FIVE: A PRODIGY TURNS PRO

SIX: THE MONTREAL SUN

SEVEN: OF FINANCES AND (PLAYOFF) FLOPS

EIGHT: THE WRIGHT STUFF

NINE: A HAPPY HOMECOMING

TEN: YOU CAN’T LIVE WITH ’EM…

ELEVEN: ARRIVAL OF AN ENEMY

TWELVE: EXPANSION

THIRTEEN: BIG

FOURTEEN: ACROMEGALY

FIFTEEN: THIS GRACELESS SEASON

SIXTEEN: A WINNER AT LAST

SEVENTEEN: MR. NOCTOBER NO MORE

EIGHTEEN: DEATH OF THE FATHER

NINETEEN: A TARNISHED LEGACY?

TWENTY: THE PICNIC TABLE MONOLOGUES

TWENTY-ONE: SHADOW DANCING

EPILOGUE: THE DEBATE OF IMMORTALITY

PHOTOGRAPHIC INSERT

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (AKA “THE FLEMING FACTOR”)

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

About the Author

Copyright

About the Publisher