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Barry Bonds and the Making of an Antihero
HarperCollins
August 2006
384 pages
ISBN: 0060797525
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
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
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