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Highlights
- Clearing the Bases is a much-needed call to arms by one of baseball's most respected players.
- Author(s): Mike Schmidt & Glen Waggoner
- 224 Pages
- Sports + Recreation, Baseball
Description
About the Book
From one of baseball's most respected names comes a passionate and provocative evaluation of the state of the game. 8-page photo insert.Book Synopsis
Clearing the Bases is a much-needed call to arms by one of baseball's most respected players. Drawing on his experiences as a third baseman, a manager, and, most recently, a fan, Mike Schmidt takes on everything from skyrocketing payrolls, callous owners, and unapproachable players to inflated statistics, and, of course, ersatz home run kings.
But Schmidt's book goes beyond the Balco investigation and never-ending free-agent bonanzas that dominate the back pages. It also examines all that's right with our national pastime, including interleague play, expansion, and, most surprisingly, better all-around hitters. Riveting, wise, and illuminating, Clearing the Bases is a hall of famer's look at how Major League Baseball has lost its way and how it can head back home.
Review Quotes
The peerless third baseman's honest examination of his own career in particular and of major league baseball in general. -- Library Journal