The Stark Truth
The Most Overrated and Underrated Players in Baseball History
Published on 1. April 2007
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-57243-959-7 (ISBN)
Description
Every baseball fan knows New York Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter is a great all-around player. But how about Alex Rodriguez, Jeter's teammate, former American League MVP, and probable future Hall of Famer? Many would argue he's even better than Jeter. And what about Jeter's seemingly unassailable status as one of the greatest Yankees of all time? Such discussions highlight one of the great joys of being a baseball fan: arguing over who's really great and who falls just short, who doesn't get the respect he deserves and who gets too much. In other words, who's overrated and who's underrated.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
1-color; photos throughout
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57243-959-7 (9781572439597)
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Person
Jayson Stark covers baseball for ESPN and ESPN.com. Before he joined ESPN.com as senior writer in 2000, he worked at the Philadelphia Inquirer for 21 years, where he reported on the Phillies and served as a national baseball writer and columnist. He was also a columnist for Baseball America for more than two decades. This is his first book. However, his writing has appeared in Chicken Soup for the Baseball Soul, The Phillies Reader, and Worst to First: The Story of the 1993 Phillies. He lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife, Lisa, and three children, Steven, Jessica, and Hali.