Barry Bonds: Baseball's Superman

There have been many books written about Barry Bonds, but this is the very best of them all. The author has written a concise, authoritative review of the controversial, Shakespearean life of the enigmatic superstar. This book was nominated for a Casey Award for Best Baseball Book of 2002, and well deserved the honor. They should make a movie out of it, too. Steve Travers rode along with Bonds as a sports columnist for the San Francisco Examiner when Barry broke the all-time home run record with 73 in 2001, and it reads like a guy who was along with MacArthur during World War II, or hanging with John Glenn and Alan Shepard during the Space Race. History drips page after glorious page. This is a fabulous book. Steve Travers is "baseball's superstar writer."

This one is interesting to read now that we know more about Bonds. It holds up well and is very well written. I loved it!

And, I'm still not much of a fan. But, after reading this book I began to understand why Bonds has been a misunderstood player and person for many years. I always knew that Bonds was a great player, but this book forces me to acknowledge just how great a player and interesting person Bonds really is. If you're going to have one book on your shelf about the greatest player of this generation (and maybe any generation) this is the one!

Steven Travers has told a story that needed to be told. For as much as we think we know about the very public Mr. Bonds, Travers has mastered the attention to detail and insiders knowledge that perhaps only a former ballplayer like Travers could muster.Travers provides an insightful glimpse into this mysterious life that we think is in full view. Bonds probably offers more of himself to Travers in this book than in seemingly any other venue of recent times.Jake DowneyExecutive ProducerJDnewsie ProductionsStudio City, CAwww.jdnewsie.com

I suppose it would be impossible to write a book about Barry Bonds that is not controversial. If Bonds likes a book about him, it would have to omit a lot. Somehow, "Barry Bonds: Baseball's Superman" looks at all of Barry's warts, yet remains in the end favorable to him. Not an easy balancing act. This is not your average sports book. It is edgy and filled with laughs... and inside baseball. Good, solid reading.