We thank Howard Bryant for taking the time to talk with us today.Īnd that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.Ĭheck out the Howard Bryant website here. His favorite baseball park is Dodgers, thinks Gary Sheffield should be commissioner. Who is the one person that you believe has your next story? The Wrap: With every book you write, you give a piece of you to the project. Should there be a steroid wing of the Baseball hall of fame in Cooperstown? Best baseball card you own? One Big Question: Who is the one player that you would have liked to see play in person?Ĩ. Favorite book in your library behind you?ħ. Are you superstitious about reporting a no no in progress?Ħ. Best baseball park in your opinion to watch a game?ĥ. What’s the one stat of Rickey’s that amazes you to this very day?Ĥ.
If you could have anyone as baseball commissioner, who would be the best choice?ģ. It’s time for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions answer with the first thing that comes to your mind. Was there something deeper than the rich heritage of Oakland sports from your 1 st job or was Rickey’s story just needed to be told? The Rockin’ 8:
You’ve written over nine books, covering baseball and sports. What was your first job after graduation? ESPN Senior Writer Author Of Rickey Howard Bryant Takes A Beyond The Mic Short Cut.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. Now, in the hands of critically acclaimed sportswriter and culture critic Howard Bryant, one of baseball’s greatest and most original stars finally gets his due. Henderson embraced this shift with his trademark style, playing for nine different teams throughout his decades-long career and sculpting a brash, larger-than-life persona that stole the nation’s heart. And it’s a story of a sea change in sports, when athletes gained celebrity status and Black players finally earned equitable salaries. “If you cut Rickey Henderson in half, you’d have two Hall of Famers,” the baseball historian Bill James once said.īut perhaps even more than his prowess on the field, Rickey Henderson’s is a story of Oakland, California, the town that gave rise to so many legendary athletes like him.
He holds the record for the most stolen bases in a single game, and he’s scored more runs than any player ever.
From the author of The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron comes the definitive biography of Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, baseball’s epic leadoff hitter and base-stealer who also stole America’s heart over nearly five electric decades in the game.įew names in the history of baseball evoke the excellence and dynamism that Rickey Henderson’s does.
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