tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1426662113128664469.post8976991790476356085..comments2023-03-12T08:29:29.969-07:00Comments on On Tap: I Also ForgotUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1426662113128664469.post-68624790289039788492009-05-05T13:55:00.000-07:002009-05-05T13:55:00.000-07:00All the criticism is coming from people that have ...All the criticism is coming from people that have not read the book. They're calling it a character assasination based on the excerpts that have been released because they'll generate the most publicity. The book itself will likely provide a much more detailed profile. From the Star Ledger's Steve Politi (who, it appears, actually did read it):<br /><br />"This book is not a 255-page attack. Most of it is dedicated to Rodriguez's relationships with the people around him as he made his rise to stardom; the pitch tipping allegations fill all of two pages. Roberts portrays Rodriguez as an "adulation junkie" who seemed to spend half his life trying to build a pristine image and the other half trying to destroy it. <br /><br />He comes across not as evil but as helplessly flawed, a not-so-bright celebrity who tried to please everybody and ended up alienating them instead. This is a diagnosis that any amateur psychiatrist sitting in the bleacher seats at Yankee Stadium could have made a long time ago. <br /><br />"Many fans celebrated his obvious talent but were alienated by three hardened perceptions," Roberts writes. "He was disingenuous; he failed in the clutch; and, most of all, he wasn't a leader like Derek Jeter."Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05773274980233032136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1426662113128664469.post-57298980878756780512009-05-05T10:51:00.000-07:002009-05-05T10:51:00.000-07:00http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/shysterball/arti...http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/shysterball/article/selena-roberts-a-rod-and-impartiality/<br /><br />They are harsh to her but I think they entire sports community is pretty revolted by the book.ehengelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961037544820584677noreply@blogger.com