Barry Bonds

Ron Cook has this essay.

I read the Sports Illustrated article tonight, and I have a number of now-disconnected comments to make about it. One thing I will say: this is, from the perspective of both SI and the authors, mainly about selling books. They aren't out to get Bonds, and they aren't out to save or reclaim the "purity" of baseball, whatever the dustjacket trumpets. They want to sell lots and lots of copies of this book, just as SI mainly wants to sell lots and lots of copies of this article.

The authors have told the tale as best they can with that in mind. Sports Illustrated has layed it out as best they can with that in mind. They push all the buttons as they go.