{"product_id":"barry-bonds-baseballs-superman-9781582614885","title":"Barry Bonds: Baseball's Superman","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarry Bonds: Baseballs Superman is the biography of the games first four-time Most Valuable Player. In 2001  Bonds broke the greatest record in sports -- the all-time single season home run record held over the years by Babe Ruth  Roger Maris and Mark McGwire -- and  arguably  had the greatest season in baseball history. There is no doubt that for most fans Barry Bonds is a man of mystery. A misunderstood superstar who has long engaged in a running feud with the media  Bonds broke new ground this past season  maturing into an elder statesman of baseball. Long considered the games best player  Bonds ascension to greatness has taken him into truly rarefied air. Now a free-agent  he will sign a blockbuster deal before the 2002 season. Whether hes dressed in his familiar Giants uniform or that of another baseball power  Bonds will continue to receive front-page treatment for the balance of his career. The greatest athlete in the world right now  he embarks on milestones -- 3 000 career hits  755 homers  a World Championship -- that may elevate him to the title Greatest Baseball Player of All Time. Author Steven Travers book documents the superstars 2001 campaign as Bonds defied the very bounds of conventional logic and perfected the art of long-ball hitting. Travers also describes Bonds childhood in Riverside  California  the hometown of his father  Bobby; his successful high school career in the Bay Area  and his All-American career at Arizona State. It will be a book that delves into the intensely private  proud mind and ego of a man who understands baseball history and his place in it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276605841461,"sku":"ByrdShop_1582614881","price":62.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781582614885.jpg?v=1780557337","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/barry-bonds-baseballs-superman-9781582614885","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}