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The baseball star shares the story of his life, describing his relationships with such baseball greats as Charlie Finley, Dave Winfield, Jose Canseco, Reggie Jackson, and others, and discusses racism in baseball and player salaries

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Offbase tends to be a lopsided listening experience. Because Henderson sings his own praises throughout, Andre Braugher presents most of the material with a touch of arrogance in his voice. Yet he conveys Henderson's feelings for his family and friends with compassion and is animated when expressing the frustration, excitement and humor of the game. M.P.T. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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Henderson, who holds baseball's major-league record for most stolen bases, won't steal into many hearts with this superficial and self-congratulatory autobiography co-written by a baseball writer for the Gannett News Service. When Henderson broke Lou Brock's base-stealing record last year, he promptly grabbed a microphone and crowed, ``I am the greatest of all time.'' The subsequent public backlash did nothing to temper his pride, although it clearly stung, judging by the flood of defensive self-promotion on view here. For example: ``I don't think I'm greedy. If number one means stolen bases, hits, and runs, it also means dollars. Number one in all categories. That's not being greedy. That's being deserving. That's being number one. That's America.'' Sad to say, there's little in Henderson's retelling of his life to compensate for all the grandstanding. While some memories grip (the 1982 theft of 130 bases, a childhood friendship with M.C. Hammer) and genuine feeling sometimes seeps through (above all, in Henderson's deep love for manager Billy Martin), by and large this is autobiography by the book. A young man proves himself, paeans to motherhood powder the page, and Henderson's ego constantly gets in the way: Do we really need to listen to him tell Mark McGwire how to hit home runs? Unquestionably, Henderson is a baseball genius, the greatest lead-off hitter and base-stealer ever. But his mouth moves as fast as his legs, and the reader is left holding the bag. (B&w photo insert--not seen.) -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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  • PublisherHarpercollins
  • Publication date1992
  • ISBN 10 0060179759
  • ISBN 13 9780060179755
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages210
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