Baseball & Beyond

Brad Straubinger interview with author and long time sportswriter Jeff Pearlman. Pearlman has been a writer in the national scene for the last 4 decades, famously writing for SI and getting John Rocker to open up about his "wacky" views of New Yorkers. Along the way he has penned 8 books, the latest being "Football for a Buck" detailing the rise and fall of the USFL, which President Trump had a lot of influence during the fall of that league. It is fascinating that in the mid 80's, there was a league that was stealing away the great talent from the NFL, and Pearlman tells some of those stories. Pearlman also gives recall about researching his other books, including one of my odd love/hate teams, the 1986 Mets. We talk about his dealings with members of the Dallas Cowboys dynasty of the 90's, trying to find anyone to say something positive about Barry Bonds during his research for a bio on him and more. Hope you enjoy, and more content is being added daily to my youtube channel, please subscribe: youtub