MMC 3703 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Jeff Pearlman, John Rocker, 989 Sports Major League Baseball Series
1 Oct 2016
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He"s the player you love if they"re on your team but hate if he"s on the other side. Relief pitcher came in and got the crowd lit up. Basis for kenny powers in eastbound and down. Sports illustrated article called at full blast. Jeff pearlman assigned an si story on rocker. He wrote this story on how rocker was a bad guy on the field and good gut off the field". Set to run during the world series but they were swept by the yankees so the story never runs. During the off season he goes back and re interviews him to freshen up the piece. At full blast comes back on december 23 1999. No big out cry because pre social media. Mlb suspends him for spring training and part of the regular season. Punishment gets cut from 28 days to 14 (of regular season) and fine from 50,000 to 500.
