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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 796.357640973 EAN: 9780060854997 ISBN: 0060854995 Label: HarperCollins Manufacturer: HarperCollins Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: March 01, 2006 Publisher: HarperCollins Release Date: March 14, 2006 Studio: HarperCollins Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Clearing the Bases is a much-needed call to arms by one of baseball's most respected players. Drawing on his experiences as a third baseman, a manager, and, most recently, a fan, Mike Schmidt takes on everything from skyrocketing payrolls, callous owners, and unapproachable players to inflated statistics, and, of course, ersatz home run kings. But Schmidt's book goes beyond the Balco investigation and never-ending free-agent bonanzas that dominate the back pages. It also examines all that's right with our national pastime, including interleague play, expansion, and, most surprisingly, better all-around hitters. Riveting, wise, and illuminating, Clearing the Bases is a hall of famer's look at how Major League Baseball has lost its way and how it can head back home. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - discusses then and now lucidlyInteresting view by a hall of famer. Weaves his attitudes now with his experiences "then". Much has changed since Schmidt played, and he talks Schmidt talks about a lot of topics (Pete Rose, steroids). A lot of his views agrees with mine -- the reduction of the strike zone and cookie cutter parks are a big part to the increase in offense. Enjoyable read and not a conventional baseball biography. Rating:  - Good book but slow at times...Mike delivers a good book here but could be better. I enjoy baseball and was looking for a little more detail and a few more opinions on what Mike thought of things, i.e. steroids. The book is worth the read but at times I found it a little slow. He's was a great player and I'm a fan. If he writes another, I'll probably pick it up. Rating:  - Disappointing Schmidt bookGrowing up the 1970's I was a fan of many of the National League stars, including Mike Schmidt. I was an admirer of his prolific hitting and his hard work at becoming a stellar fielding third baseman. With this said, this is one of the worst baseball autobiographies that I have ever read. As a matter of fact, this is one of the worst autobiographies of ANYONE that I have ever read. Self-serving and monotonous, this book belongs in the same class as Canseco's steroids tome. Another ... Read More Rating: - A bloop doubleMike Schmidt's book is a breezy, lightweight mix of his career and opinions. The first 80 pages cover his career and the remaining 120 pages are his opinions on steroids, the home run explosion, Pete Rose, bats, ballparks, Hall of Fame voting and his failure to land a job managing in the majors. Schmidt considers 1990-2005 as the Steroid Era. He says he would have been tempted to use steroids, but in the end, he believes he would have resisted the temptation. Schmidt says steroids are ... Read More Rating: - A fast pleasant read for baseball fanClearing the Bases is a quick easy read for all baseball fans, and especially so for those of us who remember Schmidt's playing years (he does spend a large percentage of time on the timeline and events of his career). Schmidt's opinions come across as honest and direct, even if mostly unsurprising. Refreshingly, Mike takes the politically incorrect view that if he were playing in the late 80s and 90s, there is a strong possiblity that he would have taken steriods as well. This is an oversimplification ... Read More 
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