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Game Of Shadows - Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams
By: Chip Date: July 21, 2011, 9:09 pm
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[CENTER]Game Of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids
Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports (2006)
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Game Of Shadows is about BALCO and the impact that it had on the
sporting world at large from Baseball (Barry Bonds, Jason
Giambi, Gary Sheffield, Benito Santiago, etc...) to Track and
Field (Marion Jones) to Football (Bill Romanowski). But the main
crux of this book focused squarely on Barry Bonds, detailing his
steroid use starting in 1999.
If Hollywood ever decides to make a movie about BALCO, this is
the book they will no doubt use as it's blue print. I for one
would love to see it happen because this book was a gripping,
fantastic read. I could not put this book down for one second
and that's saying a lot since I knew pretty much the entire
sordid story before even reading it.
With all the knowledge of what's been happening in real life
concerning BALCO, the more I read the book, the more I devoured
what was happening in the pages here. Knowing how it all ends,
it was fascinating watching, er...reading about this group of
people and associates that comprised BALCO as they were building
their house of cards. A very shaky house of cards at that. It
amazes me that the house didn't collapse sooner than it did with
Victor Conte at the helm. He is nothing more than a spoiled
little child, crying out for attention. He never amounted to
anything in life so the only way he could feel like "someone"
was to hang on to celebrities.
I can recommend this if you want an excellent read that will
have you flipping page after page, even if it is "incomplete" in
that Barry Bonds was never convicted in a court of law or that
the book came out before his assault on Hank Aaron's all-time
Home Run record which is not documented within'.
On a personal note not related to the book itself, I think Barry
Bonds is a dick and an asshole and does not deserve to go into
the Hall Of Fame. Period. Even though he was never convicted, I
(along with everyone else that doesn't live in San Francisco)
think he was on the Juice and tarnished the game of Baseball
that will take years to recover from. Fuck you Barry! And that
goes for you too McGwire and Sosa!
Since I am on a rant...why stop now? Pete Rose....you suck!
There, all better now.
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Re: Game Of Shadows - Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams
By: ChipRawks Date: August 27, 2011, 7:28 am
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[CENTER]Lance Williams Talks About Barry Bonds
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Re: Game Of Shadows - Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams
By: ChipRawks Date: August 27, 2011, 7:29 am
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[CENTER]Barry Bonds' Conviction Upheld
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