Books

"Bizarre and sad. Heart rending. The story of Bonds or any other player doesn't approach the tale of Babe Dahlgren, a major league first baseman from 1935-1946, whose career and life were ruined by an unsubstantiated rumor that he smoked marijuana." 

 "This one predates by many years Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire and Roger Clemens and the Mitchell Report, not to mention public awareness of anabolic steroids, androstenedione and human growth hormone. At the center of this story is not a villain but a victim." 

 "Imagine that somebody started a rumor that essentially destroyed your reputation and good standing among your friends and co-workers. The whispers develop a life of their own, and the scurrilous charge is so damning and embarrassing that it first disrupts your career before ultimately putting it to a premature end."