10 Social Beings Masquerading as Separate Selves
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.
—JOHN DONNE
In the winter following the 1998 baseball season, superstar Barry Bonds caught up with his longtime friend and fellow star, Ken Griffey Jr., for dinner at Griffey’s home in Florida. In the previous season, Bonds had seen Mark McGwire destroy Major League Baseball’s home run record with, as it was later confirmed, the help of steroids.
At the table, Bonds expressed his frustration that the playing field wasn’t level, and he made a surprising admission: “I had a helluva season last year, and nobody gave a crap. Nobody. As much as I’ve complained about McGwire and Canseco and all of ...
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