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Podcast: Reading Baseball
Episode: Reading Baseball: The greatest living ballplayer
Description: Ken Griffey, Jr.(WBUR)For many years, there wasn’t much debate about who was the greatest living baseball player. Willie Mays seemed like a pretty easy choice. But, since his passing, the question of who is NOW the greatest living ballplayer has led to a renewed discussion.In his latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson gives us his answer.Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard “Pete” Peterson, co-author, with his son Stephen, of The Slide: Leyland, Bonds and the Star-Crossed Pittsburgh Pirates and the editor of The St. Louis...