Frank DeFord spins a tale of entitlement and baseball

Frank Deford, always full of interesting insights about the world of sports, is out with a new novel about celebrity, privilege and baseball.

Guests

• Frank DeFord: Senior contributing editor for Sports Illustrated. DeFord's essays about sports and society have been a regular feature of National Public Radio's Morning Edition program for years. His latest novel is "The Entitled: A Tale of Modern Baseball."

More from MPR

• Baseball enters its modern age
  July 26, 2005
• Memories of Jackie Robinson
  April 13, 2007
• Remembering Herb Carneal
  April 5, 2007
• Ex-ballplayer Winfield says the game needs to change
  March 27, 2007

Resources

• Hear DeFord's NPR commentaries