Baseball star Reggie Jackson on the value of ego, his disappointments and why the Mets turned him down

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You've already written an autobiography. Why write Becoming Mr. October? I was embarrassed by the Bronx Is Burning miniseries [on the 1977 World Series] by ESPN. I thought I'd take my turn to talk about what was important during that era. You write that a lot of people have forgotten the struggles of black players from your era. Is that a healthy sign? I think it's part of moving forward. I know my daughter doesn't know what I went through. She's a mixed child, 22 years old. Lives a great life. Love her to death. But she doesn't understand the makeup of people from my era.