Tim Donaghy’s Shot at the League

by Adam Fleischer Going to jail gives you more time than you know what to do with. Unless you’re planning a Michael Scofield-type breakout, you’ve probably got more than a few spare minutes on your hands each day. Often, those locked up choose to take that time and put their thoughts on paper. Luckily, I’ve never had the ill fortune of putting this theory to the test firsthand, but the examples are plenty. Hitler wrote much of Mein Kampf—his magnum opus and a crucial piece of literature for his time in power—while imprisoned. Centuries earlier, Machiavelli began writing The Prince while in jail. The great Italian thinker had no way of knowing at the time, but his work remains highly influential half a millennia after it was first published. Counted among those impacted by the book was Tupac (aka Makaveli, by no coincidence), who read it while in prison. Pac also wrote a screenplay (possibly slated for a 2010 release), Live 2 Tell, while he was on the in...