For some people, baseball becomes an important thread that holds things together in their lives. It fills a void, helps make sense of the world, and provides something to be close to. For acclaimed author Nicholas Dawidoff, baseball became his refuge during adolescence, filling the gaps between divorced parents, a mentally ill father, and the […]

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a big fan of Yogi Berra – both the ballplayer and the person, which is why I was excited to read his new book, You Can Observe A Lot by Watching. In this book, Berra draws on his 19 seasons in the Majors to focus on what […]

It’s the third most sung tune in America – performed every single day of the year in one place or another. But you know it best as the song that’s sung after the 39th out is recorded – the song that proclaims where we want to go, even though we sing it when we’re already […]

There are books that you find yourself spending a lot of time with — some because they’re just long, others because the thoughts and concepts contained within are difficult to understand and process. But once in a while you run into a book that you spend a good amount of time with simply because it’s […]

If you’ve played baseball, you’re undoubtedly familiar with The Code…the unwritten rules about how the game is played. But a lot of us aren’t as familiar with how the game works beyond hits, runs, and errors, and that’s what makes Ross Bernstein’s new book, The Code a worthwhile read. Bernstein covers how the game is […]

Most of us have probably dreamt of being a ballplayer for a day. But what if you could be a ballplayer for a whole year? Of what if you could be two ballplayers? Now before you think I’m nuts – this is just what John Feinstein allows you to do with his new book Living […]