Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
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Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year
National Sports Media Association Sports Book of the Year
An NPR "Book of the Day"
#1 New York Times bestselling author Joe Posnanski is back with a masterful ode to the game: a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to make you fall in love with the sport all over again.
Posnanski writes of major moments that created legends, and of forgotten moments almost lost to time. It's Willie Mays’s catch, Babe Ruth’s called shot, and Kirk Gibson’s limping home run; the slickest steals; the biggest bombs; and the most triumphant no-hitters. But these are also moments raw with the humanity of the game, the unheralded heroes, the mesmerizing mistakes drenched in pine tar, and every story, from the immortal to the obscure, is told from a unique perspective. Whether of a real fan who witnessed it, or the pitcher who gave up the home run, the umpire, the coach, the opposing player—these are fresh takes on moments so powerful they almost feel like myth.
Posnanski’s previous book, The Baseball 100, portrayed the heroes and pioneers of the sport, and now, with his trademark wit, encyclopedic knowledge, and acute observations, he gets at the real heart of the game. From nineteenth-century pitchers’ duels to breaking the sport’s color line in the ’40s, all the way to the greatest trick play of the last decade and the slide home that became a meme, Posnanski’s illuminating take allows us to rediscover the sport we love—and thought we knew.
Why We Love Baseball is an epic that ends too soon, a one-of-a-kind love letter to the sport that has us thrilled, torn, inspired, and always wanting more.
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Joe Posnanski. (2023). Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments. Penguin Publishing Group.
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- NEW YORK TIMES bestseller
Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year
National Sports Media Association Sports Book of the Year
An NPR "Book of the Day"
#1 New York Times bestselling author Joe Posnanski is back with a masterful ode to the game: a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to make you fall in love with the sport all over again.
Posnanski writes of major moments that created legends, and of forgotten moments almost lost to time. It's Willie Mays’s catch, Babe Ruth’s called shot, and Kirk Gibson’s limping home run; the slickest steals; the biggest bombs; and the most triumphant no-hitters. But these are also moments raw with the humanity of the game, the unheralded heroes, the mesmerizing mistakes drenched in pine tar, and every story, from the immortal to the obscure, is told from a unique perspective. Whether of a real fan who witnessed it, or the pitcher who gave up the home run, the umpire, the coach, the opposing player—these are fresh takes on moments so powerful they almost feel like myth.
Posnanski’s previous book, The Baseball 100, portrayed the heroes and pioneers of the sport, and now, with his trademark wit, encyclopedic knowledge, and acute observations, he gets at the real heart of the game. From nineteenth-century pitchers’ duels to breaking the sport’s color line in the ’40s, all the way to the greatest trick play of the last decade and the slide home that became a meme, Posnanski’s illuminating take allows us to rediscover the sport we love—and thought we knew.
Why We Love Baseball is an epic that ends too soon, a one-of-a-kind love letter to the sport that has us thrilled, torn, inspired, and always wanting more. - reviews
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Starred review from July 17, 2023
Journalist Posnanski (The Baseball 100) hits it out of the park in this rousing celebration of baseball. With the colorful banter of a play-by-play announcer (“You had a titan on the mound, a folk hero at the plate—yes, this is certainly why we love baseball,” he writes of a 1989 face-off between Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan and the Royals’s Bo Jackson), Posnanski recounts the “50 most magical baseball moments” from across all levels of the game. For number 48, he tells how in 2010, 13-year-old Chelsea Baker reached the pinnacle of her four-year winning streak by pitching a perfect game to win the district title for her Plant City, Fla., Little League team. At number 41 is Class C minor league Roswell Rockets player Ponderous Joe Bauman’s August 1954 game against the Sweetwater Spudders, during which he hit four home runs, setting him on the path to end the season with a record-breaking (until 2001) 72 homers. Other moments look beyond the U.S.—such as Japanese pitcher Yutaka Enatsu striking out the country’s most revered player in 1968, the highlight of a season in which he struck out a record 401 batters—and even beyond the playing field, as when Posnanski praises longtime Dodgers announcer Vin Scully’s coverage of Dodgers’ pitcher Sandy Koufax’s perfect game on September 9, 1965. There are some well-known moments thrown into the mix (Hank Aaron hitting his 715th home run lands at number 1), but the abundance of stories from games outside the Major Leagues will enlighten even trivia-obsessed baseball fans. This will have readers cheering from their seats.
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Starred review from August 1, 2023
The 2012 National Sportswriter of the Year Posnanski (The Secret of Golf) has assembled 50 baseball "moments," ranked roughly in order of importance or impact, that will help readers better understand the passion that fans, players, and numerous others feel toward the game. Many of the events described in this book will be familiar to baseball fans, but its uniqueness comes in the way it varies and offers odd or unusual perspectives about each legendary occurrence. The book's accounts are based on countless interviews with individuals, ranging from spectators to those who play or work in the sport professionally. Their perspectives, combined with Posnanski's comical storytelling ability and heartwarming, delightful writing style, create an entertaining experience and deeper appreciation for the magic of the sport. VERDICT This work will likely enlighten even the most knowledgeable and die-hard baseball fans. An essential purchase for all libraries.--Steve Dixon
Copyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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Starred review from June 15, 2023
The celebrated sportswriter circles the bases, calling out exceptional moments in the history of the game. "Henry Aaron's 715th home run is the most magical moment in baseball history," writes Posnanski, author of The Baseball 100. It's a tall claim, but it holds up, illustrating Aaron's quiet resistance to White hatred and proving his repeated claim that in baseball, "All that matters is if you can play." There are plenty of other noteworthy events in Posnanski's pages--and well more than 50, in fact: He counts 108, coincidentally the number of stitches in a standard ball and number of years between Chicago Cubs championships. Some of the moments are well known, such as Babe Ruth's calling the home run he was about to hit. Others are buried deep in baseball lore, including an appearance on the mound by Jackie Mitchell, a young woman who just so happened to strike Ruth out at an exhibition bout after Ruth loudly proclaimed that women were "too delicate" for the game. One of Posnanski's winning ploys is to dig into the archives to find such hidden gems and especially to celebrate the mediocre players who, for one of those magical moments, pulled something out of their caps and hit a surprise homer--as with Bartolo Col�n, the 42-year-old portly pitcher who smacked one out of the park and then took so long to round the bases that one announcer was moved to explain, charitably, "I think that's how fast he runs." Other of Posnanski's diamond heroes, famed and obscure, have more hustle, including 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall, who pitched for the Cincinnati Reds when the grown-ups were fighting in World War II; J.L. Wilkinson, who introduced lights and night games to the field by way of the old Negro League; and Ichiro Suzuki, the ever smiling Mariner--"Has there ever been a more joyous player than Ichiro?"--who showed what love of the game is all about. A book for any baseball fan to cherish.COPYRIGHT(2023) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Starred review from July 1, 2023
Longtime sportswriter Posnanski takes easy, almost unfair advantage of avid baseball fans by presenting dozens of great moments in the game's long history. Of course, fans will swoon to Edgar Martinez's double to drive in Ken Griffey Jr., clinching Seattle's 1995 playoff series against the Yankees; to a baseball sneaking through the legs of Boston first baseman Bill Buckner in Game 6 to keep the Mets' 1986 World Series hopes alive; to Cal Ripken breaking Lou Gehrig's consecutive-game record; to Don Larson's perfect game in the 1956 Series. But there are grace notes and surprises throughout--for example, Armando Galarraga, who had crafted a perfect game for Detroit in 2010 but for a blown call by firstbase umpire Ed Joyce on what would have been the final out. After the game, Galarraga would seek out a distraught Joyce and comfort the veteran umpire, saying, "Nobody's perfect." And there's the Expos' deaf outfielder, Curtis Pride, who, on getting the first hit of his career, could not hear the thunderous cheers of the Montreal fans, but instead could feel the vibrations in his chest from their stomping feet. A winning collection of baseball moments both inside and outside the lines.COPYRIGHT(2023) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Posnanski writes of major moments that created legends, and of forgotten moments almost lost to time. It's Willie Mays’s catch, Babe Ruth’s called shot, and Kirk Gibson’s limping home run; the slickest steals; the biggest bombs; and the most triumphant no-hitters. But these are also moments raw with the humanity of the game, the unheralded heroes, the mesmerizing mistakes drenched in pine tar, and every story, from the immortal to the obscure, is told from a unique perspective. Whether of a real fan who witnessed it, or... - sortTitle
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