Three Percent #188: Baseball

Well, we did it: One whole episode just about baseball and books about baseball and baseball memories and anything else baseball. Caitlin Luce Baker of Island Books, James Crossley of Madison Books, and Dan Wells of Biblioasis join Chad W. Post from Open Letter to pick their "all-time favorite" books about baseball.  This week's music is "The Yips" and "Eraseable Man" by The Baseball Project. Caitlin's Picks: The Cultural History of Baseball by Jonathan Fraser Light The Brothers K by David James Duncan Ball Four: My Life and Hard Times Throwing the Knuckleball in the Big Leagues  by Jim Bouton The Physics of Baseball by Robert K. Adair Alan Nathan's blog, The Physics of Baseball The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham by Ron Shelton Away Games: The Life and Times of a Latin Ballplayer by Marcos Bretón and José Luis Villegas Lords of the Realm by John Helyar   Dan's Picks: Keystone Kids by John R. Tunis Fail Better: Why Baseball Matters by Mark Kingwell 1934: The Chatham Coloured All-Stars’ Barrier-Breaking Year by Heidi LM Jacobs   James's Picks: All of Roger Angell A False Spring & A Nice Tuesday by Pat Jordan The Utility of Boredom by Andrew Forbes The Celebrant by Eric Rolfe Greenberg We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball by Donald Hall   Chad's Picks: Baseball Genius by Derek Jeter The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. by Robert Coover The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life by Rick Ankiel Believeniks!: 2005: The Year We Wrote a Book About the Mets by Ivan Felt and Harris Conklin   If you don’t already subscribe to the Three Percent Podcast you can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, and other places. And follow Open Letter and Chad W. Post on Twitter(?????) for more info about upcoming episodes and guests. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit threepercentproblem.substack.com