Chauncey is joined by author Noah Gittell to discuss his book "Baseball: The Movie". They discuss how baseball and movies help tell the story of America over time and Noah shares which movies almost made the cut and which baseball adjacent movies were considered. They debate whether Noah's NY Mets really are the most represented team in pop culture. Later, they talk about forgotten World Series teams, the Ohtani scandal, baseball TV shows including "Pitch", "Eastbound and Down", and "Brockmire. They get into which actors struggled to play baseball and which excelled, World Series predictions, and more.

"Baseball: The Movie" release on 05/14/24 wherever books are sold. 

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