This is a segment from Sports Open Line with Matt Pauley.

Matt is joined by author Joe Posnanski to discuss his most recent offering, Why We Love Baseball. Joe’s book is available now for pre-order and comes out September 5th.

From Penguin Random House:

A love letter to baseball, and the follow-up to last year’s runaway bestseller The Baseball 100. The Baseball 100 was a must-have look at 100 memorable baseball players. Joe Posnanski's new book, Why We Love Baseball, is equally essential reading, now about the game's top 50 moments.

Moments like these have been described again and again, and in Why We Love Baseball, they are looked at anew, told from unique perspectives. These are moments from the big and famous to the small and private; experienced by players, teammates, and fans; all of them fundamental to the connection fans have with the game they love.

These are fresh tales of legendary moments so powerful they almost feel like myth—takes that go to the heart of why we love the game we do.

You can find Joe at the J’s Staenberg Family Complex Thursday, September 7th at 7pm for discussion on his book and a conversation with essayist and culture critic Gerald Early.

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