Thecuriousmanspodcast

Kevin Baker Interview Episode 24


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Matt Crawford speaks with author Kevin Baker about his book, The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City. Baseball is "the New York Game" because New York is where the diamond was first laid out, where the bunt and the curveball were invented, and where the home run was hit. Baker and I discuss how unique baseball is to New York and how both the game and the city evolved in tandem. You want to watch New York grow? Take the train back in time to the ball field and see how the city was built around the New York teams. 

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