This month, the two Daves convene to discuss America's past time. They reminisce about their own memories of baseball and listening to games on the radio before diving into Jared Diamond's book about how the new science of hitting has revolutionized the game in the last decade.

The Sports Literati sit down to talk about Scottie Pippen, the 1990s Chicago Bulls, and that big, bad, bald elephant in the room, Michael Jordan. If you're a casual basketball fan who only knows about Michael Jordan, or a basketball diehard who wants to know where Scottie Pippen ranks in the list of all time greats, this is the show for you.

Intro and Outro Music: Sergei Rachmanioff Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32 performed by Justina Sam.

The Sports Literati sit down to talk about America's Team, also known as the Greatest Sports Team of All-Time according to Dave Hsu, the 1990s Dallas Cowboys. They break down the behind the scenes antics, the Jerry Jones/Jimmy Johnson feud that tore the team apart, and celebrate the much maligned  Barry Switzer on this trip down nostalgia lane.

The Sports Literati returns after a hiatus to discuss The Sports Gene by David Epstein, a book that examines the science and genetics behind elite level sports performance. 

Intro and Outro Music: Sergei Rachmanioff Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32 performed by Justina Sam.

In this episode from the Sports Literati Vault, the two Daves step out of their comfort zone and talk about Soccernomics, a book that tries to make sense of the analytics of world soccer, and answer such vital questions as why certain countries and clubs succeed at soccer and others don't.

Intro and Outro Music: Sergei Rachmanioff Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32 performed by Justina Sam.

In this Sports Literati Classic episode, the two Daves sit down and discuss The Victory Machine: the Making and Unmaking of the Warriors Dynasty by Ethan Sherwood Strauss. They talk about the factors that went into the fall of the Golden State Warriors dynasty, and look at the psyche of their misunderstood superstar, Kevin Durant.

Intro and Outro Music: Sergei Rachmanioff Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32 performed by Justina Sam.

The two Daves dig into one of the most highly touted sports books in recent memory, Open by Andre Agassi. Andre Agassi was a child tennis prodigy who eventually became one of the top players in the world. If you followed sports in the 1990s, you couldn't have missed Agassi's fancy hairdos, neon coloured outfits and elaborate marketing campaigns.

In Open, written a few years after his retirement, Agassi takes us with him as he recounts the story of growing up with a tennis obsessed father, through his life on the professional tennis tour, all the way through to his retirement from the game in 2006.

Does this book belong in the Sports Literati Pantheon of Sports Books? Have a listen and find out!

Intro and Outro Music: Sergei Rachmanioff Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32 performed by Justina Sam.

The Sports Literati take a look at the business side of sports and the early years of one of the foundational brands in the modern sports world. Shoe Dog is a bestselling memoir of Nike's early years as told by the company's founder, Phil Knight. The book traces the origins of Nike from a humble, bunch of salesmen selling a Japanese track shoe named the Onitsuka Tiger out of the back of their trunks, to one of the most recognizable brands in the world.

In this episode, Dave and Dave discuss such vital questions as, is Nike a serious running shoe company or just a marketing brand? What about sweat shop labor? And most of all, what is the deal with the Nike Air?

The Sports Literati induct the founding book title into the Pantheon of Sports Literature. The Game by Ken Dryden was published in 1983 and remains quite possibly the most highly regarded hockey book, if not sports book, of all time.

Ken Dryden was a Hall of Fame goalie for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1970s, and later became a writer and a Member of Parliament in Canada's federal government. He was also the President of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1990s. The Game follows a week in the life of Dryden during the 1978-79 season, as his Canadiens march towards a possible fourth consecutive Stanley Cup.

The two Daves break down The Game in detail, and try to understand its place in the hockey canon as well as figuring out where a contemporary audience might stand on it, given the changes in the NHL and with the Montreal Canadiens over the last forty years.

This month, the two Daves sit down to discuss Gridiron Genius: A Master Class in Winning Championships and Building Dynasties in the NFL by Michael Lombardi. They follow Lombardi behind the scenes on Bill Walsh's 49ers dynasty teams and Bill Belichek's Patriots, and try to learn about the inner workings of what goes on on a professional football team.