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What's Wrong with Baseball? Jane Leavy wants to be the Commissioner!
๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ is the author of 3 New York Times bestselling baseball biographies: ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฑ: A Leftyโs Legacy; ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฒ: Mickey Mantle & The End of Americaโs Childhood; ANDโฆ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐: Babe Ruth & The World He Created. Her current book is "๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ, ๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐ฑ ๐๐ญโ which is now the talk of baseball.
In this interview (spicy language...listener beware!) we discuss:
-Do you have a favorite team?
-How did your love of baseball germinate & what were your earliest baseball memories?
-How did you become the staff writer for the Washington Post from 1979 to 1988, a decidedly male dominant position back then, why did you leave and what did you spend most of your time doing after you left?
-You wrote books about 3 baseball legends. What made you choose Mantle, Ruth & Koufax to write about?
-Analytics had become the story of the game, not the people who play it. Is that one reason or the main reason why you struggled to come up with a 4th baseball legend to write about?
-What inspired & precipitated you wanting to write about making you the Commissioner of baseball?
-Which baseball notables did you talk to while writing Make Me Commissioner & what did you discover from them is wrong with baseball?
-How serious would you be if you were actually asked to be the Commissioner of Baseball.
-Wall St Journal estimated only 17 min & 58 secs of action in a 3 hr game
-16 teams in 1960. 24 team in 1969. 30 teams now. Are there too many teams and does that mean what the Yankees did winning 27 World Series will never be matched?
-Who are you favorite ballplayers you met & why?
-What are some of your favorite baseball stories?
-Who else would be on your bucket list to write about?
-How do you feel about big market teams buying their way to a World Seriesโฆor at least TRYING to?
#baseball #playbaseball #baseballstories
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๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ is the author of 3 New York Times bestselling baseball biographies: ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฑ: A Leftyโs Legacy; ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฒ: Mickey Mantle & The End of Americaโs Childhood; ANDโฆ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐: Babe Ruth & The World He Created. Her current book is "๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ, ๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐ฑ ๐๐ญโ which is now the talk of baseball.
In this interview (spicy language...listener beware!) we discuss:
-Do you have a favorite team?
-How did your love of baseball germinate & what were your earliest baseball memories?
-How did you become the staff writer for the Washington Post from 1979 to 1988, a decidedly male dominant position back then, why did you leave and what did you spend most of your time doing after you left?
-You wrote books about 3 baseball legends. What made you choose Mantle, Ruth & Koufax to write about?
-Analytics had become the story of the game, not the people who play it. Is that one reason or the main reason why you struggled to come up with a 4th baseball legend to write about?
-What inspired & precipitated you wanting to write about making you the Commissioner of baseball?
-Which baseball notables did you talk to while writing Make Me Commissioner & what did you discover from them is wrong with baseball?
-How serious would you be if you were actually asked to be the Commissioner of Baseball.
-Wall St Journal estimated only 17 min & 58 secs of action in a 3 hr game
-16 teams in 1960. 24 team in 1969. 30 teams now. Are there too many teams and does that mean what the Yankees did winning 27 World Series will never be matched?
-Who are you favorite ballplayers you met & why?
-What are some of your favorite baseball stories?
-Who else would be on your bucket list to write about?
-How do you feel about big market teams buying their way to a World Seriesโฆor at least TRYING to?
#baseball #playbaseball #baseballstories
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