Why We Love Baseball

A History in 50 Moments

De: Joe Posnanski

Narrado por: Joe Posnanski, Ellen Adair

NEW YORK TIMES bestseller

Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year

National Sports Media Association Sports Book of the Year

An NPR "Book of the Day"

#1 New York Times bestselling author Joe Posnanski is back with a masterful ode to the game: a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to make you fall in love with the sport all over again.

Posnanski writes of major moments that created legends, and of forgotten moments almost lost to time. It's Willie Mays’s catch, Babe Ruth’s called shot, and Kirk Gibson’s limping home run; the slickest steals; the biggest bombs; and the most triumphant no-hitters. But these are also moments raw with the humanity of the game, the unheralded heroes, the mesmerizing mistakes drenched in pine tar, and every story, from the immortal to the obscure, is told from a unique perspective. Whether of a real fan who witnessed it, or the pitcher who gave up the home run, the umpire, the coach, the opposing player—these are fresh takes on moments so powerful they almost feel like myth.

Posnanski’s previous book, The Baseball 100, portrayed the heroes and pioneers of the sport, and now, with his trademark wit, encyclopedic knowledge, and acute observations, he gets at the real heart of the game. From nineteenth-century pitchers’ duels to breaking the sport’s color line in the ’40s, all the way to the greatest trick play of the last decade and the slide home that became a meme, Posnanski’s illuminating take allows us to rediscover the sport we love—and thought we knew.

Why We Love Baseball is an epic that ends too soon, a one-of-a-kind love letter to the sport that has us thrilled, torn, inspired, and always wanting more.

©2023 Joe Posnanski (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
WALL STREET JOURNAL BETSELLER
NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year

Named One of the Best Baseball Books of 2023 by Sports Collectors’ Digest

One of AARP's "Books to Give and Get"

Kirkus' Best Nonfiction Book Out This Week

A Kirkus Most Anticipated Book of the Fall

"Mr. Posnanski is a bit like the guy telling baseball stories at a bar—if that guy is clever, funny, not averse to hyperbole, sentiment or numerology, willing to go to great lengths to track down a fact and possessed of a way with words...if you were that kid who felt a surge of gladness when Baseball Digest turned up in the mailbox, and if the game has continued to hold a place in your heart, well, I’ve got just the book for you." —Wall Street Journal

"Here's the thing about this book... One of the things that happens with sports writers and especially with baseball writers, is that it can get very purple. It can get very romantic. So what I love about this is a potential, like, weakness in sports writing is turned around to be a strength and to be something where you can just allow yourself the sentiment of loving a sport and loving to watch it and kind of this sense that, oh, my God, I love baseball so much. I have choked up multiple times while listening to this book." —Linda Holmes, NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour

“Journalist Posnanski (The Baseball 100) hits it out of the park in this rousing celebration of baseball. With the colorful banter of a play-by-play announcer…Posnanski recounts the '50 most magical baseball moments' from across all levels of the game. This will have readers cheering from their seats.”—Publishers Weekly (starred)

Truly answers the titular question…

This. These. Moments like these are why we love baseball. Wonderfully written with care, respect, and humor, this is truly a wonderful book counting down 50 of the most “baseball” moments in the sport.

I’m not sure why they chose to change back and forth between the author and the other narrator. I prefer the former. With books like this I personally ALWAYS prefer the author. The narrator does a fine job, but like I said, I’m not 100% certain what the goal was in bringing her in.

Overall, great book! I will be adding this to my annual spring training reading list, alongside Moneyball, Shoeless Joe, The Curse of the Bambino, et al.

Not 50, more like 100 Reasons. Great Book

I guarantee you will be on YouTube the entire time you are reading this book. looking up all of these fantastic moments in baseball history. The author does such a good job telling the stories himself or quoting from sports writers who were there. it really is an engaging, interesting and fun book to listen to. This book does a great job showing why baseball is The Great American pastime.

How Can You Not Be Romantic About Baseball

One of the most fun and informative baseball books I’ve ever read. Joe always goes the extra mile with his writing and this book is no different. I loved reading this one!

Take me out to the ball game

This is a very enjoyable listen. If you love the game, this book is for you.

Love baseball? Must read

Enjoyed this read immensely! Loved his other book as well. Great stories and well read.

A wonderful baseball read

This is a great mix of the famous and the obscure. All are fun stories with context and reminders of why baseball is beloved.

Loved it!

Francisco Cabrera’s hit and Sid Bream’s slide home in ‘92 should be #1. ;). Otherwise, great!

Awesome

If you love baseball, a must read. Thought I knew a lot, learned so much more. The ending unreal.

Awesome listen

Really informative and fun for any baseball fan. And the excitement for the game comes through in the joyful voices of the narrators. Highest recommend.

Loved it!

Terrific book. I didn’t want it to end. A must read for any baseball fan.