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\nPrice: $42.50<\/del> - $19.90<\/span>
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\n NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year<\/p>\n

\u201cAn instant sports classic.\u201d \u2014New York Post * \u201cStellar.\u201d \u2014The Wall Street Journal * \u201cA true masterwork\u2026880 pages of sheer baseball bliss.\u201d \u2014BookPage (starred review) * \u201cThis is a remarkable achievement.\u201d \u2014Publishers Weekly (starred review)<\/p>\n

A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singular, and masterly book that took a lifetime to write. The entire story of baseball rings through a countdown of the 100 greatest players in history, with a foreword by George Will.<\/p>\n

Longer than Moby-Dick and nearly as ambitious,\u200bThe Baseball 100 is a one-of-a-kind work by award-winning sportswriter and lifelong student of the game Joe Posnanski that tells the story of the sport through the remarkable lives of its 100 greatest players. In the book\u2019s introduction, Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning commentator George F. Will marvels, \u201cPosnanski must already have lived more than 200 years. How else could he have acquired such a stock of illuminating facts and entertaining stories about the rich history of this endlessly fascinating sport?\u201d<\/p>\n

Baseball\u2019s legends come alive in these pages, which are not merely rankings but vibrant profiles of the game\u2019s all-time greats. Posnanski dives into the biographies of iconic Hall of Famers, unfairly forgotten All-Stars, talents of today, and more. He doesn\u2019t rely just on records and statistics\u2014he lovingly retraces players\u2019 origins, illuminates their characters, and places their accomplishments in the context of baseball\u2019s past and present. Just how good a pitcher is Clayton Kershaw in the twenty-first- century game compared to Greg Maddux dueling with the juiced hitters of the nineties? How do the career and influence of Hank Aaron compare to Babe Ruth\u2019s? Which player in the top ten most deserves to be resurrected from history?<\/p>\n

No compendium of baseball\u2019s legendary geniuses could be complete without the players of the segregated Negro Leagues, men whose extraordinary careers were largely overlooked by sportswriters at the time and unjustly lost to history. Posnanski writes about the efforts of former Negro Leaguers to restore sidelined Black athletes to their due honor, and draws upon the deep troves of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and extensive interviews with the likes of Buck O\u2019Neil to illuminate the accomplishments of players such as pitchers Satchel Paige and Smokey Joe Williams; outfielders Oscar Charleston, Monte Irvin, and Cool Papa Bell; first baseman Buck Leonard; shortstop Pop Lloyd; catcher Josh Gibson; and many, many more.<\/p>\n

The Baseball 100 treats readers to the whole rich pageant of baseball history in a single volume. Chapter by chapter, Posnanski invites readers to examine common lore with brand-new eyes and learn stories that have long gone unheard. The epic and often emotional reading experience mirrors Posnanski\u2019s personal odyssey to capture the history and glory of baseball like no one else, fueled by his boundless love for the sport.<\/p>\n

Engrossing, surprising, and heartfelt, The Baseball 100 is a magisterial tribute to the game of baseball and the stars who have played it.

\n From the Publisher <\/p>\n

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A Q&A with author Joe Posnanski <\/h3>\n

Can you talk a little bit about how this project came about? For almost a decade, I\u2019d been thinking about the ultimate baseball project, something that would allow me to tell the story of baseball and why it has had such a powerful hold on me and my life. On a different track, I started a countdown of the 100 greatest players, then started another countdown of the 100 greatest players. And then it hit me: Both of these projects \u2014 telling baseball\u2019s story and counting down the 100 greatest players \u2014 are really the same project, and that\u2019s what led to The Baseball 100. <\/p>\n

Have any of your picks or rankings proven controversial to readers? I would say only 99 of the 100 have been controversial. Everybody disagrees about which players are on this list, which players are not on this list, where the players are ranked. But that\u2019s why it\u2019s fun, right? <\/p>\n

This book is longer than Moby Dick\u2014what is it about the game of baseball that inspires so much passion in you and so many others? <\/p>\n

Baseball is unique in so many ways. It\u2019s the only game where the defense controls the ball. It has a leisurely pace that is different from other games. Its history, as Ken Burns will tell you, runs an almost perfectly parallel track to America\u2019s history. And, I think, it is the sport that best mixes the individual with the team; by that I mean that the batter, the pitcher, even the fielder, all of these people are doing individual things, they can\u2019t rely on anybody else to help them, but all of it is inside a team game. <\/p>\n

What is some of the most interesting research you did for the book? <\/p>\n

I think and hope there\u2019s interesting research everywhere \u2026 I did spend a lot of time on each of the players. But my favorite research involved the Negro Leagues players on this list. I\u2019m hoping that people will really enjoy learning more about Oscar Charleston and Buck Leonard and Bullet Rogan and players they might not know that much about. <\/p>\n

You\u2019ve ranked the players here\u2014what do you think is the best baseball team in history? <\/p>\n

I\u2019m afraid that you\u2019ll have to wait for The Baseball Team 100. <\/p>\n

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Publisher \u200f : \u200e Avid Reader Press \/ Simon & Schuster (September 28, 2021)
Language \u200f : \u200e English
Hardcover \u200f : \u200e 880 pages
ISBN-10 \u200f : \u200e 1982180587
ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e 978-1982180584
Item Weight \u200f : \u200e 2.75 pounds
Dimensions \u200f : \u200e 6.13 x 1.7 x 9.25 inches <\/p>\n

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Customers find the book terrific and entertaining. They appreciate the great and fascinating information, as well as interesting details. Readers praise the writing quality as wonderful and say the author is a great writer. They also mention the book brings joy back and helps them relive their childhood. In addition, they appreciate the stories and anecdotes. Overall, customers describe the book as a fantastic gift for any baseball fan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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