Entertaining and unique exploration of baseball and how it impacts those associated with the sport. The book does a good job of marrying seemingly unrelated ideas together to better explain the appeal of baseball.

A fantastic and entertaining analysis of baseball through lenses I would not have expected.
I am enjoying his insights on baseball through spiritual eyes.

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book.

"Fisk at the plate is one of my earliest and happiest memories. I will never forget it."
Ditto!! Any book that starts off mentioning my all-time favorite player is already a win for me. As a lifelong Red Sox fan, I loved how so much of the book is about Red Sox players and fans. I had no idea when I received this ARC that the author grew up a fan in Boston. Fate? Chapters 1 and 9 were my favorites - for obvious reasons - yet I thoroughly enjoyed the whole book. I liked the part about the origins of the Louisville Slugger. I can empathize with Cubs fans and, if it couldn't be my own team, was overjoyed to see them finally win the Series. (Theo Epstein as GM of the Cubs at the time MIGHT have had something to do with those feelings.) It's a quick read that will please diehard baseball fans.

Not the book I was expecting . . . or hoping to find. Interesting and the concept is brilliant, but even as a long time fan of the sport, I soon found myself losing interest.

I was skeptical of this book when I asked to review it, but after I started reading, it was hard to put down. Correction: it was impossible to put down. I never realized that there was so much wisdom to baseball. I had just been unwilling to see it. Now, thanks to this book, I have learned so much.