Joe Posnanski is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of six books, including Paterno and The Secret of Golf, and has been named National Sportswriter of the Year by five different organizations. He writes at JoePosnanski.com and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his family.
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
“Joe Posnanski is baseball’s greatest modern-day storyteller, and
his passion and expertise leap through every page of this book.”
—Jonathan Abrams, NYT Editors Recommendations
"Reading Why We Love Baseball is a joy beyond description. Read it,
treasure it and share it with your baseball fan friends. It's what
baseball was meant to be." —Illinois Times
"The greatest living sportswriter...[WHY WE LOVE BASEBALL] brings
the magic back...You deserve a plaque in Cooperstown."—CBS This
Morning
“Despite its title, Why We Love Baseball isn’t intended solely for
readers who love baseball. It obviously caters to the die-hard fan
who has fond memories of, say, Kirk Gibson hitting a
game-winning home run in the 1988 World Series on two injured legs.
But there are also stories that will engage the more casual fan or
even nonfan, written in the informative-but-conversational style
that Posnanski is known for.” —Today.com
“An homage to America’s pastime.”—AARP, "What to Read in
September"
“Speaking of musts: My pal Joe Posnanski’s newest, 'Why We Love
Baseball.' If you do—and even if you only like it—you’ll love this
book." —Mike Vaccaro, New York Post
"Joe Posnanski’s new book plumbs the depths of history for
baseball’s touchstone moments... 'Diving in' is what Posnanski does
best. He takes a topic—usually baseball, though he’s also written
books about Joe Paterno and Harry Houdini—and plumbs its depths
until the reader is prepared to write their own graduate thesis."
—J.P. Hoornstra, The Orange County Register
"Joe Posnanski rummages through the archives of our most storied
sport, finding and retelling the narratives that grab your heart
and squeeze — from familiar tearjerks like David Ortiz rallying the
crowd just after the 2013 Marathon bombing to lesser-known stories
of forgotten heroes and long-gone ballparks.” —Boston Globe
“[A] delightful smorgasbord of stories.” —Lincoln Journal Star
"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
"For those looking to share the magic of the past and the star
power of today with a young baseball fan in their life – or an
older one- Mr. Posnanski’s book would be a can’t-gift.” —Wall
Street Journal, Holiday Gift Guide
"Posnanski shares in barstool-banter style the little things (real
and fictional) and the big moments that show why baseball still
matters to the people it matters to." —Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
Holiday Gift Guide
“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)
“The celebrated sportswriter circles the bases, calling out
exceptional moments in the history of the game…One of Posnanski’s
winning ploys is to dig into the archives to find such hidden gems
and especially to celebrate the mediocre players who, for one of
those magical moments, pulled something out of their caps and hit a
surprise homer… A book for any baseball fan to cherish.”—Kirkus
Reviews (starred)
“A winning collection of baseball moments both inside and outside
the lines.”—Booklist (starred)
“This work will likely enlighten even the most knowledgeable and
die-hard baseball fans.”—Library Journal (starred)
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