Hosted by Steve Klein & Phil Stone · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 21 episodes
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The podcast on which baseball fans discuss the baseball books they love. Each episode hosts Phil (@MrPhilipStone) and Steve (@BushLeagueSteve) are joined by guests to discuss a baseball book in depth.
Steve Klein & Phil Stone hosts Reading The Game, a sports show with 21 episodes published.
Shoeless Joe is a 1982 magic realist novel by Canadian author W.P Kinsella which became better known due to its 1989 film adaptation, Field of Dreams. We were delighted to welcome back Ash Day to the show to discuss the
Baseball For Kids is packed full of fun information for kids learning about baseball, getting them up to speed on the game’s origins and bringing them up to date with all of the key events in the history of the game. Aut
Combining statistical analysis, common sense, and a host of intangibles, Brian Wright’s book Met’s All-Time All-Stars constructs a Mets line-up for the ages. An obvious must-read for fans of the Amazin’ club, the book is
Conflict is journalist and author Ryan Ferguson’s tell-all account about how he committed the unspeakable act of switching allegiances from the Red Sox to the Yankees. Part memoir, part history, and tackling difficult to
In his remarkable book from 1990, author Robert Whiting offers an intriguing and often humorous look at the differences and similarities between the national obsession over baseball in Japan and in the United States and
The Wax Pack chronicles author Brad Balukjian’s remarkable road trip across the US in the summer of 2015, spanning 11,341 miles through thirty states in forty-eight days to tell the stories of a set of players who turned
Astroball is the definitive account of the Houston Astros' unexpected rise to win the 2017 World Series, by the writer who famously predicted it three years earlier on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Somewhat overshadow
The Incredible Women of the AAGPBL by Anika Orrock is a remarkable book - one that seamlessly weaves together the history of the league with the voices of the women involved and the broader societal context of the 1940s
This episode we are talking about the book ‘Will Big League Baseball Survive: Globalization, the End of Television, Youth Sports, and the Future of Major League Baseball’ by Lincoln A. Mitchell, a fascinating 2016 book w
A book of essays on a journey through baseball fandom, Paddy Johnston's beautifully written Stealing Home features brilliant illustrations by Samuel C. Williams and Rozi Hathaway, and was published in 2019. We invited Pa
Covering in depth the history of baseball in 41 European countries, Josh Chetwynd's Baseball in Europe is a comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and highly entertaining read - ideal both for fans of European baseball an
In her remarkable 2017 book, Stacey May Fowles shows us how we can use the lens of baseball to examine who we are. The book has been described as a passionate ode to baseball, its culture, and its community, which both c
When it was first published in 1970, Ball Four stunned the sports world. The commissioner, executives, and players were shocked. Sportswriters called author Jim Bouton a traitor and a "social leper." Commissioner Bowie K
The MVP Machine is a 2019 book about how innovations in science and technology have launched a movement which is revolutionising player development. Co-authored by Ben Lindbergh, a staff writer for the ringer and host of
The Art of Fielding is a 2011 novel by American author Chad Harbach. It focuses on the fortunes of shortstop Henry Skrimshander and his career playing college baseball with the fictional Westish College Harpooners. We we
With a background in clinical psychology as well as experience of working in major league front offices, former Baseball Prospectus writer and all-round nice chap Russell A. Carleton was uniquely placed to provide a marr
In his 2015 book, the Washington Post's Barry Svrluga goes behind the scenes at the Washington Nationals, to tell the untold stories of life in the major leagues over 'The Grind' of a 162 game season. The first part of t
First published as an essay in Harper's Magazine in 1992, and later reworked as the prologue to Underworld, Don DeLillo's Pafko at the Wall is set against the backdrop of the 1951 NL Pennant decider between the New York
Episode 2 - Bottom of the 33rd Bottom of the 33rd, by Dan Barry, describes the longest game ever played in professional baseball history, between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings in 1981, and the myriad
Welcome to Reading the Game - the podcast where baseball fans discuss the baseball books they love! In this first episode we were joined by Matt Smith (@MattBaseballGB) and Russell Eassom (@REassom) to discuss Moneyball
Brian Wright
Medical Director of Behavioral Health · Piedmont Eastside Medical Center
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Ryan Ferguson
ANZ Managing Director · Snap Inc.
1 appearance on this show
Rob
Sergeant, Illinois Army National Guard, Senior in Urban Planning · Project: Tech Gaming
1 appearance on this show
Brad Balukjian
bestselling author
1 appearance on this show
Jon Mackenzie
1 appearance on this show
Dan Barry
New York Times
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Matt Smith
entrepreneur, economic commentator, co-author · Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education
1 appearance on this show
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