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Talking Baseball with Major League Stars

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Pre-release: Expected April 4, 2025
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An entertaining and illuminating inside look at Major League Baseball through the words of the players themselves.

Imagine you had the opportunity to sit down with ballplayers such as Hank Aaron, Greg Maddux, Joe Torre, and Nolan Ryan. You might ask them about their star teammates and hated opponents. You might talk about the obstacles they overcame and the strategies that led to their success. Or you might just talk about life in the majors.

In Talking Baseball with Major League Stars, Wayne Stewart provides readers with all that and more. Featuring over 45 years of interviews, Stewart details the history, tactics, and inside stories of the national pastime with unique perspectives that only the players, coaches, and managers could provide. They discuss the most difficult pitchers they faced, the unwritten rules, the game's wildest characters, cheating, intimidation, the players they most admire, racism in and around the sport, and their fears and doubts, along with candid stories never heard before.

Including exclusive insight from more than fifty Hall of Famers and countless award winners, and covering nearly one hundred different topics, Talking Baseball with Major League Stars is a fascinating behind-the-scenes journey into the world of professional baseball.

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    • Library Journal

      Starred review from December 20, 2024

      With stories, anecdotes, and reflections from bench players to major league stars, the latest book by sports historian Stewart (The New Book of Baseball Trivia) is an amalgamation of appreciation, awe, and respect for the game, its history, players, coaches, ballparks, and, perhaps most importantly, its place in the pantheon of U.S. culture. Players, coaches, managers, and other baseball insiders expound on everything from the ugly truth about baseball's racist past and its most fearsome hitters and pitchers to life in the big leagues and team brawls, plus fans, fame, and "taking one for the team" by purposely getting hit by 100 mph fastballs. VERDICT Stewart's easy-to-follow book is an unfiltered, transparent look at baseball. Written with an unapologetic vigor and reverence for the game from the perspective of hitters, position players, managers, and sports writers, it's a must-read for anyone who has ever watched, played, or admired the sport.--Thomas O'Brien

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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