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Here are the books about Baseball we recommend on the show:
Last Days of Summer: A Novel by Steve Kluger
The Cincinnati Red Stalkings by Troy Soos
The Art of Fielding: A Novel by Chad Harbach
K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches by Tyler Kepner
The Tao of the Backup Catcher: Playing Baseball for the Love of the Game by Tim Brown
For a complete roundup of all the books we recommend, plus a full transcript and the other cool stuff we talked about, visit the Episode 71 show notes.
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