Three Percent #188: Baseball
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Well, we did it: One whole episode just about baseball and books about baseball and baseball memories and anything else baseball. Caitlin Luce Baker of Island Books, James Crossley of Madison Books, and Dan Wells of Biblioasis join Chad W. Post from Open Letter to pick their "all-time favorite" books about baseball. 

This week's music is "The Yips)" and "Eraseable Man)" by The Baseball Project.

Caitlin's Picks:

*The Cultural History of Baseball) *by Jonathan Fraser Light

The Brothers K) by David James Duncan

*Ball Four: My Life and Hard Times Throwing the Knuckleball in the Big Leagues *) by Jim Bouton

The Physics of Baseball) by Robert K. Adair

Alan Nathan's blog, The Physics of Baseball)

The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham) by Ron Shelton

*Away Games: The Life and Times of a Latin Ballplayer) *by Marcos Bretón and José Luis Villegas

• Lords of the Realm)* by John Helyar

Dan's Picks:

Keystone Kids) by John R. Tunis

Fail Better: Why Baseball Matters) by Mark Kingwell 1934: The Chatham Coloured All-Stars’ Barrier-Breaking Year) by Heidi LM Jacobs

James's Picks:

All of Roger Angell)

A False Spring) & A Nice Tuesday) by Pat Jordan

• The Utility of Boredom*) by Andrew Forbes

The Celebrant) by Eric Rolfe Greenberg

We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball) by Kadir Nelson

Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball) by Donald Hall

Chad's Picks:

Baseball Genius) by Derek Jeter

The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.) by Robert Coover The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life) by Rick Ankiel

Believeniks!: 2005: The Year We Wrote a Book About the Mets) by Ivan Felt and Harris Conklin

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