Reading The Game

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.

Reading The Game is a sports podcast hosted by Steve Klein & Phil Stone, with 21 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Steve Klein & Phil Stone hosts Reading The Game, a sports show with 21 episodes published.

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  Episode 20 - Shoeless Joe

  Aug 13, 20201h 6mS0

  <p>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.</p> <p>We were delighted to welcome back Ash Day to the show to discuss the book, the film, and the 1980s farming crisis, which was fuelled by a combination of factors but perhaps chiefly by exports becoming limited by the US grain embargo on the Soviet Union....</p> <p>Please take a minute to rate and review the podcast, and please don't hesitate to get in touch with feedback and to suggest future...

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  Episode 19 - Baseball For Kids

  Jul 28, 202027 minS1

  <p>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.</p> <p>Author Adam C. MacKinnon is a contributing baseball writer for Baseball Almanac and Call to the Pen, and founder of Romantic About Baseball, a baseball blog and podcast, and he was generous enough to join us on the show to talk about the book.</p> <p>Please take a minute to rate and review the po...

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  Episode 18 - New York Met's All-Time All-Stars

  Jul 13, 202045 minS1

  <p>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 also an interesting resource for any baseball history buff.</p> <p>We were delighted to welcome Brian to the show to discuss the book’s inception and main themes, and to chat about the process of writing the book, as well as some of his choices.</p> <p>Please take a minute to rate and review the podcast, and please don't hesitate to get i...

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  Episode 17 - Conflict

  Jun 30, 202037 minS1

  <p>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 topics such as mental health, racism, class, identity and domestic violence, Ferguson pours his heart onto the page, spitting the truth on a lifetime of pent-up insecurity and secrecy.</p> <p>We were delighted to welcome Ryan to the show to discuss the book’s inception and main themes, and to grill him (warmly and kindly obvs!) on his controversial admission.</p> <p>Please take a mi...

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  Episode 16 - You Gotta Have Wa!

  Jun 10, 202038 minS1

  <p>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 a detailed account of the game of 'besoboru'.</p> <p>To discuss the book we were thrilled to be joined again by John McGee from Bat Flips & Nerds, who was making his second appearance on the show after talking about Bottom of the 33rd in May 2019.</p> <p>Please take a minute to rate and review the podcast, and please don't hesitate to get in...

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