Sports & Recreations. Nonfiction. HTML:NEW YORK TIMES bestseller
WALL STREET JOURNAL bestseller
#1 New York Times bestselling author Joe Posnanski is back with a masterful ode to the game: a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseballâ??s history, to make you fall in love with the sport all over again.
 
Posnanski writes of major moments that created legends, and of forgotten moments almost lost to time. It's Willie Maysâ??s catch, Babe Ruthâ??s called shot, and Kirk Gibsonâ??s limping home run; the slickest steals; the biggest bombs; and the most triumphant no-hitters. But these are also moments raw with the humanity of the game, the unheralded heroes, the mesmerizing mistakes drenched in pine tar, and every story, from the immortal to the obscure, is told from a unique perspective. Whether of a real fan who witnessed it, or the pitcher who gave up the home run, the umpire, the coach, the opposing playerâ??these are fresh takes on moments so powerful they almost feel like myth.
 
Posnanskiâ??s previous book, The Baseball 100, portrayed the heroes and pioneers of the sport, and now, with his trademark wit, encyclopedic knowledge, and acute observations, he gets at the real heart of the game. From nineteenth-century pitchersâ?? duels to breaking the sportâ??s color line in the â??40s, all the way to the greatest trick play of the last decade and the slide home that became a meme, Posnanskiâ??s illuminating take allows us to rediscover the sport we loveâ??and thought we knew.
 
Why We Love Baseball is an epic that ends too soon, a one-of-a-kind love letter to the sport that has us thrilled, torn, i