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Moneyball

The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

by Michael Lewis ...

Narrated by Scott Brick ...

Unabridged

10 hours 26 min

Moneyball is a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money apparently can't buy: the secret of success in baseball. The logical places to look would be the giant offices of major league teams and the dugouts. But the real jackpot is a cache of numbers collected over the years by a strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts: software engineers, statisticians, ... Read more

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Moneyball is a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money apparently can't buy: the secret of success in baseball. The logical places to look would be the giant offices of major league teams and the dugouts. But the real jackpot is a cache of numbers collected over the years by a strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts: software engineers, statisticians,
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Baseball

A History of America's Favorite Game

by George Vecsey ...

Narrated by Alan Nebelthau ...

Unabridged

6 hours 44 min

Best-selling author George Vecsey is an esteemed and award-winning sports journalist for the New York Times. In Baseball, he recounts the history of America's national pastime. Baseball has been around in various forms for thousands of years, but within the last 200 years it has become an American institution. Growing from a sport played in open fields and in big city streets, baseball has seen ... Read more

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Best-selling author George Vecsey is an esteemed and award-winning sports journalist for the New York Times. In Baseball, he recounts the history of America's national pastime. Baseball has been around in various forms for thousands of years, but within the last 200 years it has become an American institution. Growing from a sport played in open fields and in big city streets, baseball has seen
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The Baseball 100

by Joe Posnanski ...

Narrated by Cary Hite ...

Unabridged

30 hours 48 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year“An instant sports classic.” —New York Post * “Stellar.” —The Wall Street Journal * “A true masterwork…880 pages of sheer baseball bliss.” —BookPage (starred review) * “This is a remarkable achievement.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Jo... ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year“An instant sports classic.” —New York Post * “Stellar.” —The Wall Street Journal * “A true masterwork…880 pages of sheer baseball bliss.” —BookPage (starred review) * “This is a remarkable achievement.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Jo...
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Forever Blue

The True Story of Walter O'Malley, Baseball's Most Controversial Owner and the Dodgers of Brooklyn and Los Angeles

by Michael D'Antonio ...

Narrated by Phil Gigante ...

Unabridged

12 hours 29 min

Resented by some in New York and beloved in Los Angeles, O’Malley is one of the most controversial owners in the history of American sports. He remade major league baseball and altered the course of history in both Brooklyn and Los Angeles when he moved the Dodgers to California. But while many New York critics attacked him, O’Malley looked to the future, declining to argue his case. As a result, ... Read more

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Resented by some in New York and beloved in Los Angeles, O’Malley is one of the most controversial owners in the history of American sports. He remade major league baseball and altered the course of history in both Brooklyn and Los Angeles when he moved the Dodgers to California. But while many New York critics attacked him, O’Malley looked to the future, declining to argue his case. As a result,
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Electric October

Seven World Series Games, Six Lives, Five Minutes of Fame That Lasted Forever

by Kevin Cook ...

Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

Unabridged

9 hours 4 min

The 1947 World Series was "the most exciting ever" in the words of Joe DiMaggio, with a decade's worth of drama packed into seven games between the mighty New York Yankees and underdog Brooklyn Dodgers. It was Jackie Robinson's first Series, a postwar spectacle featuring Frank Sinatra, Ernest Hemingway, and President Harry Truman in supporting roles. It was also the first televised World Series ... Read more

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The 1947 World Series was "the most exciting ever" in the words of Joe DiMaggio, with a decade's worth of drama packed into seven games between the mighty New York Yankees and underdog Brooklyn Dodgers. It was Jackie Robinson's first Series, a postwar spectacle featuring Frank Sinatra, Ernest Hemingway, and President Harry Truman in supporting roles. It was also the first televised World Series
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Whispers of the Gods

Tales from Baseball’s Golden Age, Told by the Men Who Played It

by Peter Golenbock ...

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

7 hours 51 min

In Whispers of the Gods, bestselling author Peter Golenbock brings to life baseball greats from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s through timeless stories told straight from the players themselves.Like the enduring classic The Glory of Their Times, this book features the reminiscences of baseball legends, pulled from hundreds of hours of taped interviews with the author. Roy Campanella talks about life ... Read more

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In Whispers of the Gods, bestselling author Peter Golenbock brings to life baseball greats from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s through timeless stories told straight from the players themselves.Like the enduring classic The Glory of Their Times, this book features the reminiscences of baseball legends, pulled from hundreds of hours of taped interviews with the author. Roy Campanella talks about life
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The Phenomenon

Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life

by Rick Ankiel ...

Narrated by Rick Ankiel ...

Unabridged

6 hours 28 min

Rick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, one day, he lost it.The Phenomenon is the story of how St. Louis Cardinals prodigy Rick Ankiel lost his once-in-a-generation ability to pitch -- not due to an injury or a bolt of lightning, but a mysterious anxiety condition widely known as "the Yips." It came without warning, in the middle of a playoff game, with millions of ... Read more

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Rick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, one day, he lost it.The Phenomenon is the story of how St. Louis Cardinals prodigy Rick Ankiel lost his once-in-a-generation ability to pitch -- not due to an injury or a bolt of lightning, but a mysterious anxiety condition widely known as "the Yips." It came without warning, in the middle of a playoff game, with millions of
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The House That Ruth Built

A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923

by Robert Weintraub ...

Narrated by Fred Berman ...

Unabridged

21 hours 55 min

Journalist Robert Weintraub vividly recreates the pivotal year that transformed the New York Yankees into the legendary franchise of today. Overshadowed by the New York Giants, the hapless Yankees played their home games at the ballpark of their cross-town rivals. But when Yankee Stadium was completed in 1923, Babe Ruth bounced back from a disappointing season-launching the Yankees' storied ... Read more

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Journalist Robert Weintraub vividly recreates the pivotal year that transformed the New York Yankees into the legendary franchise of today. Overshadowed by the New York Giants, the hapless Yankees played their home games at the ballpark of their cross-town rivals. But when Yankee Stadium was completed in 1923, Babe Ruth bounced back from a disappointing season-launching the Yankees' storied
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Mickey and Willie

Mantle and Mays, The Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age

by Allen Barra ...

Narrated by Andrew Garman ...

Unabridged

16 hours 20 min

Allen Barra is a contributing editor of American Heritage magazine and a widely acclaimed sportswriter. In Mickey and Willie, Barra reveals the surprising commonalities of two of the most heralded baseball players of the 20th century. Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays had vastly different backgrounds. But when it came to baseball, they possessed surprisingly similar athletic abilities, played the same ... Read more

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Allen Barra is a contributing editor of American Heritage magazine and a widely acclaimed sportswriter. In Mickey and Willie, Barra reveals the surprising commonalities of two of the most heralded baseball players of the 20th century. Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays had vastly different backgrounds. But when it came to baseball, they possessed surprisingly similar athletic abilities, played the same
... Read more
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Don Drysdale

Up and In: The Life of a Dodgers Legend

by Mark Whicker ...

Narrated by Josh Bloomberg ...

Unabridged

9 hours 7 min

The definitive biography of Dodgers legend Don DrysdaleLarger than Life. In the history of American sports, rare is the athlete who fits that description better than Don Drysdale. On the mound, the towering six-foot-five righthander intimidated National League hitters for more than a decade, amassing career totals of 209 wins, 2,486 strikeouts . . . and hitting 154 batters, a stat he lead the ... Read more

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The definitive biography of Dodgers legend Don DrysdaleLarger than Life. In the history of American sports, rare is the athlete who fits that description better than Don Drysdale. On the mound, the towering six-foot-five righthander intimidated National League hitters for more than a decade, amassing career totals of 209 wins, 2,486 strikeouts . . . and hitting 154 batters, a stat he lead the
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Pitching in a Pinch

Baseball from the Inside

by Christy Mathewson ...

Narrated by Adams Morgan ...

Unabridged

5 hours 44 min

Christy "Matty" Mathewson was one of the most dominant pitchers ever to play baseball. Posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of the "Five Immortals," he was an unstoppable force on the mound, winning at least twenty-two games for twelve straight seasons and pitching three complete-game shutouts in the 1905 World Series.Pitching in a Pinch, originally published in 1912, is an ... Read more

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Christy "Matty" Mathewson was one of the most dominant pitchers ever to play baseball. Posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of the "Five Immortals," he was an unstoppable force on the mound, winning at least twenty-two games for twelve straight seasons and pitching three complete-game shutouts in the 1905 World Series.Pitching in a Pinch, originally published in 1912, is an
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So Many Ways to Lose

The Amazin’ True Story of the New York Mets—the Best Worst Team in Sports

by Devin Gordon ...

Narrated by Jeremy Arthur ...

Unabridged

12 hours 44 min

“This is a weird, wonderful, and essential book about both America and its pastime. It’s about a place as vast as New York City and as intimate as the human heart. Fred Exley meets Richard Ben Cramer—a funny, wild, heartfelt, and keenly observed portrait of yearning itself.”—Wright Thompson, New York Times bestselling author of The Cost of These Dreams“Mr. Gordon’s ability to explain the Sisyphean ... Read more

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“This is a weird, wonderful, and essential book about both America and its pastime. It’s about a place as vast as New York City and as intimate as the human heart. Fred Exley meets Richard Ben Cramer—a funny, wild, heartfelt, and keenly observed portrait of yearning itself.”—Wright Thompson, New York Times bestselling author of The Cost of These Dreams“Mr. Gordon’s ability to explain the Sisyphean
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The Ultimate Yankee Book

From the Beginning to Today: Trivia, Facts and Stats, Oral History, Marker Moments and Legendary Personalities - A History and Reference Book About Baseball’s Greatest Franchise

by Harvey Frommer ...

Narrated by Kyle Tait ...

Unabridged

16 hours 39 min

The perfect gift for the diehard fan, an enviable treasure for yourself, The Ultimate Yankee Book is the most current and comprehensive source of trivia, people, and stories from the team's creation in 1901 to today. Harvey Frommer, the celebrated baseball historian and author of eight books about the Yankees, including The New York Yankee Encyclopedia and Remembering Yankee Stadium, has outdone ... Read more

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The perfect gift for the diehard fan, an enviable treasure for yourself, The Ultimate Yankee Book is the most current and comprehensive source of trivia, people, and stories from the team's creation in 1901 to today. Harvey Frommer, the celebrated baseball historian and author of eight books about the Yankees, including The New York Yankee Encyclopedia and Remembering Yankee Stadium, has outdone
... Read more
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The Hall: A Celebration of Baseball's Greats

In Stories and Images, the Complete Roster of Inductees

by The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ...

Narrated by Pete Larkin, Nick Omana, Mark Comstock, Dale E. Turner ...

Unabridged

19 hours 59 min

A deluxe baseball treasury unlike any other, complete with essays, photos, and player bios from The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.Everyone dreams of Cooperstown. It's a hallowed name in baseball, for players as well as their fans. It's a house where legends live; it's everything that's great about the game.Never before has the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum published a ... Read more

$38.99 USD

A deluxe baseball treasury unlike any other, complete with essays, photos, and player bios from The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.Everyone dreams of Cooperstown. It's a hallowed name in baseball, for players as well as their fans. It's a house where legends live; it's everything that's great about the game.Never before has the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum published a
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Art of Fandom, The: Celebrating the Unbreakable Bond between Fans and Baseball

by Darren Mccormick ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Melissa G ...

Unabridged

3 hours 14 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Dive into the captivating world of fandom in this illuminating work that explores the profound connection between baseball and its passionate supporters. This captivating narrative examines the intricacies of fan culture, delving into the rituals, traditions, and emotions that bind fans to their beloved teams. From the electrifying atmosphere of game ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Dive into the captivating world of fandom in this illuminating work that explores the profound connection between baseball and its passionate supporters. This captivating narrative examines the intricacies of fan culture, delving into the rituals, traditions, and emotions that bind fans to their beloved teams. From the electrifying atmosphere of game
... Read more
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The Wax Pack

On the Open Road in Search of Baseball's Afterlife

by Brad Balukjian ...

Narrated by Brad Balukjian ...

Unabridged

9 hours 57 min

Is there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, The Wax Pack ends up with something much bigger and unexpected—a meditation on the loss of innocence and the gift of impermanence, for both Brad Balukjian and the former ballplayers he tracked down. To get a truly random sample of players, Balukjian followed this wildly absurd but fun-as-hell premise: he took a single pack of ... Read more

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Is there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, The Wax Pack ends up with something much bigger and unexpected—a meditation on the loss of innocence and the gift of impermanence, for both Brad Balukjian and the former ballplayers he tracked down. To get a truly random sample of players, Balukjian followed this wildly absurd but fun-as-hell premise: he took a single pack of
... Read more
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108 Stitches

Loose Threads, Ripping Yarns, and the Darndest Characters from My Time in the Game

by Ron Darling, Daniel Paisner ...

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

Unabridged

7 hours 12 min

This is New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-nominated broadcaster Ron Darling's 108 baseball anecdotes that connect America’s game to the men who played it.In 108 Stitches, Ron Darling offers his own take on the "six degrees of separation" game and knits together a collection of wild, wise, and wistful stories reflecting the full arc of a life in and around our national pastime.Darling has ... Read more

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This is New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-nominated broadcaster Ron Darling's 108 baseball anecdotes that connect America’s game to the men who played it.In 108 Stitches, Ron Darling offers his own take on the "six degrees of separation" game and knits together a collection of wild, wise, and wistful stories reflecting the full arc of a life in and around our national pastime.Darling has
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Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic

Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley's Swingin' A's

by Jason Turbow ...

Narrated by Jason Turbow ...

Unabridged

11 hours 25 min

The Oakland A's of the early 1970s were the most transformative team in baseball history. Never before had an entire organization so collectively traumatized baseball's establishment with its outlandish behavior and business decisions—or with its indisputable winning record: five straight division titles and three straight championships. The high drama that played out on the field was exceeded ... Read more

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The Oakland A's of the early 1970s were the most transformative team in baseball history. Never before had an entire organization so collectively traumatized baseball's establishment with its outlandish behavior and business decisions—or with its indisputable winning record: five straight division titles and three straight championships. The high drama that played out on the field was exceeded
... Read more
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Coach

Lessons on the Game of Life

by Michael Lewis ...

Narrated by Michael Lewis ...

Unabridged

57 min

“There are teachers with a rare ability to enter a child’s mind;it’s as if their ability to get there at all gives them the right to stay forever.”There was a turning point in Michael Lewis’s life, in a baseball game when he was fourteen years old. The irascible and often terrifying Coach Fitz put the ball in his hand with the game on the line and managed to convey such confident trust in Lewis’ ... Read more

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“There are teachers with a rare ability to enter a child’s mind;it’s as if their ability to get there at all gives them the right to stay forever.”There was a turning point in Michael Lewis’s life, in a baseball game when he was fourteen years old. The irascible and often terrifying Coach Fitz put the ball in his hand with the game on the line and managed to convey such confident trust in Lewis’
... Read more
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Opening Day

The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season

by Jonathan Eig ...

Narrated by Richard Allen ...

Unabridged

12 hours 2 min

April 15, 1947, marked the most important opening day in baseball history. When Jackie Robinson stepped onto the diamond that afternoon at Ebbets Field, he became the first black man to break into major-league baseball in the twentieth century. World War II had just ended. Democracy had triumphed. Now Americans were beginning to press for justice on the home front—and Robinson had a chance to lead ... Read more

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April 15, 1947, marked the most important opening day in baseball history. When Jackie Robinson stepped onto the diamond that afternoon at Ebbets Field, he became the first black man to break into major-league baseball in the twentieth century. World War II had just ended. Democracy had triumphed. Now Americans were beginning to press for justice on the home front—and Robinson had a chance to lead
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The Soul of Baseball

A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America

by Joe Posnanski ...

Narrated by David Sadzin ...

Unabridged

7 hours 52 min

When legendary Negro League player Buck O'Neil asked Joe Posnanski how he fell in love with baseball, the renowned sports columnist was inspired by the question. He decided to spend the 2005 baseball season touring the country with the ninety-four-year-old O'Neil in hopes of rediscovering the love that first drew them to the game.The Soul of Baseball is as much the story of Buck O'Neil as it is ... Read more

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When legendary Negro League player Buck O'Neil asked Joe Posnanski how he fell in love with baseball, the renowned sports columnist was inspired by the question. He decided to spend the 2005 baseball season touring the country with the ninety-four-year-old O'Neil in hopes of rediscovering the love that first drew them to the game.The Soul of Baseball is as much the story of Buck O'Neil as it is
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100 Amazing Facts about Baseball

Pitchers' Secrets

by Marc Dresgui ...

Narrated by Marc Dresgui ...

Unabridged

3 hours 24 min

Discover the fascinating world of baseball like never before with 100 Amazing Facts About Baseball! Dive into a captivating book that explores the stories, records, and pivotal moments of one of the world’s most iconic sports. ⚾️Have you ever wondered:Who threw the fastest pitch in baseball history?How the first televised game revolutionized the sport?Why some teams have rivalries that span over a ... Read more

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Discover the fascinating world of baseball like never before with 100 Amazing Facts About Baseball! Dive into a captivating book that explores the stories, records, and pivotal moments of one of the world’s most iconic sports. ⚾️Have you ever wondered:Who threw the fastest pitch in baseball history?How the first televised game revolutionized the sport?Why some teams have rivalries that span over a
... Read more
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Gehrig and The Babe

The Friendship and the Feud

by Tony Castro ...

Narrated by Barry Abrams ...

Unabridged

7 hours 52 min

Gehrig & The Babe: The Friendship and The Feud is the emotionally gripping, electrifying account of the relationship of legendary New York Yankee icons Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth and the tragic behind-the-scenes fight that bitterly tore them apart until Gehrig was dying of a horrific disease.Written by historian and best-selling author Tony Castro, this critically acclaimed book tells their ... Read more

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Gehrig & The Babe: The Friendship and The Feud is the emotionally gripping, electrifying account of the relationship of legendary New York Yankee icons Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth and the tragic behind-the-scenes fight that bitterly tore them apart until Gehrig was dying of a horrific disease.Written by historian and best-selling author Tony Castro, this critically acclaimed book tells their
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A-Rod

by Selena Roberts ...

Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

Abridged

6 hours 16 min

“Diligent, detailed, and overpowering. This is not a book of conjecture: It’s one of bootstrap journalism.”—New York magazineThe New York Times calls sports journalist Selena Roberts’s blistering biography, A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez, “Important…devastating…merciless.” A columnist for Sports Illustrated, Roberts pulls no punches in her tough and brilliant New York Times bestseller, an ... Read more

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“Diligent, detailed, and overpowering. This is not a book of conjecture: It’s one of bootstrap journalism.”—New York magazineThe New York Times calls sports journalist Selena Roberts’s blistering biography, A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez, “Important…devastating…merciless.” A columnist for Sports Illustrated, Roberts pulls no punches in her tough and brilliant New York Times bestseller, an
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