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A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singular, and masterly book that took a lifetime to write. The entire story of baseball rings through a co…

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The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It

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