Joe Posnanski

“Contemporary sports writing’s biggest star.”*

*The Wall Street Journal

Why We Love Football

A History in 100 Moments

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  • Publishers Weekly (starred review): “Brimming with a fan’s enthusiasm and capturing the awe, bemusement, and thrills that the sport inspires, this is another win from Posnanski.”

  • Kirkus: “The author of Why We Love Baseball gives us 100 reasons to look forward to football season … A learned but lightly delivered pleasure for fans of the gridiron and its history.”

  • Booklist: “Posnanski's collection hits its marks.”

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Why We Love Baseball

New York Times bestseller and winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year

#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 baseball’s history, to make you fall in love with the sport all over again.

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The Baseball 100

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 countdown of the 100 greatest players in history, with a foreword by George Will.

The Baseball 100 is a one-of-a-kind work that tells the story of the sport through the remarkable lives of its 100 greatest players.

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“Deal of the century!”

—Nick Offerman

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