In partnership with Men’s Philanthropy. Featuring a ballpark supper with hot dogs, chips, dessert, and beer. Vegetarian option available.

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Join Joe as he accepts the CASEY Award for the best baseball book of 2023.

Join Joe Posnanski as he discusses and signs “Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments.” Optional RSVP is here, but is not required to attend the event.

A love letter to baseball, and the follow-up to last year’s runaway bestseller The Baseball 100

The Baseball 100 was a must-have look at 100 memorable baseball players. Joe Posnanski's new book, Why We Love Baseball, is equally essential reading, now about the game's top 50 moments.

Willie Mays’s catch. Babe Ruth’s called shot. Kirk Gibson’s limping home run.

Moments like these have been described again and again, and in Why We Love Baseball, they are looked at anew, told from unique perspectives. These are moments from the big and famous to the small and private; experienced by players, teammates, and fans; all of them fundamental to the connection fans have with the game they love.

These are fresh tales of legendary moments so powerful they almost feel like myth—takes that go to the heart of why we love the game we do.

Cleveland LOVES baseball!  Celebrated sportswriter Joe Posnanski circles the bases, calling out 50 of the most exceptional moments in the history of the game. You’ll be transported back to the ballpark to relive memorable moments that created legends or may have produced epic errors. Told from a unique perspective, the book covers not only the well-known moments but significant smaller stories from games outside the major leagues. This celebration of baseball will have us cheering from our seats! 

Why We Love Baseball is a love letter to baseball, a fresh and heartfelt look at the game's greatest moments and how they continue to grab at our hearts. Whether it's Willie Mays' over-the-shoulder catch, Babe Ruth's called shot, Shohei Ohtani's exploits as both a pitcher and a hitter, or Josh Gibson or Sandy Koufax's perfect game, these timeless and magical moments take us to the heart of why we love baseball after almost 150 years. And, why Baseball has always drawn Jewish attention.

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Celebrated Sports Writers

Hear some of today’s best sports writers offer insights on their craft and the people they’ve written about.

Moderator: Ryan Finley

Panelists: Joe Posnanski and Ron Rapoport

Books: “Why We Love Baseball,” and “Frank Chance’s Diamond”

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Loving Baseball

Hear about America’s joyful, long-time love affair with the game of baseball.

Moderator: Michael Guymon

Panelists: Joe Posnanski, Ron Rapoport, and Mark Stevens.

Books: “Why We Love Baseball,” “Frank Chance’s Diamond,” and “The Fireballer”

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Moderated by: Ben Heisler, host of “Benny & The Bets” on KC Sports Network

"Why We Love Base­ball" is a love let­ter to base­ball, a fresh and heart­felt look at the game’s great­est moments and how they con­tin­ue to grab at our hearts. Whether it’s Willie Mays’ over-the-shoul­der catch, Babe Ruth’s called shot, Shohei Ohtani’s exploits as both a pitch­er and a hit­ter, or Josh Gib­son or Sandy Koufax’s per­fect game, these time­less and mag­i­cal moments take us to the heart of why we love base­ball after almost 150 years.

The con­nec­tion between Jews and base­ball is par­tic­u­lar­ly strong. When Joe Pos­nan­ski’s father came to the Unit­ed States from Israel just before Joe was born, his father made cer­tain to learn base­ball so that he could teach it to his old­est son. When Joe’s moth­er saw that her son was a base­ball nut, she helped him col­lect base­ball cards (while ask­ing if Boog Pow­ell was a gantse mach­er). This is a com­mon sto­ry. Base­ball has always drawn Jew­ish atten­tion, whether it was play­ers like Hank Green­berg and Sandy Koufax, broad­cast­ers like Mel Allen, Gary Cohen, and Al Michaels, writ­ers like Roger Kahn, Lawrence Rit­ter and Don­ald Honig, exec­u­tives like Theo Epstein and Bud Selig. The Jew­ish love of base­ball is pow­er­ful and enduring.

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