WHY WE LOVE BASEBALL News
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Hi everybody. So I wanted to put up a little one-stop shopping place for all the breaking news on WHY WE LOVE BASEBALL! So here we go.
The book: WHY WE LOVE BASEBALL
Publication date: September 5.
A few early reviews:
Publisher’s Weekly (⭐️ review!)
Booklist (⭐️ review!)
Preorder offer
If you preorder the book, you can get bonus content that was cut from the book last minute, including an essay about the biggest baseball moment from my childhood and an essay from Michael Schur about the best baseball performance he ever saw live. Just sign up here:
Los Angeles Event Moved to Ebell!
On September 12, Molly Knight and I will be having a blast talking about the book and we will be joined by none other than Nick Offerman and Mike Schur. The event was originally set up to be at the amazing Chevalier’s Bookstore but it sold out so fast that the event has now moved to the ballroom at the Ebell Theater. We’d love to see you there.
Note, this is now a ticketed event — you get one or two tickets for the price of a book. I’ve had a couple of people say they already preordered the book and ask if they could get in based on that. Obviously, we are doing this event for Chevalier’s so anyone who buys the book through the bookstore has to get priority. But if you already preordered the book and would like to be on the waiting list, email us here and we will see what we can do!
The WHY WE LOVE BASEBALL TOUR
Spring Lake, NJ
Tuesday, September 5 (tickets): Conversation with Bob Costas, 7 p.m.
Location: Spring Lake Community Theater, Spring Lake, New Jersey.
Newport, RI
Wednesday, September 6 (tickets): Conversation with Alex Edelman, 7:30 p.m.
Location: The JPT Film & Event Center, Newport, RI
St. Louis
Thursday, September 7 (tickets): Conversation with Gerald Early, 7 p.m.
Location: JCC’s Mirowitz Performing Arts Center, St. Louis
Kansas City
Friday, September 8 (tickets): Conversation with Michael Schur, 7 p.m.
Location: Unity Temple on the Plaza, Kansas City
Cincinnati
Saturday, September 9 (RSVP): Conversation with Jeff Garlin, 4 p.m.
Location: Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Tuesday, September 12: (tickets) Conversation with Molly Knight (with guest appearances by Mike Schur and Nick Offerman), 6 p.m.
Location: The Ebell of LA Ballroom,
San Francisco/Bay Area
Wednesday, September 13: (tickets) Working on a special guest, 7 p.m.
Location: Copperfield’s Books, Santa Rosa
San Francisco/Bay Area
Thursday, September 14 (email to get on waiting list): Conversation with Molly Knight and Farhan Zaidi at private party being thrown by Substack.
Location: Harlan Records, San Francisco
Topeka, KS
Saturday, September 16 (info): Conversation with Bill James, 1 p.m.
Location: Kansas Book Festival, Washburn University
Dallas
Thursday, October 26: Details to follow
Location: Aaron Family JCC
Rockville, MD
Sunday, November 5: Details to follow
Location: Bender JCC of Greater Washington
Cherry Hill, NJ
Monday, November 6: Details to follow
Location: Katz JCC Cherry Hill
Atlanta
Wednesday, November 8: Details to follow
Location: Marcus JCC of Atlanta
Toledo
Sunday, November 12: Details to follow
Location: Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo
Houston
Tuesday, November 14: Details to follow
Location: Evelyn Rubenstein JCC of Houston
Fort Myers, FL
Saturday, March 2: Details to follow
Location: Southwest Florida Reading Festival
Boca Raton, FL
Tuesday, March 5: Details to follow
Location: Adolph and Rose Lewis JCC
Overland Park, KS
Thursday, March 7: Details to follow
Location: JCC of Greater Kansas City
Tucson, AZ
Saturday and Sunday, March 9 and 10: Details to follow
Location: Tucson Festival of Books
Cleveland
Sunday, March 17: Details to follow
Location: Mandel JCC
Dayton, OH
Sunday, April 14: Details to follow
Location: Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton
Rancho Mirage, CA
Thursday, April 18: Details to follow
Location: Jewish Federation of the Desert