Literature of Baseball Doubleheader




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ClassGraphic Although doubleheaders are unusual in the major leagues, this spring the Literature of Baseball group is presenting its doubleheader, Why Baseball Matters (Yale University Press, 2019) by Susan Jacoby, and The Soul of Baseball (William Morrow, 2007) by Joe Posnanski. In The Soul of Baseball, Buck O’Neil takes Joe Posnanski on a cross-country journey to explore a time when African Americans were not welcome in the major leagues. Yet they played a high level of baseball that has just recently been recognized by Major League Baseball. Along the way, readers see baseball from the sandlot to the ballpark, encountering such all-time greats as Willie Mays, Satchel Paige, and Monte Irvin. In Why Baseball Matters, Chicago-born and passionate White Sox fan Susan Jacoby presents a book that is part memoir and part discussion of the game’s evolution. She addresses the challenges facing baseball as a game and as a business. Our study group will follow spring training, and as a bonus, The World Baseball Classic in March. As usual, there will be lively discussions and a guest speaker or two, as well as a possible baseball game field trip.
 

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14 Session(s)
Weekly - Wed

Location
TBD

Instructor
Multiple

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Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
3/4/2026 - 6/3/2026 Weekly - Wed 09:45 AM - 11:45 AM TBD Mark Rosenberg  ; Benjamin Schwartz  ; Robert Shaevel 

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