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“Jane is an elite spitballer”: The Atlantic’s review of ‘Commissioner’
To borrow a baseball term of art (okay, a cliché), Jane Leavy is an elite spitballer. No one is better built than Leavy, a crafty veteran sportswriter, for between-innings repartee, wry asides, and tossed-off ideas for improving her beloved sport—and maybe even...
WGN: Jane Leavy Joins Morning News to Help Beat Baseball’s Boredom
Former Washington Post sportswriter and Sports biographer Jane Leavy goes on a behind the scenes road trip through the far corners of the baseball world to uncover how the game broke, and to find the people and the ideas that just might bring it back....
Starred Review from Publishers Weekly for “Make Me Commissioner”
Sports reporter Leavy provides a fervent critique of the current state of baseball […] The narrative is laced with Leavy’s humor and lifelong passion for the sport (she wrote her first baseball story at 10 years old) and informed by conversations with star players and...
Debating the “human element” on CBS Mornings Plus
Jane joined CBS Mornings to discuss her new book, "Make Me Commissioner" https://youtube.com/shorts/B5jC6PlLa50?feature=share
NBC 4 in DC: What’s wrong with baseball? Former Washington Post sports writer shares how to fix it
Jane Leavy, a former Washington Post sports writer, shares what’s wrong with baseball and how she would fix it in her book “Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It.” Video here if story fails to load
Washington Post Reviews ‘Make Me Commissioner’
Take her out to the ballgame — and put her in charge In “Make Me Commissioner,” acclaimed baseball writer Jane Leavy offers her fixes for the sport, in the form of a wide-ranging travelogue full of rich conversations Keep reading
11 Baseball Movies that Hit it Out of the Park from Make Me Commissioner’s Jane Leavy
Jane Leavy knows baseball. And she really loves baseball. She’s a former sportswriter and author of best-sellers about Sandy Koufax and Mickey Mantle. Her new book is Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix it. The book is a skillful mix...
Foul Territory Podcast
A.J. Pierzynski, Erik Kratz and Scott Braun welcome Jane Leavy as shepreviews her new book “Make Me Commissioner: I Know What's Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It” - out now!
Sports Business Journal: Author Jane Leavy attempts to fix MLB’s issues in new book
In 2019, author JANE LEAVY sat down at breakfast with baseball greats JOE TORRE and SANDY KOUFAX prior to MARIANO RIVERA’s Baseball HOF induction ceremony in Cooperstown, NY. During their conversation, Torre (an ex-catcher and...
Jane Leavy’s scathing, funny look at baseball reveals a problem bigger than sports
Jane Leavy did not talk to Rob Manfred for her new book “Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong With Baseball and How To Fix It,” even though it is a bid to replace the commissioner of Major League Baseball when Manfred steps down in — what he has...