News
That Said With Michael Zeldin, Part One (Podcast)
Join Michael in his conversation with Jane Leavy about her new book, Make Me Commissioner, I Know What’s Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It which is a behind the scenes road trip through the far corners of the baseball world as she sets out to uncover how the game...
ML Sports Platter Podcast Interview
NY Times Bestselling author Jane Leavy chats about her new book "Make Me Commissioner." What she still loves about baseball, where the biggest problems are, if we need a salary cap, her interactions with Joe Torre and Sandy Koufax and how the book came to fruition,...
Washington Free Beacon Review: Can Baseball Get Better Without Getting Boring?
Reading the book, though, one gets the sense that rule changes matter far less than the people making them—and that Leavy would agree with that sentiment. Click here to read
NYT Opinion: Cherish This World Series. It’s the Last One Entirely in Human Hands.
On Friday, when the home plate umpire calls the first pitch of the 2025 World Series, savor it. This will be the last championship to be fully adjudicated by human beings. The Automated Ball-Strike (A.B.S.) challenge system, known informally as the robot ump, is...
Bustin’ Loose Baseball Podcast: How Jane Would Save Baseball
From 'Bustin' Loose Baseball' (subscribe here): Grant Paulsen and Tobi Altizer have a captivating conversation with award winning Sportswriter and Author Jane Leavy about her newest book, "Make Me Commissioner: I Know What's Wrong with Baseball and I Can Fix It",...
The Happy Hour with King Hap Podcast Interview
On the eve of the World Series, King Hap calls in the Closer!! Jane joins Hap to Talk MLB, rule changes, Old school vs New school, and much much more!!!
Wharton Moneyball Podcast: How Analytics Changed the Soul of Baseball
Jane Leavy, known for her bestselling biographies of Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, and Sandy Koufax, joins Cade Massey, Eric Bradlow, Shane Jensen, and Adi Wyner to discuss her latest book Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It, sharing...
On the Ball Interview (The Vanderbilt Sports & Society Podcast)
Legendary sportswriter and bestselling author Jane Leavy joins the show to discuss her acclaimed new book: “Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong With Baseball and How to Fix It. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLwSXoeu6Ks
WAMC The Roundtable Interview with Joe Donahue
Baseball is broken—or at least, Sportswriter Jane Leavy thinks so. In her book, "Make Me Commissioner: I Know What's Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It," she hops into the dugouts, analytics labs, minor-league towns, and boardrooms to diagnose what’s gone wrong...
Ron Kaplan’s The Bookshelf Conversation #200: Jane Leavy
I don’t know when it started or ended but Topps used to reserve cards ending in double-00 for the superstars of the game. Mays, Mantle, Koufax, Carew, Seaver, and Reggie have all appeared multiple times. So I felt it only appropriate to follow their lead and save the...
