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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....

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...

Jane joined CBS Mornings to discuss her new book, "Make Me Commissioner" https://youtube.com/shorts/B5jC6PlLa50?feature=share

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

Jane Leavy is an award-winning sportswriter and acclaimed author of biographies on Sandy Koufax, Mickey Mantle, and Babe Ruth. Jane has just released her newest book, Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong With Baseball and How to Fix It, where she lays out...

On the pleasure/pain of the bookstore event. On why baseball seems so dull and listless; on meeting with the greats of the game; on living in book hell.

Acclaimed baseball writer Jane Leavy joins JD from DC to discuss her new book "Make Me Commissioner: I Know What's Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It"

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"Jane Leavy...brings her considerable knowledge and opinions in offering her take in MAKE ME COMMISSIONER.... Leavy is of my generation, and I give her props for having an open mind." Read the review here