Jane Leavy’s new book Make Me the Commissioner: I know What’s Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It touches on the core debates of contemporary baseball, from the successful showmanship of the Savannah Bananas to the impact of analytics to the proliferation of travel ball, weaving Leavy’s own perspectives with important voices from past and present baseball professionals. In the following conversation, we chat how the book came about as well as the most urgent and under-discussed issues baseball is facing today.
