Baseball is about community. That is how it became America’s game.
And that is what inspired Will Bardenwerper to write Homestand: Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America, a book I urge every baseball fan to read.
This book is not just about baseball and what happened to the Batavia Muckdogs after they were eliminated as a Short-Season A major league affiliate, it is about the love of the game that people like Rob Manfred will never understand.
This book should be getting more attention, especially from baseball writers, if they do not mind upsetting Manfred and his Minions.
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