The List: a few of my favorite sports books

Thanks to Larry Olmsted’s permission in his fun book Fans, I’ve been leaning into my sports fandom and have really enjoyed watching baseball this year. As I get older, it’s the game that I seem to appreciate more and more. It’s a little bit slower. It’s more cerebral. It rewards constancy—you have to play every day. It’s not so violent (football) or exp…