A Damn Near Perfect Game

By Joe Kelly, Rob Bradford,

Book cover of A Damn Near Perfect Game: Reclaiming America's Pastime

Book description

Baseball’s most outspoken fireballer brings the high heat—calling out the hacks, cheats, and ridiculous rules that have tarnished the game—and pitches a-plus stuff on how to make baseball pure, fun, and damn near perfect.

Baseball has an image problem. The chorus of nonbelievers gets louder every year, and the Major…

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1 author picked A Damn Near Perfect Game as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I loved this book because Kelly gives his uncensored look behind the scenes at the way players view the game.

The other books in this list are told from the perspective of management, so this is the perfect complement to give you the full view at the state of baseball in the 2020s. Kelly tells you what he loves about the game, and what he thinks of the direction it has gone.

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