You can now catch the BBR during Portland Beavers’ games

Thanks to Rich Burk and the Portland Beavers broadcast team, those of you in the Rose City can catch the Baseball Book Review during Beavers’ games.
Airings will be throughout the season – so stay tuned!

The Dark Side of the Diamond – Gambling, Violence, Drugs and Alcoholism in the National Pastime — by Roger I. Abrams

We tend to forget – or maybe it’s deny – that ballplayers are human beings, just like us. They perform what seem to be such superhuman feats of physical activity, and command such superstar salaries for doing this — that we quickly dissociate with them.
We forget that players are competitive – some to the point [...]

We Are The Ship – The Story of Negro League Baseball — by Kadir Nelson

It’s been over 40 years since the last remnants of the Negro Leagues had competitive games – generations have come and gone, but at times the memory seems more alive than ever.
Encouraging the preservation of the Negro Leagues is Kadir Nelson – who takes on the task of planting this memory in the minds of [...]