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Robert Spottswood, M.A.'s avatar

What a comprehensive and articulate take on both baseball and movies! I feel informed and moved.

Another keeper!

Thanks.

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Noah Berlatsky's avatar

the book is all like that! it's really fun.

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The_Shadout_Mapes's avatar

I love seeing two of my favorite Substack creators interacting! Thanks so much for this fantastic interview!

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Noah Berlatsky's avatar

oh cool; glad you've read the other Noah! He's great.

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ken taylor's avatar

good interview. Gittell presents some interesting thoughts on baseball movies.

Personally, I've always found baseball movies imminently more watchable than baseball games. Or should I say playable, since I didn't like playing the sport and gravitated to football and basketball.

The thing I wished you asked Gittell, however, why watching team sports is so popular but playing, especially post-high school, is usually focused only on individual endeavors like golf, skiing. and tennis (the one sport I did like to watch). .

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