In this rapid-fire review, Jacob Shymanski and Jeff Rainey explore five titles that have an eclectic blend from baseball to politics and biographies.

The baseball angle I know you’ve sort of done before but it actually works great for two reasons:

Jeff’s rapid-fire picks are:

• • “Beautiful Scars: Steeltown Secrets, Mohawk Skywalkers and the Road Home” by Tom Wilson
• • “Pierre Poilievre: A Political Life” by Andrew Lawton
• • “Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s” by Dan Epstein
• • “Home Games: Two Baseball Wives Speak Out” by Bobbie Bouton and Nancy Marshall
• • “The Best Team Money Can Buy: The Los Angeles Dodgers' Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse” by Molly Knight

Other books referenced in this episode include:

• • “Ball Four” by Jim Bouton
• • “Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre” by Mark Bourrie
• • “Values: Building a Better World for All” by Mark Carney
• • “The Franchise: Toronto Blue Jays: A Curated History of the Jays” by Keegan Matheson

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