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JaneLeavy Ballgirl
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Author of Make Me Commissioner, I Know What’s Wrong With Baseball and How to Fix It, coming September 9, 2025 from Hachette Books. Available on Amazon and B & N for pre-order.
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Kids under 12 admitted for free. H/t @ballgirl.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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And you wrote a great piece about it...
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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#AmReading “Make Me Commissioner: I Know What's Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It,” by Jane Leavy (@ballgirl.bsky.social) #BookSky

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Make Me Commissioner: I Know What's Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It
I Know What's Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It
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November 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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If it's good enough for the Politics & Prose holiday catalogue...
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Me + Linda Robertson of the Miami Herald at the Miami Book Fairon November 22. Meet us there! Details here: www.miamibookfair.com/event/take-m...
November 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLPARK! – NONFICTION - Miami Book Fair
In Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It, pioneering sportswriter and lifelong baseball lover Jane Leavy explores America’s pastime – and why it has faltered. She e...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Jane Leavy Writer Talk
Baseball writer Jane Leavy will be at Hotchkiss Library on Sunday, Nov. 9 at 4 p.m. for a discussion and signing of her new book, "Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong With Baseball and How to Fi...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Thank you Jason for this lovely interview.
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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My mother loved your Koufax book
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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i love that!
travelincatdoc.bsky.social travelincatdoc dvm jd @travelincatdoc.bsky.social · 7d
Gave a copy to my wife who says it's delightful. Who doesn't need a little delight in their life these days?
November 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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I've reached the top of the queue, and your book is "in transit" to my library branch. I've been refreshing my holds page all weekend. I can't wait to read it.
November 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
ballgirl.bsky.social
if you feel moved to do so please post a review on amazon or goodreads. they mean more than you know.
scottdmccabe.bsky.social Scott McCabe @scottdmccabe.bsky.social · 8d
finished your book a few days ago and thought about it the whole evening as the game unfolded
November 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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in the wake of that epic world series, i whole heartedly recommend reading jane’s new book to understand what made that series so great
ballgirl.bsky.social JaneLeavy Ballgirl @ballgirl.bsky.social · 8d
That game 7 is why I want to be commissioner. Baseball at its best, as it was last night, needs to be nurtured, protected, and promoted to a new generation of fans, who will learn how the game marries the exquisite and the excruciating in unparalled and unexpected ways if just let it.
November 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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pls give my regards to bette the dog!
November 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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gwoltjer.bsky.social
I will happily work as an underling when you become commissioner. I just want to be close to this marvelous game. What an incredible postseason.
ballgirl.bsky.social JaneLeavy Ballgirl @ballgirl.bsky.social · 8d
That game 7 is why I want to be commissioner. Baseball at its best, as it was last night, needs to be nurtured, protected, and promoted to a new generation of fans, who will learn how the game marries the exquisite and the excruciating in unparalled and unexpected ways if just let it.
November 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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first week downloads for this one are on blast... perhaps give a listen...
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Episode 95: Jane Leavy
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September 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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We talk with @ballgirl.bsky.social about her new book, MAKE ME COMMISSIONER, visit with singer Kathy Mattea, discuss AI with cybersecurity expert @rahulpowar.bsky.social, and Food Coma’s Joe Ricchio has suggestions for the best pizza, all on the latest Downtown:

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September 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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I haven’t even read it yet, but I already know I’m going to love @ballgirl.bsky.social’s new book and want to share with all my baseball buddies not on this conference call 🙏🙏
Make Me Commissioner: I Know What's Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It
I Know What's Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It
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September 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Some new and or/upcoming nonfiction books that caught my eye. I thought they might appeal to some of you as well. All reviews in Alt Text taken from @ala-booklist.bsky.social.

First up, MAKE ME COMMISSIONER from sports biographer @ballgirl.bsky.social. Got a starred review - sounds fantastic.
Leavy’s biographies of legends Sandy Koufax, Mickey Mantle, and Babe Ruth made her one of the sport’s great historians. In her latest, she shifts her gaze to baseball’s present and its murky future. Leavy is pretty succinct in her ambitions: Make Me Commissioner. A job application, however, this is not. Leavy has crafted a treatise on how baseball has lost its claim to the title of “America’s game.” As she crisscrosses the country, she visits small-town ballparks, dancing with the entertainment/baseball juggernaut, the Savannah Bananas. She also meets with some of the top mathematical minds forging the glut of stats into a winning formula—truly the new “moneyball.” As baseball wanes slightly in popularity, Leavy also looks at the development pipeline, where expensive travel systems have pushed out many African American players, leading to the historically low percentages of Black players in Major League Baseball (MLB). In many ways, Leavy is preaching to the converted: those who have read her previous books or followed her newspaper writing and those who believe in baseball’s great history and are worried about its future as technology begins to overtake instinct. Leavy may not be MLB’s next commissioner, but readers will come away wishing she would be.
September 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
ballgirl.bsky.social
so many thanks!
finerific.bsky.social Finerific @finerific.bsky.social · Sep 22
I was expecting a Top 10 List of what needs fixing and I instead got something much better.

Make Me Commissioner by @ballgirl.bsky.social made me miss my childhood nights at the Cape Cod Baseball League. This is an amazing book. Get it. Read it. Now.
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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thank you for your words. if you feel moved to do so, please post a review. they matter!
landisweaver.bsky.social Rosanna Landis Weaver @landisweaver.bsky.social · Oct 9
Really enjoying and would highly recommend @ballgirl.bsky.social "Make Me Commissioner." She's right about everything.
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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baseballmary.bsky.social
I loved reading this book!
October 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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send me a dm. i'm eager to hear!
unclebeep10.bsky.social unclebeep10.bsky.social @unclebeep10.bsky.social · 29d
@ballgirl.bsky.social I thoroughly enjoyed your interview with Brodie Brazil a few days ago. Can’t wait to read your book and see if you share any of my opinions on fan engagement. Would love to share those thoughts with you in more depth if you are interested/receptive
November 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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thank you! if you're moved to do do please post a review on amazon or goodreads. they matter.
karmamylanta.bsky.social Rachael Hamlet @karmamylanta.bsky.social · 13d
Jane Leavy @ballgirl.bsky.social is on here. I listened to her latest (Make Me Commissioner), and it's great. I'm putting her Sandy Koufax biography on my TBR list right now.
November 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM