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Joe Posnanski:
The Baseball 100 was incredible, Joe. I could have done The Baseball 1,000 and devoured every word. Besides Musial, which players' essays were the most challenging for you to complete?
Joe Posnanski
I know it's cliche to say that each essay provided its own challenge ... but I would say that's really true. As I hope comes through, I wanted to make each one special.
Probably the most challenging were the essays of players people already know a lot about -- DiMaggio, Mantle, Mays, Aaron, Ruth etc. With those players, there has already been so much written that finding a new way to tell their story was a test. But you definitely picked the one that was most challenging -- that was Musial because I knew him and wanted so much to have the essay live up to just a small part of his greatness. Thanks for the question!
Probably the most challenging were the essays of players people already know a lot about -- DiMaggio, Mantle, Mays, Aaron, Ruth etc. With those players, there has already been so much written that finding a new way to tell their story was a test. But you definitely picked the one that was most challenging -- that was Musial because I knew him and wanted so much to have the essay live up to just a small part of his greatness. Thanks for the question!
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Brina
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Joe Posnanski:
Hi Joe. This isn’t about Houdini but about your top 100 baseball players. How did you determine the list? It seems like it is skewed toward more modern players with many hall of famers not even cracking the top 50. Please feel free to answer in the baseball book club here on goodreads.
Justin Weber
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Joe Posnanski:
Hi Joe, I just wanted to say The Soul of Baseball was the best baseball book I had ever read. Then along came The Baseball 100 and wow, what an amazing book. Easily my favorite baseball book of all time. I am really, really looking forward to Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments! What was your favorite book to write?
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