Jane Leavy is an award-winning sportswriter and acclaimed author of biographies on Sandy Koufax, Mickey Mantle, and Babe Ruth. Jane has just released her newest book, Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong With Baseball and How to Fix It, where she lays out her vision for the future of the game. We talk about her baseball beginnings, including time spent at her grandmother’s apartment just a block from Yankee Stadium, and how those early memories shaped her love of the sport. Jane also sha...
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Jane Leavy is an award-winning sportswriter and acclaimed author of biographies on Sandy Koufax, Mickey Mantle, and Babe Ruth. Jane has just released her newest book, Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong With Baseball and How to Fix It, where she lays out her vision for the future of the game. We talk about her baseball beginnings, including time spent at her grandmother’s apartment just a block from Yankee Stadium, and how those early memories shaped her love of the sport. Jane also sha...
183. Gregory Koch: 130 Ballparks, Hometown Fields & the Charm of Summer Ball
The Baseball Bucket List Podcast
34 minutes
4 months ago
183. Gregory Koch: 130 Ballparks, Hometown Fields & the Charm of Summer Ball
Gregory Koch is a writer for Stadium Journey and Yankee fan based in Northern Virginia who’s been to 130 different ballparks. Gregory shares how his baseball journey began with a trip to Yankee Stadium as a kid, and how it’s evolved into a deep love for smaller leagues and historic community ballparks. We talk about his visits to every ballpark in the Valley Baseball League and the Cal Ripken Senior League, how he plans road trips to maximize baseball stops, and why he prefers the energy of l...
The Baseball Bucket List Podcast
Jane Leavy is an award-winning sportswriter and acclaimed author of biographies on Sandy Koufax, Mickey Mantle, and Babe Ruth. Jane has just released her newest book, Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong With Baseball and How to Fix It, where she lays out her vision for the future of the game. We talk about her baseball beginnings, including time spent at her grandmother’s apartment just a block from Yankee Stadium, and how those early memories shaped her love of the sport. Jane also sha...