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Nine Innings
by Daniel Okrent
One ordinary 1982 Brewers–Orioles game as the lens for everything in baseball: scouting, contracts, strategy, equipment. Ingenious structure.
Read it if…
you want to understand the whole game through one game.
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Skip it if…
you want a star's story.
Try instead: The Numbers Game →
Three things you will actually use
- Depth in the ordinary.
- Everything connects.
- Watch one game closely.
Do this first
Read the first three innings.
Our verdict
One game, everything.
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