TWEETABLE REVIEWS

Benchwarmer

Josh Wilker

Sports as an organizing principle for stumbling through life and fatherhood—funny, enchanting and lyrical. Painfully familiar.

#noasterisk

A Game of Their Own

Jennifer Ring

The firsthand accounts of Team USA women's baseballers bring life and pathos to what can sometimes feel a bit academic.

#hardball

How Champions Think

Dr. Bob Rotella

Pioneering sports shrink's useful, self-helpish summation of his theories on high performance both on-field and off.

#optimism

The Journey Home

Jorge Posada

Well-told personal story and pitch-by-pitch recall of big games enliven Yankees backstop's account of career in pinstripes.

#corefour

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