Presidential baseball: Doesn't get more American than that, plus more sports books reviewed
by Ed Sherman, Chicago Tribune
Jul 04, 2018
3 minutes
"The Presidents and the Pastime" by Curt Smith, University of Nebraska, 504 pages, $29.95
Curt Smith, a former White House speechwriter, delves into the considerable relationship presidents have had with baseball, perhaps the most American of sports. Smith takes a deep dive here, going back to when Abraham Lincoln played what was then known as "town ball." Smith details how William Taft and Woodrow Wilson became the first presidents to truly embrace the sport by throwing out
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