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Thomas Boswell on Why Baseball Is the Greatest Sport

The veteran sports journalist has a new book called The Heart of the Order, which collects his baseball columns from the past five years. He joins Fresh Air to talk about the respectful way he interviews and writes about athletes, managers, and owners -- and how this approach has enriched his reporting.

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Other segments from the episode on April 18, 1989

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, April 18, 1989: Interview with Thomas Boswell; Commentary on the rock band Small Faces; Interview with Jonathan Winters; Review of Christa Wolf's novel "Accident: A Day's…

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