Episode 262: "The Cactus League"

Baseball by the Book

Justin McGuire

Authors, Baseball, Books, Statistics, Sports, History, Arts

4.9 • 655 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Emily Nemens joins us to discuss her debut novel, which tells the story of one spring training for the fictional Los Angeles Lions. From superstar slugger Jason Goodyear to a middle-aged divorcée Tamara Rowland and aging organist Lester Morrow, meet the people whose lives revolve around the national pastime each February and March.

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0:00.0	The one
0:02.0	The one side
0:04.0	I tell of me, I believe
0:05.0	The Giants
0:06.0	The Giants
0:08.0	The Pellant!
0:09.0	The Giants!
0:10.0	The Giants!
0:12.0	The Pellet!
0:13.0	The giant!
0:14.0	The one constant through all the years, Ray,
0:15.0	has been baseball.
0:17.0	Oh, put me in cold.
0:21.6	I'm ready to play today.
0:23.6	Hey, everybody. Hey everybody. me, I can be center of you.
0:47.2	Hey, everybody, I'm Justin McWire, and this is Baseball by the Book, the only podcast that matters.
0:53.4	That's right, folks, who are once again listening to Baseball by the Book, the podcast in which we talk to authors of baseball books past and present.
0:56.6	Today we are joined by Emily Nemmons, who's here to talk about her novel, The Cactus League.
1:01.6	We'll get to that in just a second. First, though, I wanted to mention that this week is my
1:06.8	birthday, and I'd like for each of you to give me a small birthday present if it's not too much
1:11.2	trouble. What I'm asking is, please go to Apple Podcasts, or whatever your podcast app of choice is,
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