The Boomer & Gio "Book Club"

Boomer & Gio

Audacy

News, Sports

4.2 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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There’s a stack of sports books in the newsroom that Gio brought in to see if Jerry would read any of these. Eddie liked books on the USFL. Callers checked in with suggestions.

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0:00.0	I saw Steve Apria, one of our great engineers.
0:02.7	He was cleaning out one of the studios, the former CBS slash Infinity Sports Radio studio.
0:09.3	And he came out with all these books that are in there.
0:12.4	And he put them out for people to take.
0:15.7	So I'm asking you.
0:17.5	And I want honest answers here.
0:19.3	Because I know Al would never read any of these.
0:23.4	That is true.
0:24.7	You are someone who loves sports.
0:27.7	You've always loved it your entire life.
0:29.2	Yes.
0:30.1	Be completely honest with me out of these 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, eleven, twelve, thirteen books here. Okay. Which one you'd actually be interested in? Fair enough. That got sent here over the years. I've been sitting in the studio that nobody has touched. Okay. Can I ask you to read one too? I know. Not one of these. Okay. Al, can you go on my desk? there's a big book that I think you'll like. It's more of a, it's bigger than you would think. It doesn't look like one of these. You'll know when you say it. All right, I'm ready. All right, here we go. Baseball meat market. The stories behind the best and worst trades in history?
1:12.3	No.
1:12.9	No.
1:13.4	Okay.
1:13.7	I don't think so, no.
1:15.3	Okay.
1:15.9	Can I see that real quick?
1:17.1	Sure.
1:18.0	Baseball meat market.
1:19.9	Baseball meat market.
1:21.9	No, I'm going to say no to this.
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