Jacob Shymanski

And there's so many fascinating anecdotes and stories about negotiations and players getting traded and what it feels like to be in a losing streak and the absurd hijinks that players get to and how they're like all perverts and all taking drugs.

It's a wild book just full of amazing anecdotes.

And to this day, Jim Boughton is kind of a legend because of how real he was around the world of baseball.

He's also kind of reviled by a lot of baseball elitists for having ruined the image of baseball.

So this book has a lot of clout.

That's Ball Four by Jim Boughton.

Amazing audiobook, beautifully narrated.

guys that's all the time we have this was super fun uh i hope you can do this next year with another uh eight best books of uh 2026 but i think the 2025 list was pretty freaking solid we're gonna make sure to include a list in the podcast description for everyone to go and take a look at guys thank you so much thank you you're very welcome

That was Amir Khan, Sarah Hillis, and Rami Amuthan.

They were forming a panel to put together our best books of 2025.

And that's all the time we have for this edition of Audiobook Cafe.

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