STARRED REVIEW
April 1998

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By Phil Pepe
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For a fun look at the more recent past, there’s Phil Pepe’s Talkin’ Baseball: An Oral History of Baseball in the 1970s. Through interviews with more than 60 former players, managers, and others associated with the game, Pepe recounts the events of a decade which saw some of the most enormous changes in the history of the game, including the advent of free agency and the designated hitter, a new home run king, and George Steinbrenner.

Reviewed by Ron Kaplan.

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