The Utility of Boredom

07/07/20 • 25 min

The Utility of Boredom by Andrew Forbes. This time, Phil picks a love letter written for the sport of baseball. Jay reads it and deftly avoids any hackneyed baseball expressions in his review. Listen in as metaphors are mixed and names are dropped. Will enough free throws result in a touch down in the third period of this podcast?

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JAY [00:00:01] This book is a love story. It's a love letter. It's a poem written to his paramour, which is spaceball.

PHIL [00:00:20] Welcome to Dog-eared and Cracked, the podcast, where we each recommend a book to the other and then play Monday morning quarterback.

[00:00:27] This week we're discussing The Utility of Boredom by Andrew Forbes. Now, this is our first non-fiction book, and it's essays about baseball. And before we get to them, J