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It seems like he has been tapping me on the shoulder for years to write, not a history or a biography, but a book of poems in his voice—poems that can give him freedom to trace his world—a world of discrimination and Jim Crow, yet also vibrant and richly textured. I can think of no better storyteller to help us imagine this raucous world of baseball, of jazz, and of Kansas City during the Roaring 1920s through the Depression and into the War Years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6155b70f2239f23f21072845/1633007376026-N2BEVXXKGU824HQOIT1E/Joe+DiMaggio+glove.jpg Home - Works by Loren Broaddus Baseball—an ever-changing game, yet a constant throughout the history of America. While the game does change over time, a game played today very much physically resembles a game played in 1922. This ability to represent the face of change, while remaining the same is why it connects to so many of us. It is why I write about it. Although not perfect, on some days it feels close. 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