It's been 73 years since the Cleveland Baseball Team won a World Series. And while it might be little consolation to the Cleveland faithful, that 1948 team was worthy of a compelling book.

So on today's episode, I'm joined by baseball author Luke Epplin who has written the compelling book that squad deserves. It's called Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball. In it, Epplin recounts the three-team pennant race that summer, the one game playoff victory over the Red Sox that gave Cleveland the pennant, and how they became the first integrated team in baseball to win a World Series.

But more than that, it's a story about four of the most fascinating Hall of Famers in history. Larry Doby broke the American League's color barrier the previous year and 1948 is when he put his name on the map. 42 year old Satchel Paige had spent his entire career journeying through the Negro Leagues and that summer, he proved to the nation that he still had it. After creating his own legend as the all-American success story, Bob Feller saw his reputation start to dim in the year of his team's greatest triumph. And through it all, Bill Veeck ran the show and made baseball a better game for everyone.

You'll really love this discussion and you'll love the book! Order Our Team here.

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