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Book · 2008 · Sports & Recreation

America's Game

by Michael MacCambridge · Recommended by 2 people on 1 podcast

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But we do have some sports thank yous to Michael McCainbridge, author of America's Game, which provided much of the research for this episode.
Ben Gilbert · Acquired · Jan 2026 Listen at 4:58

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Michael McCainbridge has a great quote in the beginning of America's game where he says to say that baseball was the number one sport in America is to imply a hierarchy where none existed.
David Rosenthal Acquired · Jan 2026

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David Rosenthal Michael McCainbridge has a great quote in the beginning of America's game where he says to say that basebal… 3
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“Michael McCainbridge has a great quote in the beginning of America's game where he says to say that baseball was the number one sport in America is to imply a hierarchy where none existed.”
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“There's a quote about him in America's Game. Outside of Oakland, it was not certain where Al Davis would finish in a popularity contest among Sharks, the Mumps, the income tax, and himself.”
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“And so here's the paragraph out of America's Game. Rosselle, seeking a way to break the log jam, called his friend David Dixon to see if he knew a North Louisiana congressman on the committee.”
Ben Gilbert But we do have some sports thank yous to Michael McCainbridge, author of America's Game, which provided muc… 1
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“But we do have some sports thank yous to Michael McCainbridge, author of America's Game, which provided much of the research for this episode.”