In Washington Post sports writer Barry Svrluga’s “The Grind,” readers get an inside look at what a year with the Washington Nationals is like — for players, their families and the myriad support workers who keep the gears of the baseball season running.
‘The Grind: Inside Baseball’s Endless Season’
by Barry Svrluga
Blue Rider, 176 pp., $23.95
“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain,” intoned the venerable Wizard of Oz. Those who love baseball may want to heed the Wizard’s warning before opening this book.
It may tell them things about the American pastime they would rather not know.