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The Boys of Summer (Harperperennial Modern Classics)

Roger Kahn

"A moving elegy . . . [to] the best team the majors ever saw . . . the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950s." — This is a book about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then went on to play for one of the most exciting major-league ball clubs ever fielded, the beloved Br...

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The Dan Le Batard Show

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The Dan Le Batard Show

The hosts mentioned the title while noting that the movie version wasn't about baseball, referencing the original book's baseball focus.

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Boys a summer wasn't about base. The movie was about baseball.

— Episode: Local Hour: Happy Opening Day!

Episode: Local Hour: Happy Opening Day!

The hosts mentioned the title while noting that the movie version wasn't about baseball, referencing the original book's baseball focus.

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Boys a summer wasn't about base. The movie was about baseball.

The Rewatchables

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The Rewatchables

The author was quoted saying they threatened to sue over the movie's original title, prompting a change to The Sandlot.

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The author of Boys of Summer, Roger Kahn, said, no, you're not calling it that, threatened to sue and they had to change it.

— Episode: ‘The Sandlot’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory...

Episode: ‘The Sandlot’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, an...

The author was quoted saying they threatened to sue over the movie's original title, prompting a change to The Sandlot.

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The author of Boys of Summer, Roger Kahn, said, no, you're not calling it that, threatened to sue and they had to change it.

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