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Ben Reiter

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Ben Reiter is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, which he joined in 2004. He has written 25 cover stories for the magazine and has also contributed to Time and The Village Voice, among other publications. His SI feature 'The Seeker: The Complicated Life and Death of Hideki Irabu' won the 2017 Deadline Award for Magazine Profile. He frequently appears on radio and television stations across the United States and around the world, and is a regular commentator on the MLB Network. Reiter is a graduate of Yale and Cambridge. He lives in New York City with his family. Astroball is his first book. ...more

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	Astroball: The New Way to Win It All 4.20 avg rating — 4,044 ratings — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sports illustrated Magazine, March 25 - April 1 2019, Philadelphia Phillies by Alex Bregman, Tom Verducci, Ben Reiter (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Whether you sell insurance or you’re a school teacher, obviously the people you work with can make you more productive or less productive,”
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“Slowing down, in all aspects, has helped me still play fast.”
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“Jeff Luhnow and the Astros, although the focus on what they had inevitably lost was only a distraction from what they still had. That”
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