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Adam Henig-Baseball's Outcast: The Story of Ron LeFlore

Adam Henig-Baseball's Outcast: The Story of Ron LeFlore

Released Tuesday, 19th May 2026
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Adam Henig-Baseball's Outcast: The Story of Ron LeFlore

Adam Henig-Baseball's Outcast: The Story of Ron LeFlore

Adam Henig-Baseball's Outcast: The Story of Ron LeFlore

Adam Henig-Baseball's Outcast: The Story of Ron LeFlore

Tuesday, 19th May 2026
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Ron LeFlore was serving 5-15 years for armed robbery when he played his first organized baseball game—in a prison yard. Three years later, he was starting in center field for the Detroit Tigers.His story became a bestselling book and a TV movie starring LeVar Burton. Then it all fell apart.Adam Henig (@adamhenig) joins us to discuss BASEBALL'S OUTCAST, his deeply researched biography that goes beyond the rise-and-fall narrative to explore the segregated Detroit that shaped LeFlore, the criminal justice system he navigated, and the childhood trauma that followed him from the prison cage to the batting cage.#speakingofwriterspodcast #authorpodcast #authorinterview #detroittigers #ronleflore#baseballbook #baseball

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