Casey Award
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The Casey Award (stylized as CASEY) is an annual literary award that has been given to the best baseball book of the year since 1983.[1]
CASEY Award | |
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Awarded for | Best baseball literary work |
Presented by | Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine |
First awarded | 1983 |
Most recent winner | Joe Posnanski Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments (2023) |
Website | spitballmag.com |
The award was created by Mike Shannon and W. J. Harrison, editors and co-founders of Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine because, up until then, there was no award given to authors and publishers of distinguished baseball literature; it is considered to be the most prestigious award that can be given to a baseball book.[1]
Books are nominated by a panel of three judges under five main criteria: literary quality, informational content, analytical content, originality, and artistic appeal. After a shortlist is finalized, the judges vote on the book which has given "the greatest contribution to baseball literature".[1]