Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks
What is the difference between a slider and a curveball?
At which stadium did “The Wave” first make an appearance?
How do some hitters use iPods to improve their skills?
Which positions are never played by lefties?
Why do some players urinate on their hands?
Combining the narrative voice and attitude of Michael Lewis with the compulsive brilliance of Schott’s Miscellany, Watching Baseball Smarter will increase your understanding and enjoyment of the sport–no matter what your level of expertise.
Zack Hample is an obsessed fan and a regular writer for minorleaguebaseball.com. He's collected nearly 3,000 baseballs from major league games and has appeared on dozens of TV and radio shows. His first book, How to Snag Major League Baseballs, was published in 1999.
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33 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 11, 2007 Type: User Review |
great for any fan of the game
excellent for all level of fans. great reference and a fun read. I have been looking for this book along time, it's not too technical (like some coaching books) and it's far from dry.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 26, 2007 Type: User Review |
Good book for just about any knowledge level of baseball.
I have gone to probably over two hundred baseball games and counting in my lifetime so I know quite a bit about the rules and little details of the game, and by the time I was done reading I even learned a few things that I had always been a...
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 09, 2007 Type: User Review |
Fun and Informative!
This book does exactly what is promises - it greatly enhances the act of viewing baseball on TV. Not only can you read it from beginning to end to gain a step-by-step understanding of "why", but you can also use the glossary at will for the...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Oct 07, 2007 Type: User Review |
Superb Gift and Tactical Book Without Peer
I strongly disagree with the reviewer that says that there is not much here that has not been said elsewhere. While I am new to baseball, at the age of 55 vastly more familiar with soccer, football, and basketball, my youngest son loves the game,...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 29, 2007 Type: User Review |
Nothing but raves
After reading and enjoying this book, I purchased several copies to give as gifts. The recipents gave the book raving reports and consider it one of the best gifts ever received. It is also a book that will be consulted over and over again as it...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 18, 2007 Type: User Review |
Go from Beginning Watcher to Vivid Describer of the Action
Watching Baseball Smarter will appeal to youngsters around 9-12 who are eager to grab as much baseball knowledge as possible by attending and watching games on television. For those young people, scoring, colorful terms, and obscure rules can...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 10, 2007 Type: User Review |
Baseball Fan's Good Guide
As a sixty year baseball fan, I think I know most everything about the game. However, Zack came up with some new/clarifying information for me. By the way, the game has changed since I started following it in the mid-1940s.
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 08, 2007 Type: User Review |
pages missing
Pages 79 to 110 are completely missing.
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 1.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 27, 2007 Type: User Review |
baseball lover/ baseball newbie - must have.
I bought this for my 26 yr old son for his birthday. My fiance, a baseball Aficionado,
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| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 21, 2007 Type: User Review |
Good for beginners--but not for "Deeply Serious Geeks"
The subtitle of this well crafted work: "A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-Experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks." For the first two categories, right on! Geeks are not going to learn a whole lot that they already do not know. That...
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