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Title: Baseball for Dummies by Joe Morgan ISBN: 0-7645-5234-1 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 07 February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.93 (14 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Too much, too little.
Comment: An excellent book, but badly focused. It really needs to be split into 'Playing Baseball for Dummies' and 'Watching Baseball for Dummies'.
Rating: 3
Summary: Tries to cover too many bases
Comment: This book is fun to read and very well written. However, it seemed to try too hard to suit all audiences. The danger in that, of course, is that it doesn't do a great job for any one type of reader. I got this book for the basic baseball knowledge it contains--I recently got "hooked" on baseball, and wanted to know more about the rules, how to keep score, how statistics are computed and what they mean. And there is some of that in this book. However, a great deal more of the book is aimed at little leaguers--how to pick out equipment, how to practice, and so on. Then there are the sections on great players. I think the readers who pick up this book are going to want more in-depth information on the particular area they are interested in. So, this book may be your first book on baseball, but it won't be your last! Just whets the appetite, so to speak.
The book tries to do too much, and would have better served the reader by concentrating on one area. Nonetheless, Joe Morgan comes across as very knowledgeable and a great guy!
Rating: 3
Summary: What is the target audience for this book?
Comment: Baseball for Dummies covers many different subjects, from great players to practice drills to how to set up a league. It may range over too many subjects - the beginning fan doesn't need to know about practice drills, and a Little Leaguer doesn't need to know about the great players. I think this book is better for novice players than for novice fans.
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Title: Football for Dummies, Second Edition by Howie Long, John Czarnecki ISBN: 0764539361 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 02 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Basketball for Dummies by Richard "Digger" Phelps ISBN: 0764552481 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Tim McCarver's Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans : Understanding and Interpreting the Game So You Can Watch It Like a Pro by Tim McCarver, Danny Peary ISBN: 0375753400 Publisher: Villard Pub. Date: 16 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Joy of Keeping Score: How Scoring the Game Has Influenced and Enhanced the History of Baseball by Paul Dickson ISBN: 0156005166 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 15 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Official Major League Baseball Rules Book, 2003 Edition by Sporting News, Major League Baseball ISBN: 089204702X Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Distributed Products Pub. Date: 20 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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