Watching Baseball Smarter
A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · March 27, 2007
Zack Hample's bestselling, smart, and funny fan’s guide to baseball explains the ins and outs of pitching, hitting, running, and fielding, while offering insider trivia and anecdotes that will appeal to anyone—whether you're a major league couch potato, life-long season ticket-holder, or a beginner. • What is the difference between a slider and a curveball? • At which stadium did “The Wave” first make an appearance? • Which positions are never played by lefties? • Why do some players urinate on their hands?
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- Who it’s for
- A smart, funny guide makes baseball’s mechanics, oddities, and lore more legible.
- Themes
- Baseball skills and rules, Baseball trivia and anecdotes
- Genres
- Baseball, Sports Resources, Baseball History
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Zack Hample's bestselling, smart, and funny fan’s guide to baseball explains the ins and outs of pitching, hitting, running, and fielding, while offering insider trivia and anecdotes that will appeal to anyone—whether you're a major league couch potato, life-long season ticket-holder, or a beginner. • What is the difference between a slider and a curveball? • At which stadium did “The Wave” first make an appearance? • Which positions are never played by lefties?
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• 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. Featuring a glossary of baseball slang, an appendix of important baseball stats, and an appendix of uniform numbers.
The Game, Decoded
A smart, funny guide makes baseball’s mechanics, oddities, and lore more legible.
Come here for
- Clear explanations of pitching, hitting, running, and fielding
- Trivia and anecdotes, from stadium traditions to baseball slang
Expect
- A lively mix of practical know-how and curious details
- Reference appendices on stats and uniform numbers
Where it sits
| Baseball | 80% |
|---|---|
| Sports Resources | 35% |
| Baseball History | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Baseball
- Baseball Statistics
- Sports History
- Authors
- Zack Hample
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- March 27, 2007
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Baseball skills and rules · Baseball trivia and anecdotes
- Reading lane
- Baseball