
Baseball for Dummies
Wiley · Print & ebook · February 11, 2025
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- Who it’s for
- Beginners learning baseball’s rules, strategies, and skills
- Themes
- Baseball rules and strategies, Playing skills and techniques, Statistics and baseball leagues
- Genres
- Baseball, Baseball Coaching, Baseball Statistics
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Learn the basics of baseball as a player, spectator, or coach Baseball For Dummies gets you started learning about this popular sport. You can improve your fundamentals as a player, inspire your team as a coach, or enjoy watching baseball as a superfan. The book includes helpful illustrations and diagrams that make it easy to understand the rules.
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You'll learn about offensive and defensive strategies, hitting and pitching techniques, the roles of each player on the team, what managers and coaches do, and how to understand baseball statistics. In beginner-friendly terms, this guide also covers the differences between the Minor and Major Leagues, T-Ball, college baseball, and leagues around the world. Batter up! - Get a handle on the basic rules, strategies, and skills of baseball - Learn about the different baseball leagues—including recent changes to the rules—so you can have fun following the sport - Improve your technique with tips on pitching, hitting, and fielding - Delve into statistics and advanced concepts that will help you understand pro play This book is for baseball fans of every level, from beginners to loyal fans who want to know even more. Players and coaches will also love this book's advice on how to sharpen their skills.
Who it’s for
- Beginners learning baseball’s rules, strategies, and skills
- Players, coaches, and fans seeking to deepen their baseball knowledge
Where it sits
| Baseball | 90% |
|---|---|
| Baseball Statistics | 50% |
| Baseball Coaching | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Baseball Coaching
- Baseball History
- Sports Resources
- Authors
- Joe Morgan, Richard Lally
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- February 11, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Baseball rules and strategies · Playing skills and techniques · Statistics and baseball leagues
- Reading lane
- Baseball Coaching