The New Baseball Bible
Notes, Nuggets, Lists, and Legends From Our National Pastime
Sports Publishing · Print & ebook · March 7, 2017
For fans of baseball trivia, this updated version of The New Baseball Bible, first published as The Baseball Catalog in 1980 and selected as a Book-of-the-Month Club alternate, is sure to provide something for everyone, regardless of team allegiance.
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- Who it’s for
- Dan Schlossberg ranges across baseball’s rules, records, traditions, ballparks, and changing equipment and salaries.
- Themes
- Baseball history and traditions, Rules, records, and strategy, Players, teams, and ballparks
- Genres
- Baseball, Baseball History, Baseball Statistics
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For fans of baseball trivia, this updated version of The New Baseball Bible, first published as The Baseball Catalog in 1980 and selected as a Book-of-the-Month Club alternate, is sure to provide something for everyone, regardless of team allegiance.
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The book covers the following topics: beginnings of baseball, rules and records, umpires, how to play the game (i.e., strategy), equipment, ballparks, famous faces (i.e., Hank Aaron vs. Babe Ruth), managers, executives, trades, the media, big moments in history, the language of baseball, superstitions and traditions, spring training, today’s game, and much more. Veteran sportswriter Dan Schlossberg weaves in facts, figures, and famous quotes, discusses strategy, and provides stats and imagesmany of them never previously published elsewhere. With this book, you’ll discover how the players’ approach, use of equipment, and even salaries and schedules have changed over time. You will also learn the origin of team and player nicknames, fun facts about the All-Star Game and World Series, and so much more. The New Baseball Bible serves as the perfect gift for fans of America’s pastime.
Baseball’s Many Corners
Dan Schlossberg ranges across baseball’s rules, records, traditions, ballparks, and changing equipment and salaries.
Come here for
- Facts and figures on baseball rules, records, umpires, and strategy
- Team and player nickname origins, plus All-Star Game and World Series facts
Expect
- Separate coverage of managers, trades, media, spring training, and baseball’s language
- Facts, figures, famous quotes, stats, and images
Where it sits
| Baseball | 90% |
|---|---|
| Baseball History | 50% |
| Baseball Statistics | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Baseball Essays
- Baseball History
- Baseball Statistics
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- Baseball & Softball
- Authors
- Dan Schlossberg
- Publisher
- Sports Publishing
- Published
- March 7, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Baseball history and traditions · Rules, records, and strategy · Players, teams, and ballparks
- Reading lane
- Baseball Essays