Watching Baseball Smarter
Subtitle: A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks
Publisher: Vintage
Published: March 27, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780307280329
Subjects: Baseball; Sports & Recreation; Sports; Baseball - General; Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General; Baseball - Statistics; Baseball fans
Description: An obsessed baseball fan celebrates his love of the American pastime while sharing information on the ins and outs of the game, from the difference between a split finger fastball and a forkball, why the first-base coach uses a stopwatch, obscure rules, pitching and hitting, fielding, and umpires.