Comments on: Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan’s Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks

By: Benjamin Davidson

Benjamin Davidson — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:08:15 +0000

This book’s subtitle should have stopped at “for Beginners.” I’m shocked to think that “Semi-experts” or “Deeply Serious Geeks” would gain any insight into the game by reading this lightweight term paper of a book. It’s not that the author doesn’t understand baseball; clearly he does. But the information he imparts is the kind of stuff most Little Leaguers would know by the time they turned 12. What a disappointment! Then again, I have to take full responsibility for making the mistake of buying the book. After all, how could one book appeal to “beginners” and “serious geeks?” I just didn’t think about it rationally. Hopefully you will before popping for the 12 bucks or so the book costs.
Rating: 1 / 5

By: Margaret L. Petterson

Margaret L. Petterson — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:19:41 +0000

My husband has been an avid baseball fan for over 60 years and so I asked him to rate the book. It was my gift to him for Father’s Day and he certainly enjoyed it.
Rating: 4 / 5

By: PA Joe

PA Joe — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:45:58 +0000

This book was very enjoyable to read and informative. I would recommend it to any baseball enthusiast.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Marina Kushner

Marina Kushner — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:18:03 +0000

Both new fans and old will enjoy this hilarious inside-look at baseball and all its intricacies. Find out why some people are so riveted to the game.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: J. J. Noh

J. J. Noh — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:10:58 +0000

Pages 79 to 110 are completely missing.

If binding is baseball, the people who did the binding would be kicked out of bush league.

Also, the information is very elementary and meant basically for elementary students. Rating: 1 / 5