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franktt89's review against another edition
Saw it as a reference book. Jumped around and am ready to return it.
brokenweed's review against another edition
4.0
This is about as technical description of the game as you can get.
sarahjsnider's review against another edition
3.0
Tim McCarver writing style is much like his like he announcing style: intelligent, well-informed and almost incomprehensible. Reading this book, I could almost smell the flopsweat from Danny Peary, who must have labored mightily to hammer McCarver's mindgrape squeezings into a halfway comprehensible publications. And, frankly, it was only halfway comprehensible. I had to read this book twice in a row, back to back, to get any information out of it. I did gain a lot of insight into baseball, but I worked for it.
The book jacket says that this book would appeal to expert or beginning fans of the game. Do not be fooled. A beginner would find this book an exercise in frustration. As for the rest of us, read a little before bed every night, and you'll fall asleep in no time (although, you may find yourself having Bob Gibson nightmares--completely normal).
The book jacket says that this book would appeal to expert or beginning fans of the game. Do not be fooled. A beginner would find this book an exercise in frustration. As for the rest of us, read a little before bed every night, and you'll fall asleep in no time (although, you may find yourself having Bob Gibson nightmares--completely normal).
jgallagher1983's review against another edition
5.0
I love this book. It's witty, well paced, and filled with amazing facts. Everything you need to know - and more - about the history, game, science, and business of baseball in one convenient book!
hcq's review
4.0
Perfect off-season reading, as I had hoped.
Not a fast read, but only because so many scenarios are detailed and I had to slow down to envision them.
And while I suppose I learned more about strategy and baseball thinking by the analytical parts, I confess the stories are what I always like best. It's going to be hard to forget the image of Tommie Agee sliding into McCarver so hard at home plate that his spike got stuck in McCarver's shin guard, and he actually had to take it off to get the spike out.
Yikes.
Not a fast read, but only because so many scenarios are detailed and I had to slow down to envision them.
And while I suppose I learned more about strategy and baseball thinking by the analytical parts, I confess the stories are what I always like best. It's going to be hard to forget the image of Tommie Agee sliding into McCarver so hard at home plate that his spike got stuck in McCarver's shin guard, and he actually had to take it off to get the spike out.
Yikes.
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