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blevins's review
5.0
This was great! It combines my love of baseball with graphic design [dubbed infographics by Craig Robinson] to deliver some really interesting and terrific to look at tidbits about the sport. This will mainly appeal to baseball lovers though as some of the graphics are kind of obscure. Some are amazingly detailed and rich with content, others just really simple clever designs.
timhoiland's review
5.0
If you ever wondered what a zany infographic book by a British baseball fan would be like... well, this is it. And it's wonderful.
eely225's review
4.0
Ultimately, this is a book by a baseball nerd for other baseball nerds. A love of intricate data sets expressed graphically, as well as an appreciation for the game's absurd minutiae will make this a more enjoyable read. Are you in that demographic? Well if you think that a visualization of the rise and fall of powder blue road jerseys in the MLB would be neat, then this book is for you.
rynevank's review
5.0
I absolutely loved this book. I highly recommend it to any baseball fan who is amused by all sorts of aspects of the game. The author is a British graphic designer who fell in love with baseball later in life which I think leads to the unique way he approaches the game. The book shows really nice looking graphics of things like i) how much would it cost if players actually stole the bases, ii) how far did Barry Bonds walk in his walks, iii) what is the elevation of every ball park (Target Field is 4th highest!), and many others.
bosoxamy's review
5.0
This book gave such a fresh perspective on the game of baseball. It compared teams, players, stadiums and uniforms in ways I never thought about. A few of my favorite infographics from the book were: A comparison of players homeruns and their involvement with performance enhancing drugs; outlines of each of the Major League fields (I picked out Fenway with no problem!); Green Monster height comparisons; and Kevin Costner's baseball movies vs. his non-baseball movies.
If you are a fan of the game of baseball you really must take a look at this book. It not only looks at Major League Baseball, but Minor League Baseball, Independent Leagues, Japanese Baseball and even the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
See my full review at http://bosoxamysbooks.blogspot.com/2011/09/book-23-flip-flop-fly-ball-infographic.html.
If you are a fan of the game of baseball you really must take a look at this book. It not only looks at Major League Baseball, but Minor League Baseball, Independent Leagues, Japanese Baseball and even the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
See my full review at http://bosoxamysbooks.blogspot.com/2011/09/book-23-flip-flop-fly-ball-infographic.html.
kelleyand's review
2.0
I received this book as a part of the Goodreads giveaway program. This book was...random. There were some pretty cool stats, some graphs that made much more of an impact with pictures than words ever would, and some unique looks at baseball as told by an English baseball fan and some very strange stories that I never did quite figure out how they might be related to baseball. Kind of fun to flip through, but definitely not a reread. Gave it to my husband who is a big time baseball fan and he lost interest after flipping back and forth a few times. I don't think the author understands the average red blooded American male baseball fan.
somechelsea's review
4.0
Trivia, baseball, unrelated pop culture references, footnotes, and graphs: turns out these are some of my favorite things. I love the website, and can't wait to see what Robinson came up with for the book.
I'll start, right up front, by saying I had two problems with this book. The first being that quite a few of the infographics included in the book were originally posted to the website, meaning I've already seen them. Don't get me wrong - I liked them! Both times I saw them! But I've already seen most of them.
Want to know the Billboard 100 #1 song played the day Nolan Ryan threw his first and last major pitches? Done. The worst town in the US for baseball fans to live in (and why)? It's there. All of the information you could possibly require re: Ichiro and his awesomeness? Included.
If you know a baseball dork (or if you are one), this is well worth the flip through.
Now, you may be asking - Chelsea, didn't you say you had two problems with this book? Did you walk away in the middle of writing your review again and forget that you said that? Well, yes and no. I walked away, sure, but I don't plan on leaving a cliffhanger for you, no worries.
Two words: Yankee. Fan.
I'll start, right up front, by saying I had two problems with this book. The first being that quite a few of the infographics included in the book were originally posted to the website, meaning I've already seen them. Don't get me wrong - I liked them! Both times I saw them! But I've already seen most of them.
Want to know the Billboard 100 #1 song played the day Nolan Ryan threw his first and last major pitches? Done. The worst town in the US for baseball fans to live in (and why)? It's there. All of the information you could possibly require re: Ichiro and his awesomeness? Included.
If you know a baseball dork (or if you are one), this is well worth the flip through.
Now, you may be asking - Chelsea, didn't you say you had two problems with this book? Did you walk away in the middle of writing your review again and forget that you said that? Well, yes and no. I walked away, sure, but I don't plan on leaving a cliffhanger for you, no worries.
Two words: Yankee. Fan.
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