By: Doc Dave "Doc Dave"

Doc Dave "Doc Dave" — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:02:58 +0000

interesting and entertaining 0

By: Steven A. Peterson

Steven A. Peterson — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 16:39:12 +0000

Good for beginners–but not for “Deeply Serious Geeks” The subtitle of this well crafted work: “A Professional Fan’s Guide for Beginners, Semi-Experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks.” For the first two categories, right on! Geeks are not going to learn a whole lot that they already do not know. That aside, though, this is a nice work.Examples of what is in some of the chapters: Chapter 2 focuses on “Pitchers and Catchers.” The first part of the chapter describes basic pitches (and how they are thrown)–fastball, curveball, slider, change-up, split-finger fastball, knuckleball, screwball, spitball (naughty, naughty!), eephus, and gyroball (does it even exist?). Each is described, with a bit of humor added here and there.Chapter 5 explores “Fielding.” There are brief descriptions of what each position has to do. As an old second baseman, I enjoyed reading about the basics of the double play and so on.Chapter 6 examines “Stadiums” (but should this not be “Stadia,” to use the proper Latin term?). One of…

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By: Doc Dave "Doc Dave"

By: Steven A. Peterson