Baseball on the Web [Paperback]

Rob Edelman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1998

This directory of the 500 most informative a nd interesting baseball sites on the Web also briefly covers newsgroups, mailing lists and FTP sites. Each listing is su mmarised and evaluated in terms of its value as a baseball r esource. '

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Amazon.com Review

Here's a book that can keep the most avid baseball fanatic entertained from the last swing of the World Series to the first pitch of training camp. In Baseball on the Web, Rob Edelman has collected Internet sites to thrill the hearts of all baseball enthusiasts. He includes sites covering every aspect of baseball history, including famous players and leagues, overlooked aspects of the game such as "Negro" and women's leagues, research resources, and museums.

As you would expect, Edelman lists the official team sites for minor as well as major leagues. He also uncovers the fan-run sites devoted to the great and even less-than-great players of the game. Edelman doesn't overlook international or amateur baseball, either. The book features chapters on baseball in literature and the arts and on baseball as a community sport for both children and adults.

In addition to sites containing everything from up-to-the-minute baseball news to baseball humor, Edelman shows you where to find lively discussions of the sport in both e-mail and live chat, as well as where to tune in on the Net to hear live broadcasts. Each chapter opens with a brief overview of the type of sites discussed. A review of each site showcases its strengths and weaknesses and often features a peek behind the scenes at the site's creators. An excellent index rounds out this book, which bats .1000. --Elizabeth Lewis

Product Details

• Paperback: 369 pages
• Publisher: Mis Pr (April 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558285687
• ISBN-13: 978-1558285682
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,786,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything you need, fun to read too, July 31, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Baseball on the Web (Paperback)

I just picked this book up and it's really cool. Not only does it list tons of cool and interesting baseball sites, it's really fun to read as well. I'd recommend this book to ALL baseball fans with access to the Internet.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Guide to Internet Baseball Resources, April 23, 1998

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David Pietrusza ([e-mail] (Scotia, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baseball on the Web (Paperback)

With so much (good and bad) on the net, a guide beyond the normal search engines is often essential. Rob Edelman's Baseball on the Net does an exemplary job of being that guide. It's tough to imagine it being outdone by anyone else.