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The Book of Baseball Literacy: Second Edition

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Ordinarily, winter spells doom for the baseball fan. Waiting for pitchers and catchers to report at the end of February can be an excruciating exercise. The tiny scraps of baseball information scattered in the back pages of newspapers are never enough.

If you see yourself in the previous paragraph, I prescribe Mr. Martinez's "The Book of Baseball Literacy." It might save your life this January. The work is packed with anecdotes, biographies, definitions, and descriptions essential for a comprehensive mastery of baseball. The writing style is clear and entertaining, and, by organizing the book into a series of short entries (each typically spanning one-half to two pages), Martinez makes it easy for readers to pick the book up for five minutes or five hours at a time.

Martinez doesn't ignore the novice fan, either. His explanations and descriptions avoid jargon typical of other baseball reference books, while also managing to tackle the material in a manner that also satisfies the experienced fan of the game.

Highly recommended reading!

I've seen mountains. I've seen sunsets. I've seen babies being born. None of those were as beautiful as this book!

I thought I was a baseball fan with a deep and broad base of knowledge. That was, until I read this book. This book taught this old dog a new trick or two about baseball.

Not only is the content interesting - and from what I can tell, extremely unique - but the author crafts the content as if you were sitting at the park and enjoying a game while reminiscing with an old friend. It's hard to put this baby down!

I read the first edition of this book, and found that it answered a ton of questions I'd long had about baseball, like how the AL came about and why the Astros had to play 28 straight road games in 1992. It's a great gift for baseball fans.

This book is packed full of interesting and exciting baseball stories and is fun to read. It's a good information resource and is loaded with baseball history and statistics. I would recommend this book for the die-hard as well as the casual baseball fan.

A great book for a great sport! I'm ginving it to everyone I know who loves baseball.

The Book of Baseball Literacy is the kind of book that you can pick up and put down anytime. It has fun and informative biographies of important baseball people, plus team histories, descriptions of ballparks, explanations about statistics, and a lot more. I consider myself a knowledgable baseball fan, but even when the book discusses things I thought I already knew, there's always a story or fact that I'd never heard before. The author isn't shy about injecting opinions and funny stories, and that makes it fun to read, even when I disagree with him. I highly recommend it to any baseball fan.
- Kevin Mintz

This is a fantastic book because it is equally as enjoyable for people new to the game as it is for long-time fans who thought they knew all there was to know about the game. The author gives you all of the basics, but then adds additional stats, info and anecdotes which make the book great for those who have followed the game for decades. I would highly recommend this book, particularly as a Christmas gift, for anyone who enjoys baseball--I guarantee it will be the hit among all fans.