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SportSpectator Baseball Guide (Basic Baseball Rules and Strategies) (Pamphlet)

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These guides are great! The format is easy to use and the content is very accessible. Not only are the rules clear but I can now follow the play of the game. I'm going to buy the whole set so that I can understand and enjoy the sports my husband and kids watch on t.v.

As a former varsity high school and college baseball player and a minor league recruit, I have more than a passing knowledge of the game of baseball. Not intended to cover the fine points of the game, Sportspectator Baseball Guide is one of the finest primers about the basics of the sport I've seen. Within the 10 minutes or so it takes to digest this well researched and presented effort, the reader will be fully prepared to view, enjoy, and understand the game. It's perfect for the avid fan to initiate the novice friend, relative, or spouse to the joy of the sport. I can't rate it highly enough.

Looks as though there were three spiteful reviewers (all on the same day) basing their comments on the website version (different from the guide) and summary versions of the SportSpectator Guide to Baseball. I have the actual guide in hand and, keeping in mind the audience, the novice spectator, I have found it to be an accurate and accessible overview of the game. Is it lacking in some details and nuance? Yes, but it doesn't aim to be a comprehensive, definitive guide. Here is a tool for the parent of a Little League or high school student to help him/her understand what is happening on the diamond and in the field. Here is a tool that will help that parent have a conversation with his/her student athlete about the game. Here is a tool that will actually be read by a parent spectator.
The sturdy, folded, laminated guide fits into a pocket or purse making it easily transportable and reusable. The diagram is easy to understand and anyone who wants a quick, basic, reliable overview of the game of baseball will appreciate this guide.

If you're looking for a guide to help you impress your friends with a bunch of fancy baseball lingo, this is not for you. On the other hand, this guide is great for someone who doesn't know a lot about baseball but wants to enjoy the game. It's clear, concise, and easy to read.

As a baseball fan, college athlete, and father of school age all-sports kids, I appreciate this pocket "Sport Spectator" guide. This informative, easy to read guide is an excellent introduction to the game of baseball, perfect for parents and new fans in the stands. In ten minutes the spectator gets an overview of the game including the rules, temanology, field of play, and basics of how the game is played. To best enjoy the game, I absolutely recommend this pocket guide as an introduction to the game of baseball.

A synopsis of this book was submitted to our Umpire's Discussion Board for review. We found MANY errors in just two pages of discussion from this book.
It contains many myth's common to laymen that really don't understand the game. This isn't a very good primer on baseball, it perpetuates inaccuracies, and was written by someone who really doesn't understand the rules of the game.

In the synopsis provided, the author clearly does not know the rules of baseball. The casual reader will get many false impressions about the rules. --Mike CVUA

Having read the summary of this book on the SportsSpectator website, I can tell you as an experienced baseball coach and umpire that this book will create more MISunderstanding of the game of baseball than if it had never been written. There are MANY inaccuracies and flat wrong statements in the summary; one can only presume that the entire book would contain even more wrong statements.

Save your money and look for a basic baseball book that will actually teach you the rules CORRECTLY, rather than purchasing this drivel that will leave you even more confused than you started.