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It Takes More Than Balls: The Savvy Girls' Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Baseball

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I loved it! It provides a great mix of history, humor and stats. It is a quick read and would be interesting to both hard core fans and novices.

Reading Deirdre Silva & Jackie Koney's "It Takes More Than Balls" is like sitting down at an evening barbeque and having a great conversation with two new friends. Oh, and we are all drinking gimlets.
Deirdre and Jackie have a wonderful loving relationship with baseball that comes through loud and clear in their witty, well written, and more than occasionally acerbic prose. (I did say that we were drinking gimlets...) But the sarcasm doesn't detract from the lovingly presented history of baseball that is full of anecdotes and insider information.
Bottom line: there is just enough data to keep the information collector baseball fans in your house happy, but plenty of great stories about baseball's many characters to keep the rest of us fair weather fans reading this fantastic book late into the night.

"It Takes More Than Balls" is a great introduction to baseball. And if you are a seasoned veteran of the game, it's still a lot of fun because it will give you a whole new slant on what's happening on the field. It was written to help women learn about and enjoy baseball, but it's loaded with wry humor and off-beat anecdotes that will appeal to any fan. Here's an example: some hitters have the knack of fouling off pitch after pitch to wear the pitcher down. Luke Appling of the Chicago White Sox fouled off an incredible number of pitches because he was unhappy with the team's owner who had to pay to replace each ball hit into the stands. Stories like this come from thorough research (writing the book was a four-year project). It is strong on facts, yet it presents them in a unique, playful way. I stronly recommend "It Takes More Than Balls" to anyone looking to have fun with baseball.

This a very well written book for all baseball fans and it should be a must for all of people who are interesting in learning or know the game of baseball. It is written from a different perspective and takes you through the game step by step. There are interesting quips from different women thought out the book and some amazing antidotes

I was told of this book from a friend. I enjoyed playing baseball as a kid but never got into the Who,What & why of baseball. It Takes More Than Balls has skillfully given the background and stats of noteable players from the beginning of baseball. I found this to be a great guide for those like me whether male or female who worked hard in life and never had the time to truly delve into any one sport Great Book My congrats to these 2 notable Authors I'm glad our paths have crossed.