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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
REAL Baseball magazine, June 26, 2003
By A Customer
If you want updates on last week's games -- read SI or USA Today. If you want slick writing and glossy photos, read SI. If you want to immerse yourself in the culture and history of the game, get this. It is the thinking person's baseball magazine, filled with bios of legends, new slants on stats and trends and interviews with today's stars.
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30 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Perfect Gift For The Baseball Fan, April 2, 2002
If you have a friend, relative or other love who just adores baseball and wants to keep up with what's happening in the leagues, here is a great digest sized magazine to get. It's packed to the gills with nothing but pure baseball news and stats. What I like about baseball digest is that it often lists oddball stats, things like "batters who hit over 400 homeruns but also had a high percentage rate of strikeouts", and it keeps up with the more common stats like "All Time Hit's Leaders", "All ERA Leaders", etc. In other words, its a magazine that the majority of baseball fans will enjoy reading. I use to have a subscription and I may just take Amazon up on this offer. I love Baseball and I love this magazine. I use it to help me make decisions on who to invest in when it comes to baseball cards, and it has paid off tremendously!!! So not only can you enjoy keeping up with what's happening in America's Favorite Pastime, but you can find out which pitcher is averaging those 150 strikeouts a year, or who is averaging those 35 homers a year, and if you or someone you know collects baseball cards, you'll know who to buy ahead of time. Now if you do collect cards, please allow me to recommend Beckett Baseball Card Monthly, which, by the way, Amazon.com also has a cool subscription deal on.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
The Magazine for Baseball Fans, June 19, 2006
Baseball Digest is a magazine published ten times per year with one important goal in mind: To help give baseball fans their fill of statistics, facts, trivia, nostalgia, and current event stories relating to the world of baseball. This magazine has small dimensions, measuring only about 7.5 inches in height and 5.5 inches in width. But it packs itself with plenty of baseball reading, making it a popular gift choice for those who love the game.
Baseball Digest is a publication that is part history, part current events. The department section contains quizzes and a crossword puzzle that deal generally with baseball's colorful past. The "Rules Corner" deals with the rules of the game and is something that can apply to any era. The monthly features include articles about current players, current problems/challenges on specific teams, and nostalgic- related articles about some of the greatest men who have played the game.
What seems to stand out among the different readings in this magazine is the statistics. Statistical tables and charts don't make up the bulk of the magazine but they comprise a large portion of each issue and they even have their own section on the table of contents. Also, the monthly features can be counted on to include several articles that deal with statistics and rankings. One monthly feature might be "The Longest Ever Major League Home Runs". Another month you might find and article like "Major League Baseball Players who played with the most teams". These are not just lists- they are actual articles based on statistical measurements. Statistics are a very important part of any sport and Baseball Digest makes sure you come away from each reading with a little more trivial knowledge than you knew before.
When Baseball Digest isn't talking statistics, it is offering the reader something historical or something important in the world of baseball current events. Sometimes, a full article is written on someone from baseball's storied past. Another article might focus on an up- and- coming pitcher with great talent and promise. This combination of old and new material is a good idea because as everyone knows, history is a very important part of baseball and most other sports. The heroes and the exciting moments from baseball's past keep the spirit of the game alive and show respect to the many men who have made the game what it is today.
I like Major League Baseball and I think Baseball Digest has some good things to offer. But there are many ways this magazine could be improved immediately at a moderate level of cost to the publisher. For those who have never read Baseball Digest and pick up a copy for the first time, the first two strikes you will notice against this magazine are its cheap paper and all black and white photos. The paper quality is only a notch above newspaper and the lack of any color pictures (except on the cover and the inside flaps) makes this magazine seem dated. An upgrade to better, slicker paper and the addition of color would be two easy steps that the publisher could take to improve the quality of this magazine. Personally, I also don't like the small size of the magazine or the cheap, staple binding. But these two qualities aren't bad enough to add up to a third strike and a lonely return to the dugout. They are tolerable and I would have no trouble accepting them if the other qualities were improved.
Overall, Baseball Digest is a good magazine for its statistics and its commentary on the present world of baseball and its problems, issues, achievements, and celebrations. It would be much better with some changes to the physical aspects of the publication. But it still offers enough good reading to recommend it to fans of Major League Baseball.
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