These challenging game situations have stumped players, managers--and even umpires! Some are real and some are hypothetical, but?each of these 40 tough calls?is in the megaleague rule book.?There are?dozens of great drawings, too.
I love books like this and recently picked up "Big League Baseball Puzzlers" at a used book sale. It is a great little book to pick up when you have a couple of minutes to kill. Even if the rules/situations were repetitive, reading baseball names that I had forgotten about like Von Hayes, Kurt Stillwell, Dan Pasqua, and Dwight Evans made a worthwhile trip down memory lane. There are only two objections I had in reading this book. First, there are too many repetitive rules. It seemed half the book was about properly tagging a base or missing a base. Second the author often omits the name of the player the makes the goof, referring to him in general terms to avoid retroactive embarrassment. Still, I would certainly buy this book as gift for a baseball fan.
Really interesting and fun
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
While waiting for my older son who was in an appointment, I read this to my younger son to see if he could guess what the umpire's call would be in each situation. We both learned a lot of interesting facts about the rules of baseball. He read the rest with his brother and by himself. I am purchasing a copy for my nephew's birthday. I know he and his dad and brother will really enjoy reading it together.
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