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its ok
If you like sports trivia this is the book for you. it has all the fcts on all you favorite teams. I gave it two thombs way up. ... Read more

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Basic
There have numerous books written about the sport of Baeball that have attempted to incorporate some of Sports lesser known facts. This book attempts to entertain and present facts that are intertwined with puzzles. The facts are rather basic and most of them are readily accessible to those who hav a basic understanding of the game. It is sorely lacking in the depth that fan of the Spoty would anticipate. This work id rarther basic and would be of interest to those who becming attuned to the finer points of the game and its history. Perhaps the finest books in this area are those put out by The Sporting News and they are strongly recommended. This Book is missable.

Great Trivia
Obviously the author spent a lot of time on this offering.Facts and figures are fun for any baseball fan. ... Read more

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Red Hot Hockey Trivia lets you face off with quizmaster Don Weekes, master of hockey lore and author of over 19 books on hockey trivia. Filled with an action-packed assortment of multiple-choice and true-or-false questions, crosswords, pencil games, and puzzles, the book offers hundreds of interesting facts about the hockey legends of the past and today’s hottest stars. Loaded with amazing stories, little-known facts, and stats about the coolest game on earth, Red Hot Hockey Trivia will challenge serious fans, enlighten the novice, and supply hours of fun for all ages. This jam-packed collection is a must for dyed-in-the-wool hockey trivia fans — or fanatics. ... Read more

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Hockey Trivia
This book cost almost $8.00 plus shipping it was $13.00; in reality, the book is worth about $3.99.Too expensive for what you get!

A wealth of puzzles, games, and quizzes
Compiled and written by hockey enthusiast Don Weekes, Red-Hot Hockey Trivia is filled from cover-to-cover with a wealth of puzzles, games, and quizzes about hockey statistics, facts, and legends. Multiple-choice and true-or-false question formats, as well as hockey crosswords, match-up tests, and more make for terrifically entertaining brain teasers which are especially recommended for enthusiastic hockey fans with good memories! ... Read more

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Formatted in 10-question quizzes, The Philadelphia Sports Wiz Trivia Quiz features an all-star selection of stumpers on the City of Brotherly Love's sports beat. What Philadelphia-born baseball catcher won the National League MVP Award three times?...In Rocky III, Rocky had a match with "Thunderlips" which was declared a draw after they threw each other out of the ring. Who played "Thunderlips"?...Only once in baseball history did two brothers face each other as rookie starting pitchers. Do you know them? The answers are all inside. ... Read more

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Formatted in 10-question quizzes, The Cleveland Sports Wiz Trivia Quiz features an all-star selection of stumpers. What Northwestern basketball All-American became a pro football Hall of Famer?...Do you know the last team Rocky Colavito played for?...Relatively speaking, who were the 1997 and 1998 All-Star Game MVP's? The answers are all inside. ... Read more

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It's the ultimate collection for armchair umpires and baseball fanatics:

Fun and perplexing facts, trivia, games, quotes and zany moments from our nation's favorite pastime.

The only thing a true baseball fan enjoys as much as cheering on his or her team is swapping stats, facts, trivia and golden moments from the Great American Sport. This thoroughly enjoyable compilation of all-things-baseball includes such fan-talizing topics as Little-known Rules, Trick Plays, Quotes of the Game and Funny Moments. And, perhaps most fun of all, readers can play coach, making such tough calls as these:

- Can a runner ever steal first base?

- What happens when a catcher fields a ball with his mask?

- Can a game continue with eight players on the field?

With information and anecdotes, this big little book is sure to hit a homerun with fans of every stripe.

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3 hits in 10 chances - great for batting, bad for a book
There are some interesting and funny stories, but the book mostly swings and misses.IT is also pretty outdated.It was published in 2001, but is a compilation from other books that were published earlier.(So you get stories about McGwire, Sosa and Bonds without any hint of PEDs.)

The "You're the Manager" section is a mess.The idea is good: they set up a scenario, ask what you think the manager should do, and then tell you what really happened.Half the time the time they can't even get this right.They just tell a story of something that happened in a game that had absolutely nothing to do with managing.In one case, they set up a scenario from a critical playoff, ask you if you would pitch to a certain batter - and then they never tell you what actually happened.
Then there is the story about Ken Griffey JR of the Yankees robbing a Red Sox player of a HR with a leaping catch at Yankee Stadium.I'm not sure what this how this is supposed to fit into the idea of "You're the Manager", but I do know that Junior never played for the Yankees! (The story was probably really about his dad who did play for them.)

As mentioned by another reviewer, the trivia section is lame.

Some of the unusual characters and situations that are part of the great game of baseball
Baseball is a game where many very unusual things can happen. While the rule book is thick and detailed, it cannot cover every situation. Furthermore, the people who have played the game over the years have tended to be more unusual that those who made their living in other professional sports. This book describes some of the unusual people and events that have graced the great game of baseball over the years.
There was the home run that Henry Aaron hit that was disallowed because he stepped out of the batters box. The runner who actually ran from second back to first, not by mistake, but in an attempt to confuse the opposition. There is also the famous incident where three runners actually ended up on third base. My favorite stories are those that involved unusual situations where the umpires had to make a judgment call and reinterpret the rules.
For example, what happens if a runner accidentally loses his batting helmet and the batted ball hits the helmet? Suppose the plate umpire calls a pitch a ball and the team on field appeals to a field umpire about a possible swinging strike. What happens if there is a runner running on the play? What happens if a player refuses to get back into the batter's box after arguing a call?
All of these questions are answered and there were many answers that I did not know. Baseball is simultaneously a simple and a complex game, after over one hundred years, there are still situations that arise that force the creation of new rules. I really enjoyed reading this book, devouring it in one sitting.

Baseball Bafflers: Fun for Kids
This book, Baseball Bafflers, is fun for kids (hence this review's title).Fastball Makov wrote an interesting book about strange and funny plays in baseball.It requires some knowledge of baseball to comprehend, however.The trivia was interesting, but answerable if you read the rest of the book beforehand.So, if you are going to read it, read the trivia section first.Also, the Baseball's Strangest and Baseball's Funniest Moments sections of the book were enjoyable.They were certainly unusual and descriptive.You're the Manager and You're the Umpire were my two favorite chapters.This was because they allowed you to use baseball-thinking skills to make decisions.Like the trivia, these sections should be read before the first two.

My conclusion is that this book is enjoyable if you're under the age of 14 and you know just the minimal amount about baseball rules.

Keep your money
This book doesn't tell any average baseball fan more than they already knew.Most of the funny quotes are pretty famous, and most of the rest of them aren't even funny.Most of the 'You be the Umpire' section consists of presenting a hypothetical situation (using real players and teams, and not always reminding us that it is hypothetical), explaining the umpire's ruling, then telling the reader that this actually happened on such-and-such date to so-and-so player(s).A handful of these situations were interesting and informative to the average baseball fan, but not most.And the trivia section was WEAK. ... Read more

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Formatted in 10-question quizzes, The New York Sports Wiz Trivia Quiz features an all-star selection of stumpers on the Big Apple's sports beat. Who was the first player in baseball history to have his number retired?...At what event was the largest Giants Stadium crowd ever?...Who played with basketball's Knicks and baseball's White Sox? The answers are all inside. ... Read more

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Formatted in 10-question quizzes, The Pittsburgh Sports Wiz Trivia Quiz features an all-star selection of stumpers on the Steel City's sports scene. Which member of the Four Horsemen of Nortre Dame later coached at Duquesne?...What Dallas Cowboy shared the cover of Newsweek with Terry Bradshaw prior to Super Bowl XIII?...Before Willie Stargell came along, which Buccco held the all-time single season record for homers by a first baseman? The answers are all inside. ... Read more

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Formatted in 10-question quizzes, The Boston Sports Wiz Trivia Quiz features an all-star selection of stumpers on the Beantown's Sports Beat. Who's the only player to pinch-hit for Ted Williams?...Can you name the man who played on NBA and Major League Baseball championship teams?...What NFL team played its home games in Boston from 1932-1936? The answers are all inside. ... Read more