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    <body><![CDATA[This was such a great book about baseball.  It's relatively small, a 250 page paperback,  so it goes into some detail, but not excruciating detail.  It's filled with cool facts about the game as well as random bits of history.  The chapters are structured in a straightforward, practical way that mak...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46196908">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA['Heard an interview with the author on &quot;Fresh Air,&quot; and I've already had an interest in gaining more of an appreciation for baseball...  'Looking forward to reading it.<br/><br/>==========================================<br/>'Thoroughly enjoyable read...  It was not only amusing and edu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29775402">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had fun reading this book.  Hample writes in a lighthearted, accessible style and does a good job of explaining the basics of baseball. It is not, however, for the &quot;deeply serious geeks&quot; as the subtitle claims.  Anyone who follows baseball even halfway closely will already know 95% of wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26205779">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very cool book about baseball. He starts off by asking, &quot;Ever wonder why baseball players grab their crotch?&quot; &quot;Do you know what it means when a player hits a tater out of the yard?&quot; <br/>A great Baseball 201 (a 101 text would explain that the guy holding the stick of wood is the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56998073">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was a little concerned when I got it that the book would be snarky or condescending.  In reality, it's a very well-written short guide to baseball.  It reminded me of a much better condensed version of the Thinking Fan's Guide to Baseball (by Leonard Koppett).  It gives you plenty of info without ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11041860">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[For what this is, this is a great book.  I learned all kinds of fancy baseball facts - written in a funny and very informative way.  I even impressed my most knowedegable baseball friend with a tid bit I learned from this book.  If you want to delve deeper into baseball dorkdom, this is the book for...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62003559">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was meant for baseball geeks like me.  Not necessarily for all baseball fans, only those who love the history, traditions, statistics, rules, exceptions to the rules.  (Or maybe that is all baseball fans.)  Anyway it was a quick fun read that probably would bore the hell out of 99% of the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79300326">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[very good book teaching some of the most common questions about baseball.  Not sure if I would recommend this for a persont that knew nothing of the sport because it did get into some history that might bore a person who had never heard of some of thesep players.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was alright, I got it as a gift but it didn't really tell me I didn't already know.  The author was also pretty condescending throughout and did not go very in depth, unlike the title implies. ]]></body>
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