Smart Baseball: How Professionals Play the Mental Game

by Buddy Bell, Neal Vahle

What goes on in a baseball player's mind is critical to the outcome of the game. Since most major leaguers are in peak physical condition, the difference between success and failure on the field often depends on a player's mental approach.

Looking at everything from a player's confidence to his leadership skills, instincts, and hunches, Smart Baseball uses entertaining anecdotes to get inside the mind of baseball's greats and show fans what goes through a player's head when he steps onto the field.

Smart Baseball presents the knowledge and accumulated experience of one of the few three-generation baseball families---the Bells. In addition, this book is full of insights from more than one hundred of Major League Baseball's greatest players---from Willie Mays to Barry Bonds to Ferguson Jenkins.

A fascinating and informative look at what goes on in the psyche of professional baseball players as they play the game, Smart Baseball is a unique chance for baseball fans to see what it takes for ballplayers to succeed at the Major League level.

Genres: Sports, Nonfiction, Baseball

304 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2005

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 1 out of 5]

The content was, in general, pretty much meh. There were several errors when describing baseball situations. The most unforgivable was when talking about Hank Aaron setting the home run record. I'm not sure who proofread this book, but they clearly don't know baseball or baseball history.