Baffling Baseball Trivia

by Dom Forker, Wayne Stewart, Michael Pellowski

Baseball fans can enjoy fascinating stories about great plays and controversial calls on the diamond, all while testing their own knowledge of the game. Is there a limit to a bat’s length and weight? If a batter swings for his third strike and misses, but the ball gets away from the catcher, can he still run to first? Or is he out? And what happens if the wrong batter comes up to hit—and the right player suddenly realizes that they’re out of order? Through a series of true tales, find out about little-known rules of pitching, batting, and fielding, as well as weird situations that have occurred, smart strategies for winning, and funny things have taken place over the years.

Genres: Baseball, Nonfiction

288 pages, Hardcover

First published March 23, 2004

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 2 out of 5]

Half the fun of this book is mentally correcting the factual errors. "Phil Lombardozzi" and "Phil Gagne" being involved in a double play for the Twins (Steve and Greg are not happy that they have been renamed), Terry Harper being a member of the pennant-winning 1992 Braves (I assume the author meant 1982, when Harper actually was a Brave), Alex Rodriguez playing for the Orioles (you've got me, no clue on that one), and so on and so forth.

[Plorqk · Rating 2 out of 5]

Found this book in a thrift shop for cheap. As I read there begin to be increased factual errors (Alex Rodriguez never played for Baltimore) and sloppy editing. It was an ok read; glad I didn't pay much for it.

[Jacob · Rating 3 out of 5]

Learned a lot of complicated rules in Major League Baseball. It tells you some situations you could be in and some really weird situations in the past.