Entries from April 2007

April 19, 2007

The Cheater’s Guide to Baseball – by Derek Zumsteg

Spitballs, corked bats, sign stealing and, yes, even steroids – they’re all part of baseball, and they’re all part of Derek Zumsteg’s new book – The Cheater’s Guide to Baseball.
Checking in at just over 250 pages, it’s amazing how people have tried to get the upper hand throughout the history of baseball. From hard slides [...]

April 14, 2007

Diamond Dollar$ by Vince Genarro

If you read Mychael Lewis’ Moneyball, you probably felt pretty smart afterwards. At the time, it was charting some new waters of baseball writing – a first hand look inside the mind of a major league general manager and what he looks for when scouting talent. Factor in that it had to be done on [...]

April 14, 2007

The New Ballgame by Glenn Guzzo

Taking someone to their first baseball game can be a pretty fun experience. You get to reignite your passion for the game by showing someone all the intricacies of baseball – the hit and run, stealing a base, and the magic that is baseball. But inevitably the time comes when the newbie asks you: “so, [...]