Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 272 pages
- Published by: Alpha May 6, 2008
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 159257775X
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1592577750
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Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 11.2 ounces
Product Description
A book that covers all the bases!
Everything fans want to know about the Great American Pastime
Written and compiled by baseball expert Dan Schlossberg, this book is chock-full of the best trivia, information, and fun facts about the game. Featuring interviews with players, managers, and other baseball professionals, as well as never-before-told stories, Baseball Bits is sure to hit a home run with just about anyone whos interested in the game.
But thats not all, because beyond the stories and trivia, the die-hard fan also wants the most recent information that affects this season. Inside each book is a password that lets readers log onto a website for up-to-the-minute information only available there. The site is guaranteed to be updated at least once a monthmore frequently during the seasonto provide readers with everything they need to know about the current season, including:
The latest trades, and how theyll affect particular Teams
The best players current stats
Who is about to break major records
About The Author
Dan Schlossberg is a former AP sportswriter and author of 33 baseball books, including
Baseball Gold: Mining Nuggets from Our National Pastime and the 2006 autobiographies of Ron Blomberg and Milo Hamilton; as well as more than 25,000 articles about baseball. His 38-year journalism career runs the gamut from broadcast analyst and commentator to writer, author, and entrepreneur. He is managing editor of BallTalk, a syndicated weekly radio baseball show, and is the originator of the baseball theme cruise, coordinating and hosting more than twenty such cruises featuring major league stars.
Reader ReviewsBaseball Bits by Dan Schlossberg is the author's newest of 33 books on the subject. Dan, a sportswriter for AP for 38 years knows all the stats about this favorite sport of the USA. Even if you think you know everything about baseball and its players and teams, you gotta get this book, chock full of fascinating tidbits and baseball trivia that will make your watching the game so much more fun!