Baseball Gold: Mining Nuggets from Our National Pastime

By Dan Schlossberg

Book Overview

Even the most ardent baseball fan will be amazed at the quirks, quips, and comments in Baseball Gold . Consisting entirely of bits and pieces of baseball's offbeat history, this volume covers teams... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572439580
• ISBN13: 9781572439580
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.2" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Baseball gold is gold.

Maybe it is because this book is brand new but I cannot fathom why no one has reviewed this yet. This book is a great read for hardcore stat heads to the casual fan alike. It is basically 400 pages of little stories and stats. However, the way it is layed out is what makes the book special. Since I am NOT a know-it-all about baseball, I tend to stay away from trivia or Q & A style books. This book just gives a quick answer or anecdote. For example, most books would ask "What American League player has represented five different teams in an all-star game?", then for the answer you would have to helplessly flip through a hundred pages. In Baseball Gold it just tells you that Gary Sheffield made the all-star team with five different teams. To me, that just makes more sense. Almost ever single page has at least one picture. Overall, a great buy.