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It Takes More Than Balls: The Savvy Girls' Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Baseball | 
 enlarge | Authors: Deidre Silva, Jackie Koney
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 297365
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 265
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 1602396310
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357
EAN: 9781602396319
ASIN: 1602396310
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Product Description
A brilliant analysis of the game of baseball from two women who think everyone should be a baseball fan.
For years, Deidre Silva and Jackie Koney figured that men simply knew more about baseball than they did. They tried to reconcile their love of baseball with their second-class fan status, but they finally realized that not getting in a tizzy over the 1952 World Series didn't mean that they weren't "real" fans. As loyal—but not insane or stat-obsessed—spectators, they simply had a different perspective. In It Takes More Than Balls they share their brand of baseball passion with lifelong fans and the "baseball curious" of either gender. Offering anecdotes and gossip from the ballpark, the book also explains the nuances of today's game that will help readers enjoy their next (or first) baseball outing. 20 b/w illustrations.
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For novices and baseball data freaks alike May 27, 2008
Reading Deirdre Silva & Jackie Koney's "It Takes More Than Balls" is like sitting down at an evening barbeque and having a great conversation with two new friends. Oh, and we are all drinking gimlets.
Deirdre and Jackie have a wonderful loving relationship with baseball that comes through loud and clear in their witty, well written, and more than occasionally acerbic prose. (I did say that we were drinking gimlets...) But the sarcasm doesn't detract from the lovingly presented history of baseball that is full of anecdotes and insider information.
Bottom line: there is just enough data to keep the information collector baseball fans in your house happy, but plenty of great stories about baseball's many characters to keep the rest of us fair weather fans reading this fantastic book late into the night.
An outstanding introduction to baseball May 6, 2008
"It Takes More Than Balls" is a great introduction to baseball. And if you are a seasoned veteran of the game, it's still a lot of fun because it will give you a whole new slant on what's happening on the field. It was written to help women learn about and enjoy baseball, but it's loaded with wry humor and off-beat anecdotes that will appeal to any fan. Here's an example: some hitters have the knack of fouling off pitch after pitch to wear the pitcher down. Luke Appling of the Chicago White Sox fouled off an incredible number of pitches because he was unhappy with the team's owner who had to pay to replace each ball hit into the stands. Stories like this come from thorough research (writing the book was a four-year project). It is strong on facts, yet it presents them in a unique, playful way. I stronly recommend "It Takes More Than Balls" to anyone looking to have fun with baseball.
it takes more than balls April 18, 2008
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I loved it! It provides a great mix of history, humor and stats. It is a quick read and would be interesting to both hard core fans and novices.
It Takes more than balls April 6, 2008
This a very well written book for all baseball fans and it should be a must for all of people who are interesting in learning or know the game of baseball. It is written from a different perspective and takes you through the game step by step. There are interesting quips from different women thought out the book and some amazing antidotes
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