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 enlarge | Authors: Cal Jr Ripken, Bill Ripken, Larry Burke
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 271136
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0812970500
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357
EAN: 9780812970500
ASIN: 0812970500
Publication Date: January 25, 2005
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What You would Expect from Cal Ripken: Excellent December 19, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am a baseball fan. I played as a kid and go to seem MLB games in my home town of Toronto. We are in the same conference as the Baltimore Orioles (American League East), Cal's old team so I saw him play quite a bit. He is a graceful and thoughtful player. His four trademarks were a love of the game, natural ability, a lot of practice, a thinking player, and he has a lot of experience. Also he comes from a baseball family. In short he is among the best all round players to have ever played the games and to our benefit he stayed late after every game signing autographs - a rarity today.
If I was going to pick one recent player to write a book an learning baseball he would be the man. He has intelligence, experience and the love for the game. Many other players might be faster, or better hitters, etc. but he was the total package, a guy that could pace himself on and off the field and a person that really loved the game and cared for the fans.
So that brings us to the book. It is impressive! It is a work of love by the authors. It is well laid out with a chapter by chapter review of the game with lots and lots of bright color photographs, some in a time sequence so they show how the action evolves. He and the other authors appear in the photos wearing simple black and white uniforms demonstrating baseball fundamentals. He tries to explain some of the more subtle yet important parts of the game. He covers all the basic aspects such as pitching, how to hold the pitched ball, catching, playing the infield, the outfield, hitting, etc.
Excellent for all levels of baseball, playing or a fan. Highly recommend. Everyone will learn something new, even old fans like me.
Great book, great bargain August 20, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Cal Ripken is an American icon and I was proud to have seen him play many times over the last ten years of his career. My son had the privilege of meeting him when Mr. Ripken attended a Little League night at Camden Yards and Mr. Ripken was more than gracious answering the questions of my son and other boys. Obviously, I am biased. Having said that, however, Mr. Ripken takes his baseball seriously and has put together a great guide for teaching baseball to young children. Having been a Little League coach, I would definitely have wanted this in my library earlier. I recommend it for all parents of aspiring baseball players, both girls and boys.
Ripken Baseball Book Review August 4, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed reading this book. I felt that as a serious baseball player, who strives to play the proper way, I learned a ton through Cal Ripken's easy to follow baseball teaching methods. A must have for all baseball players!
Excellent book March 22, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
A previous reviewer asks, "What would you expect from Cal Ripken?" Well, from any major league player, I would expect a half baked, ghosted book with a lot of reminiscenses and some trite advice. Fortunately, that is not the case with this book. The Ripkens have obviously thought deeply about the fundamentals of baseball and how to teach them to young players. They boil the instruction down to the essence, and explain why. For example, I have always heard "get your butt down," to field a ground ball. The Ripkens explain that's so you can see the ball better as it comes to you. How many times have you heard coaches tell young players to "get the back elbow up" when hitting? I know that's wrong - now I know why it's wrong.
All in all, this a great instructional book. It really does stress the fundamentals and doesn't get bogged down in the details only a double A player would care about.
Great Fundamentals April 28, 2004
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Coach John Wooden said a good player with good fundamentals will become a good player and a good player with great fundamentals will become a great player. If you're like me, a Father of a 10-year-old boy who loves playing baseball and you have been looking for that one book that can show you the fundamentals of baseball from hitting to fielding and pitching. Look no further, because this book has everything you will need and a whole lot more. The Ripkens have put together a baseball book that tells the how to, in an approach easy to understand and not only the how to but the why, which as Cal points out, all kids ask. Many thanks to the Ripken family from late Father Cal to sons Cal and Billy and their fine staff who have put together a great baseball book of fundamentals for the Father, Coach and ballplayer.
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